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Ottawa Real Estate Forum
October 2025
Shaw Centre, Ottawa

Jérémie Emond
Director General Real Property Disposals at Public Services and Procurement Canada
Speaker

Profile

Jérémie Emond has recently joined Public Services and Procurement Canada in January 2024. He’s responsible to create and lead the real property disposal program that will accelerate and streamline the disposal of surplus properties. This will have a significant impact on Canada’s contribution to offer surplus federal properties for redevelopment in support of the current housing crisis.

From 2021 to 2024, he held the position of Director General, Real Property and Environment à Natural Resources Canada. He was responsible for the sound management of the real estate portfolio and its related resources. He was also responsible for asset management and environmental management and sustainable development programs. He was supported by a specialized and diversified workforce distributed across Canada.

From 2019 to 2021, he held the position of Senior Director, Facilities at Correctional Service Canada where he was responsible for portfolio planning (real property), office space management and real estate transactions, construction program delivery and the electronic security systems portfolio.

From 2016 to 2019, he held the position of Director, Portfolio Planning (Real Property) for National Defence. He was responsible for military installation planning, office space planning, real estate transactions, real estate information management, real property portfolio performance analysis, and issues related to oil and gas activities on military installations.

In 2016, he retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after more than 22 years of service where he served in numerous capacities. He worked in many diverse organizations across Canada and abroad. Among those positions, he held the position of Commander of the Real Property Operations Unit (Quebec) responsible for the management of the Defence portfolio for the province of Québec.

A civil engineer (Laval, 2000), he completed a master’s degree in Defence Studies (RMCC, 2013) and a master’s degree in public administration (ENAP, 2016). He is also the President of the Real Property Institute of Canada.

He is married to Pascale (Manager, Youth Protection) and is the father of 3 teenagers (age 18, 16 and 14).

Agenda Sessions

  • Downtown Ottawa: Transforming the core of Canada’s Capital City

    9:20am