The Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation (COCHF) was incorporated in 1992 under the Co-operative Corporations Act (Ontario). The federation was founded by housing co-operatives to serve and represent housing co-ops in the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Brantford, and Guelph. The federation currently has 39 member organizations and represents over 2,900 units of member controlled co-operative housing in the five cities.