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Canadian housing starts trend higher in June

Ottawa, July 18, 2022

The trend in housing starts was 258,295 units in June, up from 252,444 units in May, 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.

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 clearer picture of upcoming new housing supply. 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 monthly SAAR was lower in June compared to May; however, the level of housing starts activity in Canada remains historically high and well above 200,000 units since 2020,” said Bob Dugan, CMHC's Chief Economist. “The decrease in monthly SAAR housing starts in Canada’s urban areas was driven by lower single-detached starts in June. Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal all recorded higher total SAAR starts, driven by higher multi-unit starts except for Montreal where single-detached starts posted a higher increase.”

The standalone monthly SAAR of total housing starts for all areas in Canada in June was 273,841 units, a decrease of 3% from May. The SAAR of total urban starts decrease by 3% to 257,438 units in June. Multi-unit urban starts declined by 2% to 197,022 units, while single-detached urban starts decreased by 4% to 60,416 units.

Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 16,403 units.

Monthly Housing Starts and Other Construction Data are accessible in English and French on our website and the CMHC Housing Market Information Portal. Housing starts data is available on the eleventh business day each month. We will release the July data on August 16 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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Media Relations, CMHC
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June Housing Starts in Canada — All areas

Table 1: Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over
Single-Detached All Others Total
June 2021 June 2022 % June 2021 June 2022 % June 2021 June 2022 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.-L. 67 83 24 14 5 -64 81 88 9
P.E.I. 33 16 -52 69 52 -25 102 68 -33
N.S. 116 167 44 65 282 334 181 449 148
N.B. 144 133 -8 236 356 51 380 489 29
Atlantic 360 399 11 384 695 81 744 1,094 47
Qc 1,076 898 -17 5,354 4,301 -20 6,430 5,199 -19
Ont. 2,318 2,123 -8 5,165 6,139 19 7,483 8,262 10
Man. 273 245 -10 529 413 -22 802 658 -18
Sask. 152 131 -14 148 430 191 300 561 87
Alta. 1,239 1,558 26 1,289 1,787 39 2,528 3,345 32
Prairies 1,664 1,934 16 1,966 2,630 34 3,630 4,564 26
B.C. 766 656 -14 4,520 3,837 -15 5,286 4,493 -15
Canada (10,000+) 6,184 6,010 -3 17,389 17,602 1 23,573 23,612 0
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 31 41 32 114 127 11 145 168 16
Barrie 55 107 95 42 197 369 97 304 213
Belleville 50 37 -26 0 8 ## 50 45 -10
Brantford 11 22 100 6 162 ## 17 184 ##
Calgary 538 551 2 635 1,332 110 1,173 1,883 61
Edmonton 485 765 58 570 342 -40 1,055 1,107 5
Greater Sudbury 17 10 -41 23 4 -83 40 14 -65
Guelph 24 39 63 163 55 -66 187 94 -50
Halifax 4 119 ## 11 271 ## 15 390 ##
Hamilton 85 85 - 323 307 -5 408 392 -4
Kelowna 96 74 -23 201 657 227 297 731 146
Kingston 35 34 -3 23 26 13 58 60 3
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 69 165 139 192 376 96 261 541 107
Lethbridge 37 32 -14 5 7 40 42 39 -7
London 161 156 -3 712 80 -89 873 236 -73
Moncton 40 38 -5 140 229 64 180 267 48
Montréal 301 280 -7 3,023 2,830 -6 3,324 3,110 -6
Oshawa 147 112 -24 285 205 -28 432 317 -27
Ottawa-Gatineau 443 258 -42 318 639 101 761 897 18
 Gatineau 129 27 -79 22 105 377 151 132 -13
 Ottawa 314 231 -26 296 534 80 610 765 25
Peterborough 24 39 63 0 0 - 24 39 63
Québec 121 97 -20 1,333 590 -56 1,454 687 -53
Regina 49 42 -14 38 45 18 87 87 -
Saguenay 66 25 -62 20 36 80 86 61 -29
St. Catharines-Niagara 70 105 50 88 40 -55 158 145 -8
Saint John 36 34 -6 6 2 -67 42 36 -14
St. John's 54 73 35 12 4 -67 66 77 17
Saskatoon 93 81 -13 103 384 273 196 465 137
Sherbrooke 61 47 -23 188 67 -64 249 114 -54
Thunder Bay 15 16 7 0 40 ## 15 56 273
Toronto 590 466 -21 2,540 3,780 49 3,130 4,246 36
Trois-Rivières 45 45 - 83 97 17 128 142 11
Vancouver 279 296 6 3,512 2,446 -30 3,791 2,742 -28
Victoria 86 46 -47 272 187 -31 358 233 -35
Windsor 80 73 -9 91 66 -27 171 139 -19
Winnipeg 225 215 -4 470 319 -32 695 534 -23
Total 4,523 4,625 2 15,542 15,957 3 20,065 20,582 3

