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Canadian housing starts continued to trend higher in June

Ottawa, July 16, 2021

The trend in housing starts was 293,567 units in June 2021, up from 284,837 units in May 2021, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.

“The six-month trend in housing starts remained elevated in June, despite recent moderation in single-detached starts from the highs recorded in the first quarter of 2021,” said Bob Dugan, CMHC's chief economist. “In June, lower single-detached SAAR starts offset a slight increase in multi-family SAAR starts in Canada’s urban areas, leading to a decline in overall SAAR starts for the month. However, the level of activity remains elevated by historical standards, both on a trend and monthly SAAR basis. The markets of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal registered particularly strong growth in total SAAR starts in June, driven by the multi-family segment.”

CMHC uses the trend measure as a complement to the monthly SAAR of housing starts to account for considerable swings in monthly estimates and obtain a more complete picture of Canada’s housing market. In some situations, analyzing only SAAR data can be misleading, as the multi-unit segment largely drives the market and can vary significantly from one month to the next.

The standalone monthly SAAR of housing starts for all areas in Canada was 282,070 units in June, a decrease of 1.5% from 286,296 units in May. The SAAR of urban starts decreased by 1.8% in June to 251,190 units. Multiple urban starts increased by a slight 0.6% to 191,085 units in June while single-detached urban starts decreased by 8.5% to 60,105 units.

Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 30,880 units.

Monthly Housing Starts and Other Construction Data are accessible in English and French on our website and the CMHC Housing Market Information Portal. Our analysts are also available to provide further insight into their respective markets. Housing starts data is available on the eleventh business day each month. We will release the July 2021 data on August 17 at 8:15 AM ET.

As Canada’s authority on housing, 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 Canadian governments, consumers and the housing industry.

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Information on this release:

Audrey-Anne Coulombe
Media Relations, CMHC
613-748-2573
acoulomb@cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Table 1: Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over 
Single-Detached All Others Total
June 2020 June 2021 % June 2020 June 2021 % June 2020 June 2021 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.-L. 36 67 86 12 14 17 48 81 69
P.E.I. 28 33 18 134 69 -49 162 102 -37
N.S. 140 116 -17 85 65 -24 225 181 -20
N.B. 84 144 71 160 236 48 244 380 56
Atlantic 288 360 25 391 384 -2 679 744 10
Qc 797 1,076 35 5,086 5,354 5 5,883 6,430 9
Ont. 1,945 2,318 19 5,097 5,165 1 7,042 7,483 6
Man. 156 273 75 445 529 19 601 802 33
Sask. 83 152 83 126 148 17 209 300 44
Alta. 669 1,239 85 629 1,289 105 1,298 2,528 95
Prairies 908 1,664 83 1,200 1,966 64 2,108 3,630 72
B.C. 639 766 20 2,476 4,520 83 3,115 5,286 70
Canada (10,000+) 4,577 6,184 35 14,250 17,389 22 18,827 23,573 25
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 27 31 15 25 114 356 52 145 179
Barrie 50 55 10 206 42 -80 256 97 -62
Belleville 28 50 79 10 0 -100 38 50 32
Brantford 29 11 -62 12 6 -50 41 17 -59
Calgary 218 538 147 207 635 207 425 1,173 176
Edmonton 347 485 40 289 570 97 636 1,055 66
Greater Sudbury 17 17 - 4 23 475 21 40 90
Guelph 16 24 50 12 163 ## 28 187 ##
Halifax 95 4 -96 57 11 -81 152 15 -90
Hamilton 33 85 158 198 323 63 231 408 77
Kelowna 19 96 405 219 201 -8 238 297 25
Kingston 28 35 25 48 23 -52 76 58 -24
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 64 69 8 556 192 -65 620 261 -58
Lethbridge 17 37 118 70 5 -93 87 42 -52
London 134 161 20 101 712 ## 235 873 271
Moncton 30 40 33 94 140 49 124 180 45
Montréal 266 301 13 3,094 3,023 -2 3,360 3,324 -1
Oshawa 56 147 163 101 285 182 157 432 175
Ottawa-Gatineau 297 443 49 665 318 -52 962 761 -21
Gatineau 21 129 ## 276 22 -92 297 151 -49
Ottawa 276 314 14 389 296 -24 665 610 -8
Peterborough 15 24 60 0 0 - 15 24 60
Québec 102 121 19 878 1,333 52 980 1,454 48
Regina 12 49 308 13 38 192 25 87 248
Saguenay 32 66 106 23 20 -13 55 86 56
St. Catharines-Niagara 155 70 -55 249 88 -65 404 158 -61
Saint John 16 36 125 29 6 -79 45 42 -7
St. John's 28 54 93 9 12 33 37 66 78
Saskatoon 63 93 48 112 103 -8 175 196 12
Sherbrooke 70 61 -13 312 188 -40 382 249 -35
Thunder Bay 17 15 -12 22 0 -100 39 15 -62
Toronto 652 590 -10 2,818 2,540 -10 3,470 3,130 -10
Trois-Rivières 27 45 67 68 83 22 95 128 35
Vancouver 322 279 -13 1,683 3,512 109 2,005 3,791 89
Victoria 76 86 13 134 272 103 210 358 70
Windsor 80 80 - 101 91 -10 181 171 -6
Winnipeg 127 225 77 419 470 12 546 695 27
Total 3,565 4,523 27 12,838 15,542 21 16,403 20,065 22

