OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 15, 2024 /CNW/ - Total SAAR housing starts for all areas in Canada decreased 10% in January 2024 (223,589 units) compared to December 2023 (248,968), according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
The six-month trend in housing starts decreased from 249,757 units in December 2023 to 244,827 units in January 2024, a 2% drop. 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.
Despite these declines, the actual number of housing starts across Canada in centres of 10,000 population and over was up 13% to 14,878 units in January 2024 compared to 13,220 units in January 2023. The year-over-year increase was driven by high multi-unit starts.
Actual housing starts were 49% higher year-over-year in Toronto but were 44% and 6% lower in Vancouver and Montreal, respectively. This suggests many other metropolitan areas made significant contributions to total housing starts in January 2024.
"The SAAR of housing starts declined in January pushing the trend down for the second consecutive month. Despite the trend performance, actual starts saw strong year-over-year growth, driven by high multi-unit starts, particularly in Toronto. In fact, from a historical perspective, we observed the second highest number of housing starts for the month of January going back to 1990," said Bob Dugan, CMHC's Chief Economist.
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Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
January 2023 | January 2024 | % | January 2023 | January 2024 | % | January 2023 | January 2024 | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.-L. | 17 | 34 | 100 | 3 | 36 | ## | 20 | 70 | 250 | |
P.E.I. | 14 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 67 | ## | 24 | 84 | 250 | |
N.S. | 90 | 112 | 24 | 119 | 365 | 207 | 209 | 477 | 128 | |
N.B. | 34 | 28 | -18 | 32 | 206 | ## | 66 | 234 | 255 | |
Atlantic | 155 | 191 | 23 | 164 | 674 | 311 | 319 | 865 | 171 | |
Qc | 195 | 207 | 6 | 1,745 | 2,287 | 31 | 1,940 | 2,494 | 29 | |
Ont. | 993 | 690 | -31 | 3,777 | 5,128 | 36 | 4,770 | 5,818 | 22 | |
Man. | 149 | 111 | -26 | 208 | 189 | -9 | 357 | 300 | -16 | |
Sask. | 40 | 58 | 45 | 100 | 169 | 69 | 140 | 227 | 62 | |
Alta. | 539 | 809 | 50 | 1,429 | 2,101 | 47 | 1,968 | 2,910 | 48 | |
Prairies | 728 | 978 | 34 | 1,737 | 2,459 | 42 | 2,465 | 3,437 | 39 | |
B.C. | 321 | 257 | -20 | 3,405 | 2,007 | -41 | 3,726 | 2,264 | -39 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 2,392 | 2,323 | -3 | 10,828 | 12,555 | 16 | 13,220 | 14,878 | 13 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 6 | 16 | 167 | 6 | 78 | ## | 12 | 94 | ## | |
Barrie | 38 | 20 | -47 | 61 | 8 | -87 | 99 | 28 | -72 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 5 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 7 | 40 | |
Brantford | 44 | 13 | -70 | 0 | 0 | - | 44 | 13 | -70 | |
Calgary | 304 | 487 | 60 | 991 | 1,464 | 48 | 1,295 | 1,951 | 51 | |
Chilliwack | 16 | 8 | -50 | 9 | 1 | -89 | 25 | 9 | -64 | |
Drummondville | 8 | 4 | -50 | 29 | 1 | -97 | 37 | 5 | -86 | |
Edmonton | 169 | 242 | 43 | 399 | 441 | 11 | 568 | 683 | 20 | |
Fredericton | 12 | 8 | -33 | 2 | 7 | 250 | 14 | 15 | 7 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 2 | 0 | -100 | 0 | 2 | ## | 2 | 2 | - | |
Guelph | 7 | 2 | -71 | 8 | 0 | -100 | 15 | 2 | -87 | |
Halifax | 17 | 51 | 200 | 87 | 289 | 232 | 104 | 340 | 227 | |
Hamilton | 23 | 47 | 104 | 138 | 204 | 48 | 161 | 251 | 56 | |
Kamloops | 7 | 1 | -86 | 8 | 1 | -88 | 15 | 2 | -87 | |
