OTTAWA, ON, March 15, 2024 /CNW/ - The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts for all areas in Canada increased 14% in February (253,468 units) compared to January (223,176), according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
The six-month trend in housing starts increased from 244,638 units in January to 245,665 units in February for a slight 0.4% gain. The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the SAAR of total housing starts for all areas in Canada.
The actual number of housing starts across Canada in urban centres of 10,000 population and over was up 11% to 17,495 units in February compared to 15,822 units in February 2023. The year-over-year increase was driven solely by higher multi-unit starts, up 16%. Single-detached starts decreased 14% in February.
February's actual housing starts were 10% and 82% higher year-over-year in Toronto and Vancouver, respectively, because of higher multi-unit starts, while single-detached starts decreased. Montreal's actual starts decreased 9%, as both housing segments were lower.
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"Following two consecutive monthly declines, both the SAAR and Trend of housing starts increased in February. This was due to growth in actual year-over-year starts, driven by higher multi-unit starts, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver. As the national housing shortage continues, the focus for developers continues to shift towards multi-unit construction in Canada's major centres," 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 | ||||||||
February | February | % | February | February | % | February | February | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.-L. | 13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ## | 13 | 17 | 31 | |
P.E.I. | 8 | 1 | -88 | 16 | 10 | -38 | 24 | 11 | -54 | |
N.S. | 79 | 86 | 9 | 204 | 877 | 330 | 283 | 963 | 240 | |
N.B. | 26 | 24 | -8 | 11 | 289 | ## | 37 | 313 | ## | |
Atlantic | 126 | 126 | - | 231 | 1,178 | 410 | 357 | 1,304 | 265 | |
Qc | 190 | 178 | -6 | 2,148 | 1,667 | -22 | 2,338 | 1,845 | -21 | |
Ont. | 1,169 | 637 | -46 | 5,811 | 5,851 | 1 | 6,980 | 6,488 | -7 | |
Man. | 117 | 127 | 9 | 551 | 208 | -62 | 668 | 335 | -50 | |
Sask. | 33 | 49 | 48 | 436 | 175 | -60 | 469 | 224 | -52 | |
Alta. | 794 | 981 | 24 | 1,429 | 2,698 | 89 | 2,223 | 3,679 | 65 | |
Prairies | 944 | 1,157 | 23 | 2,416 | 3,081 | 28 | 3,360 | 4,238 | 26 | |
B.C. | 375 | 306 | -18 | 2,412 | 3,314 | 37 | 2,787 | 3,620 | 30 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 2,804 | 2,404 | -14 | 13,018 | 15,091 | 16 | 15,822 | 17,495 | 11 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 18 | 5 | -72 | 77 | 56 | -27 | 95 | 61 | -36 | |
Barrie | 42 | 20 | -52 | 144 | 8 | -94 | 186 | 28 | -85 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 7 | 16 | 129 | 29 | 70 | 141 | 36 | 86 | 139 | |
Brantford | 30 | 11 | -63 | 53 | 8 | -85 | 83 | 19 | -77 | |
Calgary | 391 | 460 | 18 | 847 | 1,214 | 43 | 1,238 | 1,674 | 35 | |
Chilliwack | 10 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 15 | 23 | 53 | |
Drummondville | 3 | 3 | - | 30 | 37 | 23 | 33 | 40 | 21 | |
Edmonton | 330 | 434 | 32 | 541 | 1,208 | 123 | 871 | 1,642 | 89 | |
Fredericton | 8 | 8 | - | 7 | 0 | -100 | 15 | 8 | -47 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 6 | 28 | 367 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 28 | 367 | |
Guelph | 5 | 2 | -60 | 339 | 96 | -72 | 344 | 98 | -72 | |
Halifax | 16 | 40 | 150 | 171 | 837 | 389 | 187 | 877 | 369 | |
Hamilton | 23 | 15 | -35 | 72 | 191 | 165 | 95 | 206 | 117 | |
