Home repair information:

• Healthy and Affordable Housing: Practical Recommendations for Building, Renovating and Maintaining Housing
• Construction terms
• Home maintenace information - Federal Citizen Information Center
• How Your House Works
• Home Doctor
• Housing Zone 

Buying a Home

• HUD on Buying a Home, Buying a Home - Questions from homebuyers
• Consumer Home Inspection Steps

Renter information

• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation