OP, do not follow this advice. Housing is for shelter. As an investment, you're putting all of your eggs in one basket, in one country, in one narrow local area, in a risky market. Even REITs historically underperform the humble broad-market index ETF.
Do not drink the boomer kool-aid that it's a magic get rich quick scheme and they're super smart when in reality, they got lucky.
There are lots of sales on solar generators right now. Some Canadian options for panels include Lumera (made in Canada) and Canadian Solar.