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Canadian housing starts trend higher in July

Ottawa, August 16, 2022

The trend in housing starts was 264,426 units in July, up from 257,862 units in June, 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 and trend were higher in July compared to June nationally, as historically elevated levels of housing starts activity continue in Canada, which have been well above 200,000 units since 2020,” said Aled Ab Iorwerth, CMHC's Deputy Chief Economist. “Monthly SAAR housing starts in Canada’s urban areas declined in July, driven by lower single-detached starts. However, Vancouver and Toronto both registered much stronger declines in multi-unit starts than in single-detached starts, while Montreal saw similarly large declines in both unit types.”

The standalone monthly SAAR of total housing starts for all areas in Canada in July was 275,329 units, an increase of 1.1% from June. The SAAR of total urban starts decreased by 0.8% to 254,371 units in July. Multi-unit urban starts declined by 0.3% to 195,987 units, while single-detached urban starts decreased by 2.3% to 58,384 units.

Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 20,958 units.

Key facts:

  • 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 August data on September 16 at 8:15 AM ET.
  • Definitions and methodology to better understand the foundations of the Starts and Completions and Market Absorption surveys.

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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  • The road ahead for the economy and housing
  • Understanding Canada's housing supply shortages
  • Household projections for Canada’s major urban centres

Information on this release:

We encourage journalists to contact CMHC Media Relations and arrange to speak to our market analysts regarding the housing starts in their respective Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs).

Media Relations, CMHC
media@cmhc-schl.gc.ca

July Housing Starts in Canada — All areas

Table 1: Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over
Single-Detached All Others Total
July 2021 July 2022 % July 2021 July 2022 % July 2021 July 2022 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.-L. 43 73 70 24 4 -83 67 77 15
P.E.I. 59 27 -54 75 16 -79 134 43 -68
N.S. 155 142 -8 256 479 87 411 621 51
N.B. 145 124 -14 285 338 19 430 462 7
Atlantic 402 366 -9 640 837 31 1,042 1,203 15
Qc 828 729 -12 4,152 3,833 -8 4,980 4,562 -8
Ont. 2,623 2,216 -16 5,561 5,980 8 8,184 8,196 0
Man. 273 269 -1 280 304 9 553 573 4
Sask. 125 143 14 77 131 70 202 274 36
Alta. 1,301 1,378 6 1,404 2,176 55 2,705 3,554 31
Prairies 1,699 1,790 5 1,761 2,611 48 3,460 4,401 27
B.C. 702 671 -4 3,254 3,196 -2 3,956 3,867 -2
Canada (10,000+) 6,254 5,772 -8 15,368 16,457 7 21,622 22,229 3
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 20 26 30 19 130 ## 39 156 300
Barrie 91 188 107 235 141 -40 326 329 1
Belleville 42 20 -52 4 5 25 46 25 -46
Brantford 9 71 ## 0 110 ## 9 181 ##
Calgary 504 523 4 900 1,356 51 1,404 1,879 34
Edmonton 583 625 7 434 752 73 1,017 1,377 35
Greater Sudbury 28 8 -71 22 22 - 50 30 -40
Guelph 18 12 -33 157 17 -89 175 29 -83
Halifax 76 78 3 224 417 86 300 495 65
Hamilton 68 92 35 177 103 -42 245 195 -20
Kelowna 80 52 -35 375 40 -89 455 92 -80
Kingston 39 49 26 16 22 38 55 71 29
Kitchener – Cambridge – Waterloo 61 93 52 427 305 -29 488 398 -18
Lethbridge 53 30 -43 23 9 -61 76 39 -49
London 238 102 -57 397 204 -49 635 306 -52
Moncton 48 49 2 105 185 76 153 234 53
Montréal 271 165 -39 2,339 1,944 -17 2,610 2,109 -19
Oshawa 129 103 -20 160 234 46 289 337 17
Ottawa – Gatineau 408 306 -25 387 1,824 371 795 2,130 168
Gatineau 110 70 -36 38 276 ## 148 346 134
Ottawa 298 236 -21 349 1,548 344 647 1,784 176
Peterborough 60 41 -32 0 0 - 60 41 -32
Québec 103 102 -1 1,303 521 -60 1,406 623 -56
Regina 31 39 26 24 44 83 55 83 51
Saguenay 20 36 80 16 12 -25 36 48 33
St. Catharines – Niagara 132 130 -2 72 26 -64 204 156 -24
Saint John 30 28 -7 88 5 -94 118 33 -72
St. John's 35 68 94 20 3 -85 55 71 29
Saskatoon 82 95 16 49 77 57 131 172 31
Sherbrooke 46 42 -9 74 70 -5 120 112 -7
Thunder Bay 19 23 21 60 19 -68 79 42 -47
Toronto 861 533 -38 3,194 2,882 -10 4,055 3,415 -16
Trois-Rivières 22 17 -23 88 66 -25 110 83 -25
Vancouver 257 276 7 1,818 1,700 -6 2,075 1,976 -5
Victoria 80 107 34 537 861 60 617 968 57
Windsor 57 68 19 36 90 150 93 158 70
Winnipeg 233 228 -2 211 243 15 444 471 6
Total 4,834 4,425 -8 13,991 14,439 3 18,825 18,864 0

