Housing Starts in Canada increased to 283.73 Thousand units in June from 282.71 Thousand units in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Canada Housing Starts - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Canada; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing under construction; Housing completions ...), Type of unit (6 items: Total units; Semi-detached; Single-detached; Multiples ...).

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Atlantic provinces; Canada ...), Type of unit (3 items: Total units; Multiples; Single-detached units ...).

In 2024, there were more new home construction starts in Canada than in the previous year. Construction starts peaked in 2021, when there were ******* housing units whose construction started that year. Despite the restrictions imposed in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry managed to continue operating, with increases in the number of housing starts in 2020 and 2021. How many homes are under development? In 2023, the number of housing units that were under construction in Canada was approximately ******** units. After a period of stagnation until 2016, the housing industry witnessed a significant surge in construction activity. Numerous factors are attributed to this rise, including the heightened demand for housing, an expanding economy that encouraged investment, and the response to the shortage of housing. How expensive are homes in Canada? In 2024, the average cost of a house in Canada was around ******* Canadian dollars. The average house price had increased that year by ****** Canadian dollars compared in 2024 compared to the previous year. The house price-to-income ratio in Canada increased slightly in the third quarter of 2024.

The number of single-family housing starts in Canada in 2023 decreased by ****** units in comparison to the previous year. Housing starts also fell in 2022 from a peak of over ****** housing units in 2021. New home construction in Canada overall followed a similar trend during that period.

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Housing starts, all rural areas, Canada and provinces, 6-month moving average and seasonally adjusted at annual rates

Multifamily housing starts in 2023 fell slightly in comparison to the previous year. That year, construction starts in apartments, semi-detached homes, and rows reached ******* units. Ontario was the province with most of those construction starts. The volume of new home construction in Canada has fluctuated significantly in the past years.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (47 items: Canada; Atlantic provinces; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Type of unit (6 items: Total units; Single-detached units; Multiples; Semi-detached units ...).

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The number of housing starts in British Columbia, a province in the east of Canada, have fluctuated significantly during the last decades. While 50,490 home constructions started in 2023 in this Canadian province, the number of residential construction starts in 2009 was just 16,000 units. In comparison, the number of housing starts in Ontario tends to be much higher than in British Columbia.

The housing starts driver measures the number of new privately owned housing units started in a given year, including both single unit and multi-unit developments. Data is sourced from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the national housing agency.

This table contains 213 series, with data for years 1948 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-10-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Atlantic provinces ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing under construction; Housing completions ...), Type of unit (6 items: Total units; Multiples; Single-detached; Semi-detached ...), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted at annual rates ...).

Housing construction starts in Ontario, a province of Canada, peaked in 2021, when it reached the highest volume since 2011. While in 2019 there were roughly ****** new homes starts, that figure reached almost 100,000 units in 2021. Meanwhile, in 2022 there were over ****** homes started.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (43 items: Brantford; Ontario; Belleville; Ontario; Large urban areas; Barrie; Ontario ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing completions; Housing under construction ...), Type of unit (5 items: Total units; Semi-detached units; Row units; Single-detached units ...).

The number of housing starts in New Brunswick, Canada, has peaked in 2022 with an increase of *** units over the previous year, in 2023 the number decreased with ***** housing starts for that year. Residential construction starts in Alberta were much higher than in New Brunswick.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (37 items: Census metropolitan areas; Edmonton; Alberta; Saguenay; Quebec; Calgary; Alberta ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing under construction; Housing starts; Housing completions ...), Type of unit (5 items: Total units; Row units; Single-detached units; Semi-detached units ...).

Home construction starts in Quebec, a mostly French-speaking province in Canada, decreased slightly in 2022. That came shortly after housing starts reached a new peak in 2021, with roughly ****** units. Between 1995 and 2001, the number of home constructions started stayed relatively low, ranging from ****** units to ****** units. However, nowadays Quebec has one of the highest residential construction supplies Canada, with more housing starts than in British Columbia during the last years.

The number of residential construction starts in Alberta, Canada, reached a peak in 2022 at roughly ****** units. These figures have fluctuates significantly since 1991, when there were ****** homes started. However, in comparison the number of housing starts in Nova Scotia has been more volatile during the same period.

This table contains 118 series, with data for years 1990 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-10-23. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (47 items: Canada; Prince Edward Island; Atlantic provinces; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Type of unit (6 items: Total units; Multiples; Semi-detached units; Single-detached units ...).