OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 15, 2023 /CNW/ - The six-month trend in housing starts was higher in November at 257,777 units, up 0.7% from 255,876 units in October, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of total housing starts for all areas in Canada.
The monthly SAAR of total housing starts for all areas in Canada decreased 22% in November (212,624 units) compared to October (272,264 units).
The monthly SAAR of total urban (centres 10,000 population and over) housing starts decreased 23%, with 195,363 units recorded. Multi-unit urban starts decreased 27% to 151,297 units, while single-detached urban starts decreased 7% to 44,066 units.
Total SAAR housing starts were down 30% in Montreal and 39% in both Toronto and Vancouver, driven by significant declines in multi-unit starts.
The rural starts monthly SAAR estimate was 17,261 units.
"The notable drop in the rate of housing starts in November, particularly in the multi-unit space, should not come as a major surprise and reflects tighter economic conditions impacting construction timelines. As the more difficult borrowing conditions and labour shortages now seem to be showing in the starts numbers, we can expect to see continued slower starts rates in the coming months," said Kevin Hughes, CMHC's Deputy Chief Economist.
As a trusted source of housing information, CMHC provides unbiased housing-related data, research, and market information to help close knowledge gaps, and deepen understanding of complex housing issues to inform future policy decisions. Housing starts facilitate the analysis of monthly, quarterly, and year-over-year activity in the new home market. The data we collect as part of our Starts and Completions and Market Absorption surveys helps us obtain a clearer picture of upcoming new housing supply and is used as part of our various housing reports.
CMHC contributes to the stability of the housing market and financial system, provides support for Canadians in housing need, and offers objective housing research and information to all levels of governments, consumers and the housing industry.
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Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
November | November | % | November | November | % | November | November | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.-L. | 31 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 25 | ## | 34 | 62 | 82 | |
P.E.I. | 24 | 9 | -63 | 84 | 30 | -64 | 108 | 39 | -64 | |
N.S. | 119 | 124 | 4 | 207 | 903 | 336 | 326 | 1,027 | 215 | |
N.B. | 90 | 67 | -26 | 555 | 365 | -34 | 645 | 432 | -33 | |
Atlantic | 264 | 237 | -10 | 849 | 1,323 | 56 | 1,113 | 1,560 | 40 | |
Qc | 540 | 363 | -33 | 3,329 | 2,082 | -37 | 3,869 | 2,445 | -37 | |
Ont. | 1,974 | 1,313 | -33 | 6,885 | 4,323 | -37 | 8,859 | 5,636 | -36 | |
Man. | 188 | 150 | -20 | 671 | 461 | -31 | 859 | 611 | -29 | |
Sask. | 93 | 115 | 24 | 114 | 316 | 177 | 207 | 431 | 108 | |
Alta. | 882 | 1,246 | 41 | 1,730 | 2,129 | 23 | 2,612 | 3,375 | 29 | |
Prairies | 1,163 | 1,511 | 30 | 2,515 | 2,906 | 16 | 3,678 | 4,417 | 20 | |
B.C. | 587 | 431 | -27 | 3,149 | 2,602 | -17 | 3,736 | 3,033 | -19 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 4,528 | 3,855 | -15 | 16,727 | 13,236 | -21 | 21,255 | 17,091 | -20 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 41 | 18 | -56 | 22 | 374 | ## | 63 | 392 | ## | |
Barrie | 59 | 53 | -10 | 490 | 139 | -72 | 549 | 192 | -65 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 23 | 35 | 52 | 4 | 110 | ## | 27 | 145 | 437 | |
Brantford | 73 | 34 | -53 | 103 | 72 | -30 | 176 | 106 | -40 | |
Calgary | 332 | 594 | 79 | 1,341 | 1,214 | -9 | 1,673 | 1,808 | 8 | |
Chilliwack | 21 | 17 | -19 | 43 | 90 | 109 | 64 | 107 | 67 | |
