Canmore Employee Housing

Canmore Employers - Employee Housing Survey

Arbus Mountian Homes is proposing to build new employee housing units in Canmore. This survey is seeking information on your organization's employee housing needs in Canmore to help us build what the market requires.

For this survey, employee housing is the same as what the Town of Canmore defines as Common Amenity Housing:

Common Amenity Housing means a building with separate sleeping

facilities and common washing, sanitary and kitchen facilities.

The results will help guide the development of additional employee housing in Canmore. We are willing to share the results with you. Thank you in advance for your responses.

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* 1. Which if the following best describes your business, for which employee housing may be applicable?

Hotel / resort owner

Hotel / resort operator

retail

tourist service (e.g. tour operator)

restaurant / food services

construction

institution / not-for-profit / government

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Approximately how many employees do you employ in Canmore?

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* 3. Approximately how many of your employees in Canmore are in some form of employer-provided or subsidized housing?

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* 4. Approximately how many additional employees in Canmore would you place in employee housing if an appropriate option was available?

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* 5. Approximately how many new employees would you hire in Canmore if an affordable employee housing option was available in Canmore?

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* 6. Approximately how much do your employees, who are in employee housing, spend on employee housing per day?

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* 7. If you provide a subsidy for your employees in Canmore, about how much per day do you provide in financial assistance?

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* 8. If you provide employee housing in Canmore, what type(s) do you have?

Do not have any employee housing

Rent under a long term lease (1 year or longer)

Rent under a short term lease (mont to month)

Own and operate yourself

Own and hire a property manager to operate

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* 9. If you were to consider new or additional employee housing in Canmore, what would be your first preference?

Do not need any, or any additional , employee housing.

Rent under a long term lease (1 year or longer)

Rent under a short term lease (month to month)

Purchase and operate yourself

Purchase and hire a property manager to operate

Do not need any, or any additional , employee housing.

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* 10. If you currently have employee housing in Canmore what best describes the type of employee housing you have (please select all that apply).

We do not currently have any employee housing

Each employee has a separate sleeping room

Employees share a sleeping room

Each employee has a separate washroom

Employees share washroom(s)

Each employee has a separate kitchen / food preparation area?

Employees share a kitchen / food preparation area?

Each employee has a separate refrigerator

Employees share a refrigerator(s)

Employees have access to a common living area

Employees have access to a place to store sporting equipments (nike, skines, etc.)

Employees have access to laundry facilities with the employee housing unit

Other (please specify)

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* 11. If you are considering new or additional employee housing in Canmore, please select below the type of employee housing that best fits your needs (please select all that apply).

We are not considering any additional employee housing

Each employee will have separate sleeping room

Employees will share a sleeping room

Each employee will have a separate washroom

Employees will share washroom(s)

Each employee will have a separate kitchen / food preparation area?

Employees will share a kitchen / food preparation area?

Each employee will have a separate refrigerator

Employees will share a refrigerator(s)

Employees will share a common living area

Employees will have access to a place to store sporting equipments (bike, skines, etc.)

Employees will have access to laundry facilities within the employee housing unit

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Please rank the following attributes that would influence your decision to provide new or additional employee housing in Canmore?

	Not important	Nice to have	Somewhat important	Very important	Critical	N/A
Cost per employee	Cost per employee Not important	Cost per employee Nice to have	Cost per employee Somewhat important	Cost per employee Very important	Cost per employee Critical	Cost per employee N/A
Vehicle parking	Vehicle parking Not important	Vehicle parking Nice to have	Vehicle parking Somewhat important	Vehicle parking Very important	Vehicle parking Critical	Vehicle parking N/A
Outdoor, covered bicycle parking	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking Not important	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking Nice to have	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking Somewhat important	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking Very important	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking Critical	Outdoor, covered bicycle parking N/A
Walking distance to place of employment	Walking distance to place of employment Not important	Walking distance to place of employment Nice to have	Walking distance to place of employment Somewhat important	Walking distance to place of employment Very important	Walking distance to place of employment Critical	Walking distance to place of employment N/A
Walking distance to Town centre	Walking distance to Town centre Not important	Walking distance to Town centre Nice to have	Walking distance to Town centre Somewhat important	Walking distance to Town centre Very important	Walking distance to Town centre Critical	Walking distance to Town centre N/A
Separate washroom for each sleeping room	Separate washroom for each sleeping room Not important	Separate washroom for each sleeping room Nice to have	Separate washroom for each sleeping room Somewhat important	Separate washroom for each sleeping room Very important	Separate washroom for each sleeping room Critical	Separate washroom for each sleeping room N/A
Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room Not important	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room Nice to have	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room Somewhat important	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room Very important	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room Critical	Separate fridge for each employee or each sleeping room N/A
Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment Not important	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment Nice to have	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment Somewhat important	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment Very important	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment Critical	Lockable storage for employee sporting equipment N/A
In unit laundry facilities	In unit laundry facilities Not important	In unit laundry facilities Nice to have	In unit laundry facilities Somewhat important	In unit laundry facilities Very important	In unit laundry facilities Critical	In unit laundry facilities N/A

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* 13. Is there any additional information on your employee housing needs that you can share?

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* 14. Would you like to receive a copy of the aggregate survey results by email? If so, please provide your e-mail address.

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* 15. Would you like to receive additional information on our employee housing solutions once they are more fully developed? If so, please provide your e-mail address

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* 16. If you would like us to contact you to discuss this survey or employee housing in general, please provide your name and phone number.

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phone number