Data based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: Market Analysis Centre, CMHC
## not calculable / extreme value

Table 2: Housing Start Data — Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR)
Single-Detached All Others Total
May 2021 June 2021 % May 2021 June 2021 % May 2021 June 2021 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.L. 619 550 -11 188 153 -19 807 703 -13
P.E.I. 536 288 -46 552 828 50 1,088 1,116 3
N.S. 1,254 1,071 -15 7,113 824 -88 8,367 1,895 -77
N.B. 1,391 1,041 -25 4,987 2,832 -43 6,378 3,873 -39
Qc 8,744 8,892 2 47,830 49,027 3 56,574 57,919 2
Ont. 27,515 22,182 -19 66,322 59,904 -10 93,837 82,086 -13
Man. 2,729 2,990 10 3,948 6,348 61 6,677 9,338 40
Sask. 1,962 1,756 -10 3,360 1,776 -47 5,322 3,532 -34
Alta. 13,208 13,559 3 20,925 15,200 -27 34,133 28,759 -16
B.C. 7,761 7,776 0 34,762 54,193 56 42,523 61,969 46
Canada (10,000+) 65,719 60,105 -9 189,987 191,085 1 255,706 251,190 -2
Canada (All Areas) 86,974 80,975 -7 199,323 201,094 1 286,296 282,070 -1
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 286 328 15 324 1,368 322 610 1,696 178
Barrie 623 586 -6 1,896 504 -73 2,519 1,090 -57
Belleville 452 479 6 180 0 -100 632 479 -24
Brantford 508 286 -44 684 72 -89 1,192 358 -70
Calgary 5,030 5,987 19 13,452 7,620 -43 18,482 13,607 -26
Edmonton 5,686 5,497 -3 6,624 6,840 3 12,310 12,337 0
Greater Sudbury 426 140 -67 216 276 28 642 416 -35
Guelph 107 163 52 108 1,956 ## 215 2,119 ##
Halifax 162 35 -78 6,648 132 -98 6,810 167 -98
Hamilton 334 1,129 238 3,684 3,876 5 4,018 5,005 25
Kelowna 601 768 28 492 2,412 390 1,093 3,180 191
Kingston 439 287 -35 180 276 53 619 563 -9
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 1,430 792 -45 5,088 2,304 -55 6,518 3,096 -53
Lethbridge 436 448 3 180 60 -67 616 508 -18
London 2,389 1,969 -18 3,900 8,544 119 6,289 10,513 67
Moncton 471 305 -35 3,156 1,680 -47 3,627 1,985 -45
Montréal 2,670 2,774 4 25,296 36,258 43 27,966 39,032 40
Oshawa 1,721 1,349 -22 7,872 3,420 -57 9,593 4,769 -50
Ottawa-Gatineau 4,366 5,052 16 15,720 3,816 -76 20,086 8,868 -56
Gatineau 541 1,904 252 5,016 264 -95 5,557 2,168 -61
Ottawa 3,825 3,148 -18 10,704 3,552 -67 14,529 6,700 -54
Peterborough 277 237 -14 0 0 - 277 237 -14
Québec 1,119 978 -13 10,368 15,996 54 11,487 16,974 48
Regina 632 502 -21 168 456 171 800 958 20
Saguenay 378 417 10 360 240 -33 738 657 -11
St. Catharines-Niagara 1,334 671 -50 2,064 1,056 -49 3,398 1,727 -49
Saint John 260 296 14 84 72 -14 344 368 7
St. John's 602 439 -27 168 144 -14 770 583 -24
Saskatoon 1,311 885 -32 3,108 1,236 -60 4,419 2,121 -52
Sherbrooke 642 360 -44 1,764 2,256 28 2,406 2,616 9
Thunder Bay 277 83 -70 84 0 -100 361 83 -77
Toronto 6,125 5,349 -13 24,684 30,480 23 30,809 35,829 16
Trois-Rivières 224 278 24 648 996 54 872 1,274 46
Vancouver 2,967 2,817 -5 27,600 42,144 53 30,567 44,961 47
Victoria 682 892 31 1,572 3,264 108 2,254 4,156 84
Windsor 703 633 -10 2,004 1,092 -46 2,707 1,725 -36
Winnipeg 2,073 2,408 16 3,672 5,640 54 5,745 8,048 40

Data based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: Market Analysis Centre, CMHC
## not calculable / extreme value

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