OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 16, 2023 /CNW/ - The trend in housing starts was higher in October at 256,280 units, up 1% from 253,957 units in September, 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 also increased 1% in October (274,681 units) compared to September (270,669 units).
The monthly SAAR of total urban (centres 10,000 population and over) housing starts increased 2%, with 257,357 units recorded. Multi-unit urban starts increased 1% to 209,887 units, while single-detached urban starts increased 9% to 47,470 units.
Total SAAR housing starts were down 43% in Montreal and 24% in Toronto, while Vancouver recorded an increase of 35%, driven by a 40% increase in multi-unit starts.
The rural starts monthly SAAR estimate was 17,324 units.
"Despite the upward trend in October, driven once again by persistent multi-unit starts activity off-setting declines in single detached starts, actual year-to-date starts are down. We will need to find innovative ways to deliver more housing and close the supply gap in this challenging economic environment," said Bob Dugan, CMHC's 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.
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Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
October | October | % | October 2022 | October 2023 | % | October 2022 | October | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.-L. | 23 | 40 | 74 | 3 | 24 | ## | 26 | 64 | 146 | |
P.E.I. | 34 | 42 | 24 | 40 | 49 | 23 | 74 | 91 | 23 | |
N.S. | 142 | 153 | 8 | 83 | 652 | ## | 225 | 805 | 258 | |
N.B. | 104 | 90 | -13 | 56 | 289 | 416 | 160 | 379 | 137 | |
Atlantic | 303 | 325 | 7 | 182 | 1,014 | 457 | 485 | 1,339 | 176 | |
Qc | 579 | 410 | -29 | 4,197 | 3,297 | -21 | 4,776 | 3,707 | -22 | |
Ont. | 1,900 | 1,480 | -22 | 5,472 | 6,920 | 26 | 7,372 | 8,400 | 14 | |
Man. | 227 | 131 | -42 | 545 | 74 | -86 | 772 | 205 | -73 | |
Sask. | 91 | 129 | 42 | 309 | 201 | -35 | 400 | 330 | -18 | |
Alta. | 1,088 | 1,310 | 20 | 2,827 | 2,044 | -28 | 3,915 | 3,354 | -14 | |
Prairies | 1,406 | 1,570 | 12 | 3,681 | 2,319 | -37 | 5,087 | 3,889 | -24 | |
B.C. | 598 | 449 | -25 | 2,815 | 4,287 | 52 | 3,413 | 4,736 | 39 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 4,786 | 4,234 | -12 | 16,347 | 17,837 | 9 | 21,133 | 22,071 | 4 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 32 | 22 | -31 | 29 | 193 | ## | 61 | 215 | 252 | |
Barrie | 86 | 74 | -14 | 34 | 84 | 147 | 120 | 158 | 32 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 167 | 23 | 34 | 48 | |
Brantford | 138 | 24 | -83 | 61 | 66 | 8 | 199 | 90 | -55 | |
Calgary | 503 | 639 | 27 | 1,185 | 1,498 | 26 | 1,688 | 2,137 | 27 | |
Chilliwack | 19 | 18 | -5 | 26 | 92 | 254 | 45 | 110 | 144 | |
Drummondville | 23 | 10 | -57 | 69 | 39 | -43 | 92 | 49 | -47 | |
Edmonton | 438 | 544 | 24 | 1,529 | 435 | -72 | 1,967 | 979 | -50 | |
Fredericton | 46 | 26 | -43 | 24 | 18 | -25 | 70 | 44 | -37 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 6 | 1 | -83 | 2 | 0 | -100 | 8 | 1 | -88 | |
Guelph | 7 | 12 | 71 | 18 | 0 | -100 | 25 | 12 | -52 | |
Halifax | 34 | 52 | 53 | 42 | 601 | ## | 76 | 653 | ## | |
Hamilton | 47 | 32 | -32 | 308 | 1,165 | 278 | 355 | 1,197 | 237 | |
Kamloops | 9 | 13 | 44 | 5 | 0 | -100 | 14 | 13 | -7 | |
Kelowna | 41 | 33 | -20 | 153 | 376 | 146 | 194 | 409 | 111 | |