Drummondville | 26 | 13 | -50 | 58 | 91 | 57 | 84 | 104 | 24 | |
Edmonton | 409 | 510 | 25 | 294 | 839 | 185 | 703 | 1,349 | 92 | |
Fredericton | 30 | 26 | -13 | 99 | 74 | -25 | 129 | 100 | -22 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 5 | 2 | -60 | 12 | 2 | -83 | 17 | 4 | -76 | |
Guelph | 11 | 10 | -9 | 40 | 8 | -80 | 51 | 18 | -65 | |
Halifax | 48 | 54 | 13 | 142 | 802 | 465 | 190 | 856 | 351 | |
Hamilton | 65 | 21 | -68 | 841 | 69 | -92 | 906 | 90 | -90 | |
Kamloops | 4 | 2 | -50 | 134 | 1 | -99 | 138 | 3 | -98 | |
Kelowna | 40 | 29 | -28 | 245 | 20 | -92 | 285 | 49 | -83 | |
Kingston | 13 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | -100 | 19 | 15 | -21 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 98 | 79 | -19 | 920 | 324 | -65 | 1,018 | 403 | -60 | |
Lethbridge | 13 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | -100 | 20 | 14 | -30 | |
London | 93 | 59 | -37 | 215 | 116 | -46 | 308 | 175 | -43 | |
Moncton | 19 | 13 | -32 | 303 | 257 | -15 | 322 | 270 | -16 | |
Montréal | 136 | 103 | -24 | 873 | 986 | 13 | 1,009 | 1,089 | 8 | |
Nanaimo | 12 | 41 | 242 | 3 | 25 | ## | 15 | 66 | 340 | |
Oshawa | 75 | 2 | -97 | 378 | 411 | 9 | 453 | 413 | -9 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 251 | 126 | -50 | 997 | 730 | -27 | 1,248 | 856 | -31 | |
Gatineau | 57 | 3 | -95 | 659 | 27 | -96 | 716 | 30 | -96 | |
Ottawa | 194 | 123 | -37 | 338 | 703 | 108 | 532 | 826 | 55 | |
Peterborough | 28 | 51 | 82 | 0 | 16 | ## | 28 | 67 | 139 | |
Québec | 89 | 45 | -49 | 925 | 224 | -76 | 1,014 | 269 | -73 | |
Red Deer | 4 | 11 | 175 | 10 | 0 | -100 | 14 | 11 | -21 | |
Regina | 20 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 115 | 297 | 49 | 139 | 184 | |
Saguenay | 18 | 8 | -56 | 8 | 32 | 300 | 26 | 40 | 54 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 135 | 81 | -40 | 106 | 90 | -15 | 241 | 171 | -29 | |
Saint John | 30 | 18 | -40 | 129 | 5 | -96 | 159 | 23 | -86 | |
St. John's | 28 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 24 | ## | 30 | 55 | 83 | |
Saskatoon | 67 | 85 | 27 | 66 | 190 | 188 | 133 | 275 | 107 | |
Sherbrooke | 26 | 26 | - | 191 | 81 | -58 | 217 | 107 | -51 | |
Thunder Bay | 12 | 4 | -67 | 2 | 14 | ## | 14 | 18 | 29 | |
Toronto | 686 | 419 | -39 | 2,813 | 1,885 | -33 | 3,499 | 2,304 | -34 | |
Trois-Rivières | 14 | 17 | 21 | 43 | 74 | 72 | 57 | 91 | 60 | |
Vancouver | 324 | 195 | -40 | 1,998 | 1,566 | -22 | 2,322 | 1,761 | -24 | |
Victoria | 41 | 28 | -32 | 558 | 435 | -22 | 599 | 463 | -23 | |
Windsor | 43 | 23 | -47 | 79 | 63 | -20 | 122 | 86 | -30 | |
Winnipeg | 165 | 127 | -23 | 583 | 445 | -24 | 748 | 572 | -24 | |
Total | 3,627 | 3,063 | -16 | 15,112 | 12,013 | -21 | 18,739 | 15,076 | -20 | |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based on | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
## not calculable / extreme |
Housing Start Data - Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR) | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
October | November | % | October | November | % | October | November | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.L. | 443 | 488 | 10 | 370 | 418 | 13 | 813 | 906 | 11 | |
P.E.I. | 290 | 92 | -68 | 588 | 360 | -39 | 878 | 452 | -49 | |
N.S. | 1,586 | 1,508 | -5 | 7,861 | 10,777 | 37 | 9,447 | 12,285 | 30 | |
N.B. | 917 | 745 | -19 | 3,493 | 4,405 | 26 | 4,410 | 5,150 | 17 | |
Qc | 4,302 | 3,956 | -8 | 33,030 | 22,015 | -33 | 37,332 | 25,971 | -30 | |
Ont. | 16,294 | 13,962 | -14 | 82,970 | 47,296 | -43 | 99,264 | 61,258 | -38 | |
Man. | 1,493 | 1,695 | 14 | 888 | 5,532 | ## | 2,381 | 7,227 | 204 | |
Sask. | 1,390 | 1,460 | 5 | 2,412 | 3,792 | 57 | 3,802 | 5,252 | 38 | |
Alta. | 15,077 | 14,979 | -1 | 24,313 | 25,414 | 5 | 39,390 | 40,393 | 3 | |
