Private equity · Construction & infrastructure

Building a more efficient Canada, one company at a time.

Rue du Monde Holdings acquires established construction-services businesses and modernizes them, so the buildings they design, build and maintain use less energy for decades to come.

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Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
Footprint
Across Canada
Oldest holding
Founded 1995
Target annual return
10–20%

Our vision

Cleaner buildings start with the ones already standing.

Most of the buildings Canada will use in 2050 already exist. Making them more efficient is one of the largest and least glamorous climate opportunities in the country, and it runs through the engineers, trades and consultants who look after them every day.

37%of global CO₂ emissions come from the buildings and construction sector
18%of Canada's emissions come from buildings, once electricity is counted
70 yrsto retrofit Canada's commercial floor area at today's pace

Sources: UNEP Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2025–2026; Natural Resources Canada, Canada Green Buildings Strategy.

Small steps, compounding impact

10–20% better, building by building

We are not waiting for a breakthrough. Space and water heating alone drive more than 96% of direct building emissions in Canada, and much of that energy is lost to ageing equipment, poor controls and designs that were never optimized.

Improving the efficiency of the buildings our companies touch by 10–20% is achievable with today's engineering. Applied across Canada's building stock, a gain of that size would avoid roughly 9 to 18 million tonnes of emissions every year, based on the 89 million tonnes Canada's buildings emit directly. Each company we own moves that number, one project at a time.

How we create value

Every acquisition gets the same playbook

We start inside the business. The same discipline our companies bring to a client's building, we bring to the company itself.

Find the waste

We map where time, energy and margin are lost, from estimating and scheduling to invoicing and field work.

Modernize the systems

Cloud project management, integrated CRM and finance, and current design and modelling software replace paper and spreadsheets.

Put AI to work

AI takes on drafting, report writing, takeoffs and data entry, so skilled people spend their time on the work only they can do.

Invest in people

Comprehensive benefits, modern tools, training and good working conditions keep our teams competitive and keep them with us.

What we look for

Acquisition criteria

We partner with established, profitable businesses whose owners want their company and their people to keep growing after they step back.

SectorBusinesses across the construction and infrastructure value chain: design, engineering, project management, environmental, trades and building services
ClientsMeaningful exposure to commercial, institutional or industrial work
SizeEBITDA of $500K to $1M, with a proven track record
GeographyOntario
TransactionFlexible: full or majority buyouts, owner succession and management partnerships

For business owners

Your legacy, carried forward

You spent years building a firm with a name clients trust. We keep that name on the door, keep your team together, and give them the capital and tools to do their best work for the next generation of buildings.

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