Data for 2021 and 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
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Table 2: Housing Start Data — Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR)
Single-Detached All Others Total
May 2022 June 2022 % May 2022 June 2022 % May 2022 June 2022 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.L. 1,042 666 -36 93 55 -41 1,135 721 -36
P.E.I. 330 142 -57 468 624 33 798 766 -4
N.S. 1,970 1,911 -3 8,827 3,424 -61 10,797 5,335 -51
N.B. 1,532 1,031 -33 6,625 4,217 -36 8,157 5,248 -36
Qc 7,528 7,319 -3 53,175 40,076 -25 60,703 47,395 -22
Ont. 22,863 21,457 -6 64,981 71,263 10 87,844 92,720 6
Man. 2,455 2,472 1 3,768 4,956 32 6,223 7,428 19
Sask. 1,614 1,512 -6 2,712 5,160 90 4,326 6,672 54
Alta. 15,704 17,029 8 30,226 21,244 -30 45,930 38,273 -17
B.C. 7,666 6,877 -10 30,999 46,003 48 38,665 52,880 37
Canada (10,000+) 62,704 60,416 -4 201,874 197,022 -2 264,578 257,438 -3
Canada (All Areas) 74,993 72,072 -4 207,192 201,770 -3 282,188 273,841 -3
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 420 443 5 564 1,524 170 984 1,967 100
Barrie 843 1,296 54 456 2,364 418 1,299 3,660 182
Belleville 439 343 -22 144 96 -33 583 439 -25
Brantford 786 568 -28 3,132 1,944 -38 3,918 2,512 -36
Calgary 5,869 6,234 6 14,928 15,984 7 20,797 22,218 7
Edmonton 7,403 8,338 13 13,572 4,104 -70 20,975 12,442 -41
Greater Sudbury 214 77 -64 192 48 -75 406 125 -69
Guelph 138 266 93 72 660 ## 210 926 341
Halifax 1,109 1,107 0 8,604 3,252 -62 9,713 4,359 -55
Hamilton 748 856 14 948 3,684 289 1,696 4,540 168
Kelowna 785 667 -15 1,332 7,884 492 2,117 8,551 304
Kingston 484 271 -44 1,836 312 -83 2,320 583 -75
Kitchener – Cambridge – Waterloo 1,194 1,774 49 1,308 4,512 245 2,502 6,286 151
Lethbridge 363 358 -1 240 84 -65 603 442 -27
London 1,485 1,905 28 4,500 960 -79 5,985 2,865 -52
Moncton 434 298 -31 3,576 2,748 -23 4,010 3,046 -24
Montréal 1,967 2,503 27 32,602 33,966 4 34,569 36,469 5
Oshawa 410 1,124 174 3,852 2,460 -36 4,262 3,584 -16
Ottawa – Gatineau 3,440 2,992 -13 11,484 7,668 -33 14,924 10,660 -29
Gatineau 496 584 18 6,084 1,260 -79 6,580 1,844 -72
Ottawa 2,944 2,408 -18 5,400 6,408 19 8,344 8,816 6
Peterborough 201 409 103 0 0 - 201 409 103
Québec 586 825 41 7,320 7,080 -3 7,906 7,905 0
Regina 473 409 -14 948 540 -43 1,421 949 -33
Saguenay 321 162 -50 264 432 64 585 594 2
St. Catharines – Niagara 1,604 1,238 -23 1,692 480 -72 3,296 1,718 -48
Saint John 415 295 -29 1,380 24 -98 1,795 319 -82
St. John's 960 514 -46 168 48 -71 1,128 562 -50
Saskatoon 1,026 891 -13 1,752 4,608 163 2,778 5,499 98
Sherbrooke 421 320 -24 2,568 804 -69 2,989 1,124 -62
Thunder Bay 128 100 -22 0 480 ## 128 580 353
Toronto 4,833 4,500 -7 34,548 45,360 31 39,381 49,860 27
Trois-Rivières 279 291 4 864 1,164 35 1,143 1,455 27
Vancouver 3,270 3,068 -6 21,228 29,352 38 24,498 32,420 32
Victoria 661 421 -36 3,300 2,244 -32 3,961 2,665 -33
Windsor 477 581 22 1,128 792 -30 1,605 1,373 -14
Winnipeg 2,155 2,132 -1 3,000 3,828 28 5,155 5,960 16

Data for 2021 and 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
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Date Published: July 18, 2022

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