B.C. | 5,550 | 5,181 | -7 | 51,776 | 31,288 | -40 | 57,326 | 36,469 | -36 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 47,342 | 44,066 | -7 | 207,701 | 151,297 | -27 | 255,043 | 195,363 | -23 | |
Canada (All Areas) | 59,662 | 56,268 | -6 | 212,604 | 156,356 | -26 | 272,264 | 212,624 | -22 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 278 | 201 | -28 | 2,316 | 4,488 | 94 | 2,594 | 4,689 | 81 | |
Barrie | 721 | 543 | -25 | 1,008 | 1,668 | 65 | 1,729 | 2,211 | 28 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 212 | 343 | 62 | 192 | 1,320 | ## | 404 | 1,663 | 312 | |
Brantford | 178 | 327 | 84 | 792 | 864 | 9 | 970 | 1,191 | 23 | |
Calgary | 7,109 | 7,121 | 0 | 17,976 | 14,568 | -19 | 25,085 | 21,689 | -14 | |
Chilliwack | 252 | 234 | -7 | 252 | 1,080 | 329 | 1,356 | 1,314 | -3 | |
Drummondville | 117 | 118 | 1 | 468 | 1,092 | 133 | 585 | 1,210 | 107 | |
Edmonton | 6,457 | 6,306 | -2 | 5,220 | 10,068 | 93 | 11,677 | 16,374 | 40 | |
Fredericton | 275 | 248 | -10 | 216 | 888 | 311 | 491 | 1,136 | 131 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 7 | 20 | 186 | 0 | 24 | ## | 7 | 44 | ## | |
Guelph | 146 | 93 | -36 | 0 | 96 | ## | 146 | 189 | 29 | |
Halifax | 729 | 641 | -12 | 7,212 | 9,624 | 33 | 7,941 | 10,265 | 29 | |
Hamilton | 416 | 240 | -42 | 13,980 | 828 | -94 | 14,396 | 1,068 | -93 | |
Kamloops | 140 | 22 | -84 | 0 | 12 | ## | 140 | 34 | -76 | |
Kelowna | 479 | 356 | -26 | 4,512 | 240 | -95 | 4,991 | 596 | -88 | |
Kingston | 269 | 147 | -45 | 4,200 | 0 | -100 | 4,469 | 147 | -97 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 771 | 893 | 16 | 3,348 | 3,888 | 16 | 4,119 | 4,781 | 16 | |
Lethbridge | 281 | 196 | -30 | 324 | 0 | -100 | 605 | 196 | -68 | |
London | 628 | 640 | 2 | 1,812 | 1,392 | -23 | 2,440 | 2,032 | -17 | |
Moncton | 277 | 211 | -24 | 3,168 | 3,084 | -3 | 3,445 | 3,295 | -4 | |
Montréal | 1,127 | 1,016 | -10 | 17,049 | 11,744 | -31 | 18,176 | 12,760 | -30 | |
Nanaimo | 95 | 610 | ## | 1,272 | 300 | -76 | 1,367 | 910 | -33 | |
Oshawa | 743 | 24 | -97 | 240 | 4,932 | ## | 983 | 4,956 | 404 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 2,224 | 1,346 | -39 | 13,176 | 8,760 | -34 | 15,400 | 10,106 | -34 | |
Gatineau | 389 | 29 | -93 | 2,244 | 324 | -86 | 2,633 | 353 | -87 | |
Ottawa | 1,835 | 1,317 | -28 | 10,932 | 8,436 | -23 | 12,767 | 9,753 | -24 | |
Peterborough | 342 | 425 | 24 | 0 | 192 | ## | 342 | 617 | 80 | |
Québec | 285 | 501 | 76 | 7,704 | 2,688 | -65 | 7,989 | 3,189 | -60 | |
Red Deer | 87 | 112 | 29 | 204 | 0 | -100 | 291 | 112 | -62 | |
Regina | 195 | 272 | 39 | 912 | 1,380 | 51 | 1,107 | 1,652 | 49 | |
Saguenay | 171 | 99 | -42 | 72 | 384 | 433 | 243 | 483 | 99 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 1,471 | 901 | -39 | 2,400 | 1,080 | -55 | 3,871 | 1,981 | -49 | |
Saint John | 260 | 172 | -34 | 0 | 60 | ## | 260 | 232 | -11 | |
St. John's | 331 | 349 | 5 | 276 | 288 | 4 | 607 | 637 | 5 | |
Saskatoon | 1,164 | 1,084 | -7 | 1,356 | 2,280 | 68 | 2,520 | 3,364 | 33 | |
Sherbrooke | 153 | 303 | 98 | 1,416 | 972 | -31 | 1,569 | 1,275 | -19 | |
Thunder Bay | 86 | 35 | -59 | 84 | 168 | 100 | 170 | 203 | 19 | |
Toronto | 5,136 | 4,332 | -16 | 39,288 | 22,620 | -42 | 44,424 | 26,952 | -39 | |
Trois-Rivières | 209 | 202 | -3 | 3,408 | 888 | -74 | 3,617 | 1,090 | -70 | |
Vancouver | 2,499 | 2,332 | -7 | 32,244 | 18,792 | -42 | 34,743 | 21,124 | -39 | |
Victoria | 421 | 368 | -13 | 8,364 | 5,220 | -38 | 8,785 | 5,588 | -36 | |
Windsor | 408 | 291 | -29 | 1,668 | 756 | -55 | 2,076 | 1,047 | -50 | |
Winnipeg | 1,264 | 1,478 | 17 | 612 | 5,340 | ## | 1,876 | 6,818 | 263 | |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
## not calculable / extreme | ||||||||||
SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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