Kelowna | 27 | 11 | -59 | 349 | 107 | -69 | 376 | 118 | -69 | |
Kingston | 6 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 2 | -95 | 44 | 11 | -75 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 51 | 14 | -73 | 335 | 167 | -50 | 386 | 181 | -53 | |
Lethbridge | 10 | 15 | 50 | 3 | 88 | ## | 13 | 103 | ## | |
London | 35 | 27 | -23 | 285 | 155 | -46 | 320 | 182 | -43 | |
Moncton | 4 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 95 | ## | 19 | 100 | 426 | |
Montréal | 68 | 63 | -7 | 1,208 | 1,134 | -6 | 1,276 | 1,197 | -6 | |
Nanaimo | 9 | 27 | 200 | 7 | 177 | ## | 16 | 204 | ## | |
Oshawa | 18 | 17 | -6 | 30 | 312 | ## | 48 | 329 | ## | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 38 | 93 | 145 | 63 | 308 | 389 | 101 | 401 | 297 | |
Gatineau | 0 | 11 | ## | 30 | 181 | ## | 30 | 192 | ## | |
Ottawa | 38 | 82 | 116 | 33 | 127 | 285 | 71 | 209 | 194 | |
Peterborough | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 5 | 25 | |
Québec | 28 | 25 | -11 | 111 | 538 | 385 | 139 | 563 | 305 | |
Red Deer | 5 | 5 | - | 14 | 6 | -57 | 19 | 11 | -42 | |
Regina | 6 | 5 | -17 | 31 | 110 | 255 | 37 | 115 | 211 | |
Saguenay | 6 | 24 | 300 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 19 | 42 | 121 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 119 | 57 | -52 | 129 | 38 | -71 | 248 | 95 | -62 | |
Saint John | 6 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 90 | ## | 6 | 99 | ## | |
St. John's | 17 | 34 | 100 | 3 | 36 | ## | 20 | 70 | 250 | |
Saskatoon | 33 | 51 | 55 | 42 | 46 | 10 | 75 | 97 | 29 | |
Sherbrooke | 17 | 17 | - | 56 | 67 | 20 | 73 | 84 | 15 | |
Thunder Bay | 3 | 0 | -100 | 6 | 6 | - | 9 | 6 | -33 | |
Toronto | 390 | 281 | -28 | 2,305 | 3,724 | 62 | 2,695 | 4,005 | 49 | |
Trois-Rivières | 20 | 9 | -55 | 88 | 88 | - | 108 | 97 | -10 | |
Vancouver | 174 | 121 | -30 | 2,437 | 1,342 | -45 | 2,611 | 1,463 | -44 | |
Victoria | 23 | 11 | -52 | 440 | 171 | -61 | 463 | 182 | -61 | |
Windsor | 24 | 11 | -54 | 221 | 196 | -11 | 245 | 207 | -16 | |
Winnipeg | 133 | 99 | -26 | 138 | 171 | 24 | 271 | 270 | 0 | |
Total | 1,932 | 1,951 | 1 | 10,105 | 11,688 | 16 | 12,037 | 13,639 | 13 | |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based on 2021 Census Definitions. | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
## not calculable / extreme value |
Housing Start Data - Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR) | |||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | |||||||
December 2023 | January 2024 | % | December 2023 | January 2024 | % | December 2023 | January 2024 | % | |
Provinces (10,000+) | |||||||||
N.L. | 525 | 644 | 23 | 269 | 584 | 117 | 794 | 1,228 | 55 |
P.E.I. | 178 | 356 | 100 | 288 | 804 | 179 | 466 | 1,160 | 149 |
N.S. | 1,643 | 1,795 | 9 | 5,596 | 4,423 | -21 | 7,239 | 6,218 | -14 |
N.B. | 918 | 931 | 1 | 3,347 | 2,608 | -22 | 4,265 | 3,539 | -17 |
Qc | 4,056 | 4,700 | 16 | 35,464 | 34,683 | -2 | 39,520 | 39,383 | 0 |
Ont. | 13,596 | 12,811 | -6 | 54,212 | 66,808 | 23 | 67,808 | 79,619 | 17 |
Man. | 1,707 | 1,773 | 4 | 4,440 | 2,268 | -49 | 6,147 | 4,041 | -34 |
Sask. | 1,093 | 1,266 | 16 | 4,404 | 2,028 | -54 | 5,497 | 3,294 | -40 |
Alta. | 14,990 | 14,312 | -5 | 27,876 | 26,377 | -5 | 42,866 | 40,689 | -5 |
B.C. | 4,590 | 4,742 | 3 | 55,350 | 24,206 | -56 | 59,940 | 28,948 | -52 |
Canada (10,000+) | 43,296 | 43,330 | 0 | 191,246 | 164,789 | -14 | 234,542 | 208,119 | -11 |
Canada (All Areas) | 52,339 | 54,248 | 4 | 196,630 | 169,341 | -14 | 248,968 | 223,589 | -10 |
