Minto Group

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Minto Group
Company type Private Company
TSX:  MI.UN
Industry Real estate
Founded1955
Headquarters,
Canada
Key people
Michael Waters (CEO)
Roger Greenberg (Executive Chairman)
RevenueDecrease2.svg US$157.088 million (2024) [1]
Increase2.svg US$100.571 million (2024) [2]
OwnerThe Greenberg Family
Number of employees
1500 (2025)
Website www.minto.com
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Minto Yorkville

Minto Group is a Canadian real estate company based in Ottawa, Ontario. It builds homes in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Florida, and South Carolina and manages multi-residential and commercial properties in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. As of 2025, Minto has built 100,000 new homes, [3] and manages $2.9 billion in assets, including 13,000 multi-residential units and 2.7 million square feet of commercial space. [4] [5] The firm is one of Ottawa's largest residential landlords. [6] Minto also has a publicly traded subsidiary, holding some of its multi-residential units, called Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust. Some of Minto's joint-venture partners have been with Lasalle Investment Management, Greystar, and CPPIB.

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History

Minto Group was founded in 1955 by Gilbert, Irving, Lorry and Louis Greenberg, as a home builder. [7] It was originally called Mercury Homes, but renamed itself Minto Construction Company in 1957. Its first large development was Parkwood Hills in Nepean in partnership with Westmore Investments. [8] As part of that development, Minto built Canada's first high-rise condominium, Horizon House on Meadowlands Drive. [3] The firm developed a number of other subdivisions in the Ottawa area in the 1960s and 1970s; in 1971, three quarters of construction in Nepean was by Minto. [8]

In the early 1980s, the firm expanded to Florida. [9]

In 1991, Roger Greenberg, son of Gilbert, became CEO, after the death of his uncle Irving. [9]

In 2001, Minto completed the first Minto Dream Home for the Children’s Hospital of Easter Ontario (CHEO) Dream of a Lifetime Lottery.

In 2008, Minto built Canada’s first Net Zero Inspiration Home. [10]

In 2013, Michael Waters, who is not part of the Greenberg family, became CEO. [9]

In 2016, Minto became the title sponsor of the Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships Powered by Margaritaville held in Naples, Florida. The U.S. Open has since become the largest annual pickleball event in the world, with over 50,000 spectators in 2024. [11]

In 2017, Minto Communities USA and Margaritaville Holdings announce a partnership to develop active adult communities, Latitude Margaritaville, with first location in Daytona Beach. [12]

In May 2018, Minto announced it would hold an IPO for its Canadian multi-residential properties. [13] The properties became part of a new entity, Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which Minto Group continues to have a significant ownership stake in. The trust would initially own 4279 rental suites, 72% of which would be in Ottawa, with the intention of eventually holding all of Minto's 13,000 multi-residential units. Minto Group held the IPO in part to provide money to Minto's owners, the Greenberg family. Minto raised $200 million in the IPO, which took place on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [14] The IPO took place on June 29, 2018, with an initial price of $14.50 per share, and under the share symbol MI.UN. [15]

Named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2024 and 2025. [16]

Business

Minto Group is divided into three divisions:

The Greenberg family, who founded and still controls the Minto Group, [9] was listed as the 74th richest people in Canada in 2017, according to Canadian Business. [7]

Recent Awards

2025

2024

Community

CHEO

Minto has demonstrated a deep and lasting commitment to community support through its long-standing partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). Since 2001, Minto has proudly designed and built the Minto Dream Home, the grand prize in CHEO’s annual Dream of a Lifetime Lottery. [43]

This initiative has raised close to $60 million to date, directly supporting CHEO’s vital programs and services for children and families across Eastern Ontario. Each year, Minto collaborates with designers, trade partners, and suppliers to create a home that not only inspires ticket sales but also showcases innovation in sustainable living—such as the introduction of Net Zero Energy homes. [44]

Developments

Communities

Toronto and GTA

Ottawa

Calgary

USA

  • The Isles of Collier Preserve [58]
  • Westlake [59]
  • Latitude Margaritaville – Daytona Beach [60]
  • Latitude Margaritaville – Hilton Head [60]
  • Latitude Margaritaville – Watersound [60]

Apartments

Ottawa

Toronto

  • High Park Village [72]
  • York Mills and Leslie [73]
  • 39 Niagara [74]
  • Minto Yorkville [75]
  • Marlborough Court [76]
  • The ROE [77]
  • Upper Canada Drive [78]
  • Aquitaine Avenue [79]
  • Jameson Avenue [80]
  • Richgrove Village [81]
  • Lord Seaton Road [82]
  • The Links Road [83]
  • 620 Martin Grove Road and 610 Martin Grove Road [84]
  • Elora [85]

Calgary

Vancouver

Montreal

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