Kamloops | 2 | 10 | 400 | 1 | 9 | ## | 3 | 19 | ## | |
Kelowna | 15 | 28 | 87 | 455 | 310 | -32 | 470 | 338 | -28 | |
Kingston | 29 | 20 | -31 | 20 | 16 | -20 | 49 | 36 | -27 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 93 | 20 | -78 | 320 | 148 | -54 | 413 | 168 | -59 | |
Lethbridge | 5 | 16 | 220 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 11 | 24 | 118 | |
London | 31 | 20 | -35 | 17 | 192 | ## | 48 | 212 | 342 | |
Moncton | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 168 | ## | 3 | 171 | ## | |
Montréal | 49 | 49 | - | 839 | 759 | -10 | 888 | 808 | -9 | |
Nanaimo | 11 | 9 | -18 | 105 | 4 | -96 | 116 | 13 | -89 | |
Oshawa | 23 | 17 | -26 | 28 | 60 | 114 | 51 | 77 | 51 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 123 | 62 | -50 | 954 | 525 | -45 | 1,077 | 587 | -45 | |
Gatineau | 60 | 35 | -42 | 524 | 108 | -79 | 584 | 143 | -76 | |
Ottawa | 63 | 27 | -57 | 430 | 417 | -3 | 493 | 444 | -10 | |
Peterborough | 4 | 3 | -25 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 3 | -25 | |
Québec | 27 | 29 | 7 | 497 | 280 | -44 | 524 | 309 | -41 | |
Red Deer | 5 | 1 | -80 | 5 | 166 | ## | 10 | 167 | ## | |
Regina | 9 | 10 | 11 | 170 | 62 | -64 | 179 | 72 | -60 | |
Saguenay | 10 | 8 | -20 | 10 | 22 | 120 | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 74 | 61 | -18 | 285 | 87 | -69 | 359 | 148 | -59 | |
Saint John | 6 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 118 | ## | 6 | 127 | ## | |
St. John's | 13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ## | 13 | 17 | 31 | |
Saskatoon | 23 | 36 | 57 | 239 | 88 | -63 | 262 | 124 | -53 | |
Sherbrooke | 5 | 18 | 260 | 31 | 18 | -42 | 36 | 36 | - | |
Thunder Bay | 0 | 1 | ## | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | ## | |
Toronto | 468 | 237 | -49 | 3,758 | 4,412 | 17 | 4,226 | 4,649 | 10 | |
Trois-Rivières | 4 | 2 | -50 | 34 | 130 | 282 | 38 | 132 | 247 | |
Vancouver | 211 | 142 | -33 | 1,280 | 2,566 | 100 | 1,491 | 2,708 | 82 | |
Victoria | 31 | 31 | - | 269 | 244 | -9 | 300 | 275 | -8 | |
Windsor | 18 | 10 | -44 | 197 | 4 | -98 | 215 | 14 | -93 | |
Winnipeg | 103 | 111 | 8 | 507 | 195 | -62 | 610 | 306 | -50 | |
Total | 2,284 | 2,035 | -11 | 12,342 | 14,326 | 16 | 14,626 | 16,361 | 12 |
Data for 2023 and 2024 based on 2021 Census Definitions. | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
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Housing Start Data - Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR) | ||||||||||
Single-Detached | All Others | Total | ||||||||
January | February | % | January | February | % | January | February | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.L. | 650 | 620 | -5 | 565 | 82 | -85 | 1,215 | 702 | -42 | |
P.E.I. | 435 | 44 | -90 | 804 | 120 | -85 | 1,239 | 164 | -87 | |
N.S. | 1,781 | 1,773 | 0 | 4,420 | 10,547 | 139 | 6,201 | 12,320 | 99 | |
N.B. | 952 | 1,107 | 16 | 2,695 | 3,975 | 47 | 3,647 | 5,082 | 39 | |
Qc | 4,873 | 4,993 | 2 | 34,088 | 29,549 | -13 | 38,961 | 34,542 | -11 | |
Ont. | 12,539 | 11,321 | -10 | 66,767 | 74,938 | 12 | 79,306 | 86,259 | 9 | |
Man. | 1,796 | 1,920 | 7 | 2,268 | 2,496 | 10 | 4,064 | 4,416 | 9 | |
Sask. | 1,220 | 948 | -22 | 2,028 | 2,100 | 4 | 3,248 | 3,048 | -6 | |
Alta. | 14,245 | 14,930 | 5 | 26,411 | 32,733 | 24 | 40,656 | 47,663 | 17 | |
B.C. | 4,764 | 4,585 | -4 | 24,188 | 39,852 | 65 | 28,952 | 44,437 | 53 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 43,255 | 42,241 | -2 | 164,234 | 196,392 | 20 | 207,489 | 238,633 | 15 | |
