Who is Mike Holmes?

Mike Holmes is known as Canada's Most Trusted Contractor, and the man whose mission is to Make it Right®.

He is the host and creator of Holmes on Homes™, which has been the #1 show on HGTV Canada since the summer of 2004, and also airs in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Germany. Thanks to strong supporters in both broadcast and building industries, the award-winning Holmes on Homes™ran seven successful seasons. Mike Holmes' knowledge, professionalism and honesty bring a high level of credibility to his show.

Holmes on Homes™ is an honest and revealing show about contractor rip-offs and how to avoid them. Homeowners around the world learn from Mike's tips on how to manage a renovation and what to look out for in home repair and maintenance.

Mike's initiatives in new home construction and 'eco-friendly' building were demonstrated in his new series Holmes in New Orleans--a ratings success when it aired in April of 2009. Holmes in New Orleans won a Gemini award for Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series.

Mike and his crew built a remarkable sustainable and hurricane resistant house in New Orleans as part of the Make it Right NOLA project. The project was initiated after a series of community meetings with residents of the Lower 9th Ward, an area of New Orleans completely devastated after Hurricane Katrina.

Mike is currently in production on Holmes Inspection, a new television series airing on HGTV Canada.  Holmes Inspection shines the flashlight on homeowners who face unexpected, expensive repair bills and even potentially dangerous living conditions because they received incomplete, vague or simply incomplete information from a home inspector. After a Holmes Inspection where Mike identifies problems with the house, he and his crew Make it Right®.

Mike is a contractor with integrity, who knows the importance of resourcefulness and craftsmanship.  In 2006 Mike Holmes was recognized in Canada's House of Commons for his promotion of skilled trades and for his advocacy for improved building standards. He was acknowledged as an "extraordinary craftsperson" and "an accomplished master builder with a social conscience".

Mike is now taking home renovation and construction to a new level. He is developing Wind Walk, the first Holmes Community, in Southwest Alberta. This unique community of eco-friendly and sustainable homes will set a new standard for residential construction and design.

Mike is also the author of two successful books-the national bestseller Make it Right--Inside Home Renovation with Canada's Most Trusted Contractor and the newly published Holmes Inspection-Everything you Need to Know Before You Buy or Sell Your Home, as well as a weekly newspaper column.  His Holmes Workwear clothing and boot line is available across North America, and he sells out home shows and seminars whenever he speaks in public.

The third issue of Mike’s new bi-monthly magazine HOLMES—The Magazine to Make it Right® is on newsstands now. HOLMES is distributed across North America.

Mike is well known for his contribution to the international community through his work with SOS Children's Villages.  On April 26, 2006, Mike launched The Holmes Foundation, a charitable Canadian foundation to support the training of youth in the skilled trades, through apprenticeships, scholarships and bursaries.

On February 21, 2008, Mike was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), for his outstanding and sustained achievements in his field.

Mike is the national spokesperson for Skills Canada and for World Skills 2009 and is often invited to speak by professional organizations, such as the Canadian Safety Association of Ontario, the Ontario Building Inspectors Association and the Canadian Association of Home Inspectors. In November 2009 he spoke at GreenBuild, the US Green Building Council conference on sustainable housing. In December 2009 he had the great honour to attend COP15 in Copenhagen as an Eminent Advisor to the Canadian government.