Kingston | 24 | 24 | - | 10 | 350 | ## | 34 | 374 | ## | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 115 | 67 | -42 | 352 | 279 | -21 | 467 | 346 | -26 | |
Lethbridge | 20 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 238 | 28 | 54 | 93 | |
London | 113 | 56 | -50 | 270 | 151 | -44 | 383 | 207 | -46 | |
Moncton | 22 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 264 | ## | 45 | 291 | ## | |
Montréal | 132 | 112 | -15 | 2,325 | 1,428 | -39 | 2,457 | 1,540 | -37 | |
Nanaimo | 21 | 7 | -67 | 29 | 106 | 266 | 50 | 113 | 126 | |
Oshawa | 47 | 58 | 23 | 775 | 20 | -97 | 822 | 78 | -91 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 431 | 251 | -42 | 1,276 | 1,098 | -14 | 1,707 | 1,349 | -21 | |
Gatineau | 91 | 56 | -38 | 478 | 187 | -61 | 569 | 243 | -57 | |
Ottawa | 340 | 195 | -43 | 798 | 911 | 14 | 1,138 | 1,106 | -3 | |
Peterborough | 24 | 24 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | 24 | - | |
Québec | 88 | 29 | -67 | 726 | 642 | -12 | 814 | 671 | -18 | |
Red Deer | 8 | 6 | -25 | 17 | 17 | - | 25 | 23 | -8 | |
Regina | 16 | 14 | -13 | 140 | 76 | -46 | 156 | 90 | -42 | |
Saguenay | 27 | 16 | -41 | 18 | 6 | -67 | 45 | 22 | -51 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 72 | 124 | 72 | 113 | 200 | 77 | 185 | 324 | 75 | |
Saint John | 27 | 26 | -4 | 2 | 0 | -100 | 29 | 26 | -10 | |
St. John's | 20 | 33 | 65 | 2 | 23 | ## | 22 | 56 | 155 | |
Saskatoon | 68 | 108 | 59 | 150 | 113 | -25 | 218 | 221 | 1 | |
Sherbrooke | 25 | 11 | -56 | 94 | 118 | 26 | 119 | 129 | 8 | |
Thunder Bay | 10 | 10 | - | 4 | 7 | 75 | 14 | 17 | 21 | |
Toronto | 496 | 434 | -13 | 2,362 | 3,274 | 39 | 2,858 | 3,708 | 30 | |
Trois-Rivières | 18 | 19 | 6 | 62 | 284 | 358 | 80 | 303 | 279 | |
Vancouver | 309 | 217 | -30 | 1,870 | 2,687 | 44 | 2,179 | 2,904 | 33 | |
Victoria | 41 | 35 | -15 | 563 | 697 | 24 | 604 | 732 | 21 | |
Windsor | 33 | 33 | - | 26 | 139 | 435 | 59 | 172 | 192 | |
Winnipeg | 197 | 106 | -46 | 508 | 51 | -90 | 705 | 157 | -78 | |
Total | 3,850 | 3,392 | -12 | 15,216 | 16,640 | 9 | 19,066 | 20,032 | 5 |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based on | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
## not calculable / extreme value |
Housing Start Data - Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR) | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
September | October | % | September | October 2023 | % | September | October 2023 | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.L. | 591 | 459 | -22 | 274 | 354 | 29 | 865 | 813 | -6 | |
P.E.I. | 95 | 307 | 223 | 120 | 588 | 390 | 215 | 895 | 316 | |
N.S. | 1,246 | 1,547 | 24 | 6,239 | 7,870 | 26 | 7,485 | 9,417 | 26 | |
N.B. | 786 | 935 | 19 | 5,193 | 3,493 | -33 | 5,979 | 4,428 | -26 | |
Qc | 4,399 | 4,424 | 1 | 40,678 | 35,021 | -14 | 45,077 | 39,445 | -12 | |
Ont. | 14,387 | 16,295 | 13 | 84,529 | 83,065 | -2 | 98,916 | 99,360 | 0 | |
Man. | 1,544 | 1,456 | -6 | 2,664 | 888 | -67 | 4,208 | 2,344 | -44 | |
Sask. | 1,573 | 1,405 | -11 | 1,368 | 2,412 | 76 | 2,941 | 3,817 | 30 | |
Alta. | 13,278 | 15,054 | 13 | 35,334 | 24,383 | -31 | 48,612 | 39,437 | -19 | |
B.C. | 5,572 | 5,588 | 0 | 31,411 | 51,813 | 65 | 36,983 | 57,401 | 55 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 43,471 | 47,470 | 9 | 207,810 | 209,887 | 1 | 251,281 | 257,357 | 2 | |