Canada (All Areas) | 54,361 | 52,833 | -3 | 168,814 | 200,638 | 19 | 223,176 | 253,468 | 14 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 310 | 77 | -75 | 936 | 672 | -28 | 1,246 | 749 | -40 | |
Barrie | 462 | 541 | 17 | 96 | 96 | - | 558 | 637 | 14 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 222 | 384 | 73 | 0 | 840 | ## | 222 | 1,224 | 451 | |
Brantford | 338 | 256 | -24 | 0 | 96 | ## | 338 | 352 | 4 | |
Calgary | 7,455 | 7,013 | -6 | 17,568 | 14,568 | -17 | 25,023 | 21,581 | -14 | |
Chilliwack | 130 | 211 | 62 | 130 | 96 | -26 | 142 | 307 | 116 | |
Drummondville | 101 | 105 | 4 | 12 | 444 | ## | 113 | 549 | 386 | |
Edmonton | 4,879 | 5,955 | 22 | 5,292 | 14,496 | 174 | 10,171 | 20,451 | 101 | |
Fredericton | 285 | 367 | 29 | 84 | 0 | -100 | 369 | 367 | -1 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 4 | 26,163 | ## | 24 | 0 | -100 | 28 | 26,163 | ## | |
Guelph | 26 | 39 | 50 | 0 | 1,152 | ## | 26 | 1,191 | ## | |
Halifax | 831 | 923 | 11 | 3,468 | 10,044 | 190 | 4,299 | 10,967 | 155 | |
Hamilton | 733 | 239 | -67 | 2,448 | 2,292 | -6 | 3,181 | 2,531 | -20 | |
Kamloops | 21 | 259 | ## | 12 | 108 | ## | 33 | 367 | ## | |
Kelowna | 230 | 498 | 117 | 1,284 | 3,720 | 190 | 1,514 | 4,218 | 179 | |
Kingston | 393 | 432 | 10 | 24 | 192 | ## | 417 | 624 | 50 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 276 | 214 | -22 | 2,004 | 1,776 | -11 | 2,280 | 1,990 | -13 | |
Lethbridge | 292 | 283 | -3 | 1,056 | 96 | -91 | 1,348 | 379 | -72 | |
London | 476 | 314 | -34 | 1,860 | 2,304 | 24 | 2,336 | 2,618 | 12 | |
Moncton | 294 | 250 | -15 | 1,140 | 2,016 | 77 | 1,434 | 2,266 | 58 | |
Montréal | 1,372 | 1,147 | -16 | 13,752 | 9,238 | -33 | 15,124 | 10,385 | -31 | |
Nanaimo | 357 | 154 | -57 | 2,124 | 48 | -98 | 2,481 | 202 | -92 | |
Oshawa | 471 | 382 | -19 | 3,744 | 720 | -81 | 4,215 | 1,102 | -74 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 2,425 | 1,087 | -55 | 3,696 | 6,300 | 70 | 6,121 | 7,387 | 21 | |
Gatineau | 190 | 511 | 169 | 2,172 | 1,296 | -40 | 2,362 | 1,807 | -23 | |
Ottawa | 2,235 | 576 | -74 | 1,524 | 5,004 | 228 | 3,759 | 5,580 | 48 | |
Peterborough | 182 | 147 | -19 | 0 | 0 | - | 182 | 147 | -19 | |
Québec | 562 | 564 | 0 | 6,456 | 3,360 | -48 | 7,018 | 3,924 | -44 | |
Red Deer | 81 | 13 | -84 | 72 | 1,992 | ## | 153 | 2,005 | ## | |
Regina | 95 | 189 | 99 | 1,320 | 744 | -44 | 1,415 | 933 | -34 | |
Saguenay | 1,162 | 546 | -53 | 216 | 264 | 22 | 1,378 | 810 | -41 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 1,144 | 1,058 | -8 | 456 | 1,044 | 129 | 1,600 | 2,102 | 31 | |
Saint John | 339 | 370 | 9 | 1,080 | 1,416 | 31 | 1,419 | 1,786 | 26 | |
St. John's | 528 | 472 | -11 | 432 | 24 | -94 | 960 | 496 | -48 | |
Saskatoon | 1,075 | 783 | -27 | 552 | 1,056 | 91 | 1,627 | 1,839 | 13 | |
Sherbrooke | 279 | 391 | 40 | 804 | 216 | -73 | 1,083 | 607 | -44 | |
Thunder Bay | 4 | 1,035 | ## | 72 | 0 | -100 | 76 | 1,035 | ## | |
Toronto | 4,200 | 3,503 | -17 | 44,688 | 52,944 | 18 | 48,888 | 56,447 | 15 | |
Trois-Rivières | 142 | 142 | - | 1,056 | 1,560 | 48 | 1,198 | 1,702 | 42 | |
Vancouver | 2,205 | 2,054 | -7 | 16,104 | 30,792 | 91 | 18,309 | 32,846 | 79 | |
Victoria | 191 | 391 | 105 | 2,052 | 2,928 | 43 | 2,243 | 3,319 | 48 | |
Windsor | 214 | 168 | -21 | 2,352 | 48 | -98 | 2,566 | 216 | -92 | |
Winnipeg | 1,467 | 1,642 | 12 | 2,052 | 2,340 | 14 | 3,519 | 3,982 | 13 |
Data for 2023 and 2024 based on 2021 Census Definitions. | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
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SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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