Metropolitan Areas | |||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 67 | 291 | 334 | 132 | 936 | ## | 199 | 1,227 | ## |
Barrie | 1,080 | 456 | -58 | 204 | 96 | -53 | 1,284 | 552 | -57 |
Belleville - Quinte West | 250 | 219 | -12 | 48 | 0 | -100 | 298 | 219 | -27 |
Brantford | 554 | 353 | -36 | 648 | 0 | -100 | 1,202 | 353 | -71 |
Calgary | 6,691 | 7,576 | 13 | 11,460 | 17,568 | 53 | 18,151 | 25,144 | 39 |
Chilliwack | 140 | 117 | -16 | 140 | 12 | -91 | 980 | 129 | -87 |
Drummondville | 307 | 104 | -66 | 720 | 12 | -98 | 1,027 | 116 | -89 |
Edmonton | 6,934 | 4,928 | -29 | 14,928 | 5,292 | -65 | 21,862 | 10,220 | -53 |
Fredericton | 299 | 275 | -8 | 24 | 84 | 250 | 323 | 359 | 11 |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 23 | 4 | -83 | 24 | 24 | - | 47 | 28 | -40 |
Guelph | 120 | 26 | -78 | 1,632 | 0 | -100 | 1,752 | 26 | -99 |
Halifax | 914 | 841 | -8 | 4,620 | 3,468 | -25 | 5,534 | 4,309 | -22 |
Hamilton | 466 | 706 | 52 | 7,272 | 2,448 | -66 | 7,738 | 3,154 | -59 |
Kamloops | 48 | 21 | -56 | 1,860 | 12 | -99 | 1,908 | 33 | -98 |
Kelowna | 431 | 250 | -42 | 3,948 | 1,284 | -67 | 4,379 | 1,534 | -65 |
Kingston | 400 | 381 | -5 | 96 | 24 | -75 | 496 | 405 | -18 |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 741 | 275 | -63 | 17,520 | 2,004 | -89 | 18,261 | 2,279 | -88 |
Lethbridge | 234 | 291 | 24 | 84 | 1,056 | ## | 318 | 1,347 | 324 |
London | 381 | 507 | 33 | 480 | 1,860 | 288 | 861 | 2,367 | 175 |
Moncton | 382 | 296 | -23 | 2,592 | 1,140 | -56 | 2,974 | 1,436 | -52 |
Montréal | 811 | 1,411 | 74 | 20,377 | 13,757 | -32 | 21,188 | 15,168 | -28 |
Nanaimo | 70 | 371 | 430 | 156 | 2,124 | ## | 226 | 2,495 | ## |
Oshawa | 571 | 485 | -15 | 228 | 3,744 | ## | 799 | 4,229 | 429 |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 1,982 | 2,196 | 11 | 8,280 | 3,696 | -55 | 10,262 | 5,892 | -43 |
Gatineau | 228 | 167 | -27 | 72 | 2,172 | ## | 300 | 2,339 | ## |
Ottawa | 1,754 | 2,029 | 16 | 8,208 | 1,524 | -81 | 9,962 | 3,553 | -64 |
Peterborough | 365 | 191 | -48 | 384 | 0 | -100 | 749 | 191 | -74 |
Québec | 408 | 559 | 37 | 960 | 6,456 | ## | 1,368 | 7,015 | 413 |
Red Deer | 78 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 72 | ## | 78 | 154 | 97 |
Regina | 241 | 97 | -60 | 2,208 | 1,320 | -40 | 2,449 | 1,417 | -42 |
Saguenay | 171 | 1,191 | ## | 2,400 | 216 | -91 | 2,571 | 1,407 | -45 |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 574 | 1,181 | 106 | 372 | 456 | 23 | 946 | 1,637 | 73 |
Saint John | 240 | 319 | 33 | 528 | 1,080 | 105 | 768 | 1,399 | 82 |
St. John's | 378 | 526 | 39 | 240 | 432 | 80 | 618 | 958 | 55 |
Saskatoon | 834 | 1,138 | 36 | 1,956 | 552 | -72 | 2,790 | 1,690 | -39 |
Sherbrooke | 189 | 258 | 37 | 1,176 | 804 | -32 | 1,365 | 1,062 | -22 |
Thunder Bay | 90 | 4 | -96 | 48 | 72 | 50 | 138 | 76 | -45 |
Toronto | 4,296 | 4,298 | 0 | 13,284 | 44,688 | 236 | 17,580 | 48,986 | 179 |
Trois-Rivières | 102 | 147 | 44 | 204 | 1,056 | 418 | 306 | 1,203 | 293 |
Vancouver | 2,117 | 2,192 | 4 | 38,496 | 16,104 | -58 | 40,613 | 18,296 | -55 |
Victoria | 339 | 183 | -46 | 7,404 | 2,052 | -72 | 7,743 | 2,235 | -71 |
Windsor | 219 | 217 | -1 | 144 | 2,352 | ## | 363 | 2,569 | ## |
Winnipeg | 1,407 | 1,446 | 3 | 3,660 | 2,052 | -44 | 5,067 | 3,498 | -31 |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based on 2021 Census Definitions. | |||||||||
Source: CMHC | |||||||||
## not calculable / extreme value |
SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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