Canada (All Areas) | 57,147 | 59,911 | 5 | 213,522 | 214,768 | 1 | 270,669 | 274,681 | 1 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 238 | 284 | 19 | 144 | 2,316 | ## | 382 | 2,600 | ## | |
Barrie | 389 | 738 | 90 | 1,476 | 1,008 | -32 | 1,865 | 1,746 | -6 | |
Belleville - Quinte | 167 | 200 | 20 | 0 | 192 | ## | 167 | 392 | 135 | |
Brantford | 77 | 171 | 122 | 324 | 792 | 144 | 401 | 963 | 140 | |
Calgary | 6,029 | 7,068 | 17 | 26,160 | 17,976 | -31 | 32,189 | 25,044 | -22 | |
Chilliwack | 282 | 256 | -9 | 282 | 1,104 | 291 | 402 | 1,360 | 238 | |
Drummondville | 139 | 119 | -14 | 504 | 468 | -7 | 643 | 587 | -9 | |
Edmonton | 5,433 | 6,424 | 18 | 7,440 | 5,220 | -30 | 12,873 | 11,644 | -10 | |
Fredericton | 297 | 280 | -6 | 3,396 | 216 | -94 | 3,693 | 496 | -87 | |
Greater/Grand | 0 | 8 | ## | 60 | 0 | -100 | 60 | 8 | -87 | |
Guelph | 115 | 157 | 37 | 1,392 | 0 | -100 | 1,507 | 157 | -90 | |
Halifax | 642 | 732 | 14 | 6,096 | 7,212 | 18 | 6,738 | 7,944 | 18 | |
Hamilton | 364 | 443 | 22 | 2,004 | 13,980 | ## | 2,368 | 14,423 | ## | |
Kamloops | 457 | 175 | -62 | 936 | 0 | -100 | 1,393 | 175 | -87 | |
Kelowna | 257 | 500 | 95 | 1,812 | 4,512 | 149 | 2,069 | 5,012 | 142 | |
Kingston | 289 | 279 | -3 | 528 | 4,200 | ## | 817 | 4,479 | 448 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge- | 522 | 754 | 44 | 5,976 | 3,348 | -44 | 6,498 | 4,102 | -37 | |
Lethbridge | 277 | 292 | 5 | 96 | 324 | 238 | 373 | 616 | 65 | |
London | 528 | 589 | 12 | 1,524 | 1,812 | 19 | 2,052 | 2,401 | 17 | |
Moncton | 210 | 284 | 35 | 1,620 | 3,168 | 96 | 1,830 | 3,452 | 89 | |
Montréal | 994 | 1,142 | 15 | 30,851 | 17,072 | -45 | 31,845 | 18,214 | -43 | |
Nanaimo | 135 | 93 | -31 | 72 | 1,272 | ## | 207 | 1,365 | ## | |
Oshawa | 831 | 757 | -9 | 120 | 240 | 100 | 951 | 997 | 5 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 1,792 | 2,306 | 29 | 15,672 | 13,176 | -16 | 17,464 | 15,482 | -11 | |
Gatineau | 313 | 378 | 21 | 2,628 | 2,244 | -15 | 2,941 | 2,622 | -11 | |
Ottawa | 1,479 | 1,928 | 30 | 13,044 | 10,932 | -16 | 14,523 | 12,860 | -11 | |
Peterborough | 176 | 318 | 81 | 0 | 0 | - | 176 | 318 | 81 | |
Québec | 769 | 286 | -63 | 6,816 | 7,704 | 13 | 7,585 | 7,990 | 5 | |
Red Deer | 118 | 83 | -30 | 120 | 204 | 70 | 238 | 287 | 21 | |
Regina | 347 | 196 | -44 | 408 | 912 | 124 | 755 | 1,108 | 47 | |
Saguenay | 240 | 177 | -26 | 180 | 72 | -60 | 420 | 249 | -41 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 980 | 1,543 | 57 | 3,696 | 2,400 | -35 | 4,676 | 3,943 | -16 | |
Saint John | 214 | 266 | 24 | 60 | 0 | -100 | 274 | 266 | -3 | |
St. John's | 413 | 335 | -19 | 240 | 276 | 15 | 653 | 611 | -6 | |
Saskatoon | 1,172 | 1,167 | 0 | 240 | 1,356 | 465 | 1,412 | 2,523 | 79 | |
Sherbrooke | 255 | 153 | -40 | 1,008 | 1,416 | 40 | 1,263 | 1,569 | 24 | |
Thunder Bay | 172 | 88 | -49 | 360 | 84 | -77 | 532 | 172 | -68 | |
Toronto | 4,896 | 5,295 | 8 | 53,628 | 39,288 | -27 | 58,524 | 44,583 | -24 | |
Trois-Rivières | 183 | 205 | 12 | 1,020 | 3,408 | 234 | 1,203 | 3,613 | 200 | |
Vancouver | 2,726 | 2,513 | -8 | 23,064 | 32,244 | 40 | 25,790 | 34,757 | 35 | |
Victoria | 457 | 421 | -8 | 2,100 | 8,364 | 298 | 2,557 | 8,785 | 244 | |
Windsor | 361 | 414 | 15 | 132 | 1,668 | ## | 493 | 2,082 | 322 | |
Winnipeg | 1,259 | 1,228 | -2 | 1,908 | 612 | -68 | 3,167 | 1,840 | -42 |
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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