Housing Starts in Canada decreased to 232.80 Thousand units in October from 279.20 Thousand units in September 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 ...).

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.

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 ...).

The number of single-family housing starts in Canada in 2024 decreased by ****** units in comparison to the previous year. Housing starts also fell in 2023 from a peak of over ****** housing units in 2021. New home construction in Canada overall followed a similar trend during that period.

Multifamily housing starts in 2024 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 (53 items: Large urban areas; Barrie; Ontario; Belleville; Ontario; Brantford; Ontario ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing under construction; Housing completions ...), Type of unit (5 items: Total units; Semi-detached units; Row units; Single-detached units ...).

Graph and download economic data for Work Started: Construction: Dwellings and Residential Buildings: Total for Canada (WSCNDW01CAA489N) from 1960 to 2022 about housing starts, Canada, buildings, residential, construction, and housing.

Housing starts in Canada represent the total number of new residential dwelling units that began construction during the year, encompassing single-detached homes, semi-detached units, row houses and apartment buildings. This metric serves as a leading indicator of residential construction activity, housing supply dynamics and broader economic confidence. Data is compiled monthly by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation through building permit surveys and construction site inspections across all provinces and territories.

Preliminary housing starts in census metropolitan areas, urban centres of 10,000 and over, and all areas, seasonally adjusted at annual rates.

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 ...).

The number of housing starts in Ontario amounted to ****** in 2024. Between 1955 and 2024, the number of housing starts rose by ******, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

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This table contains 19 series, with data for years 1948 - 1992 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-02-08. 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 (3 items: Total units; Single-detached; Total - row; apartment and other ...).

View monthly updates and historical trends for Ontario Housing Starts. Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Track economic data with YCharts a…

This table contains 165 series, with data for years 1988 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-12-21. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (11 items: Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing under construction; Housing completions ...), Type of unit (5 items: Total units; Single-detached units; Row units; Semi-detached units ...).

New home construction in the Canadian province of Ontario amounted to roughly ****** units in 2024. Those figures were much higher than the number of construction starts in Quebec. On a year-to-year basis, construction in both provinces had been increasing steadily between 2015 and 2021, but housing starts fell after that.

Dataset Description: Vancouver Housing Data

The data folder contains structured property information extracted from real estate listings. It includes CSV files where each row represents a property with details such as price, location, size, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and additional features like heating, cooling, and garage availability. This folder serves as the primary storage for processed real estate data, which can be used for market analysis, pricing trends, and investment insights.

Data Source

Website: Remax Canada Date: February 16th, 2025

Tools & Technologies Used

• requests: Fetches web pages containing housing data
• BeautifulSoup: Parses HTML to extract required information
• pandas: Stores, processes, and exports structured data
• numpy: Handles missing values and numerical processing
• tqdm: Provides a progress bar for tracking the scraping process
• concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor: Enables parallel requests for faster data collection

Features Collected

• Address Details: streetAddress, addressLocality, addressRegion, postalCode
• Geolocation: latitude, longitude
• Property Description: description
• Pricing Information: price, priceCurrency
• General Property Attributes: Beds, baths, square footage
• Additional Property Features: Heating, cooling, lot size, garage, year built, etc.

Potential Applications

Real Estate Market Analysis: Price trends, demand, and supply insights. Investment Decisions: Identifying profitable locations. Property Feature Analysis: Understanding what factors influence pricing.

This table contains 220 series, with data for years 1948 - 2015 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2015-12-21. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (22 items: Prince Edward Island; Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Atlantic provinces ...), Housing estimates (3 items: Housing starts; Housing completions; Housing under construction ...), Type of unit (6 items: Total units; Semi-detached units; Row units; Single-detached units ...).

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 ...).