Data for 2021 and 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
## not calculable / extreme value

Table 2: Housing Start Data — Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR)
Single-Detached All Others Total
June 2022 July 2022 % June 2022 July 2022 % June 2022 July 2022 %
Provinces (10,000+)
N.L. 677 812 20 55 48 -13 732 860 17
P.E.I. 146 217 49 624 192 -69 770 409 -47
N.S. 1,863 1,571 -16 3,430 5,732 67 5,293 7,303 38
N.B. 988 899 -9 4,204 3,958 -6 5,192 4,857 -6
Qc 7,281 7,120 -2 40,034 45,689 14 47,315 52,809 12
Ont. 21,274 21,429 1 70,914 70,693 0 92,188 92,122 0
Man. 2,515 2,594 3 4,956 3,648 -26 7,471 6,242 -16
Sask. 1,476 1,475 0 5,160 1,572 -70 6,636 3,047 -54
Alta. 16,661 15,104 -9 21,225 26,091 23 37,886 41,195 9
B.C. 6,853 7,163 5 45,993 38,364 -17 52,846 45,527 -14
Canada (10,000+) 59,734 58,384 -2 196,595 195,987 0 256,329 254,371 -1
Canada (All Areas) 71,465 72,578 2 200,918 202,749 1 272,381 275,329 1
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission 435 391 -10 1,524 1,560 2 1,959 1,951 0
Barrie 1,261 1,621 29 2,364 1,692 -28 3,625 3,313 -9
Belleville 332 195 -41 96 60 -38 428 255 -40
Brantford 597 805 35 1,944 1,320 -32 2,541 2,125 -16
Calgary 6,234 6,207 0 15,984 16,272 2 22,218 22,479 1
Edmonton 8,018 6,931 -14 4,104 9,024 120 12,122 15,955 32
Greater Sudbury 106 55 -48 48 264 450 154 319 107
Guelph 257 136 -47 660 204 -69 917 340 -63
Halifax 1,078 861 -20 3,252 5,004 54 4,330 5,865 35
Hamilton 882 1,076 22 3,684 1,236 -66 4,566 2,312 -49
Kelowna 658 633 -4 7,884 480 -94 8,542 1,113 -87
Kingston 296 460 55 312 264 -15 608 724 19
Kitchener – Cambridge – Waterloo 1,951 1,225 -37 4,512 3,660 -19 6,463 4,885 -24
Lethbridge 350 273 -22 84 108 29 434 381 -12
London 1,831 897 -51 960 2,448 155 2,791 3,345 20
Moncton 294 346 18 2,748 2,220 -19 3,042 2,566 -16
Montréal 2,594 1,694 -35 33,872 23,239 -31 36,466 24,933 -32
Oshawa 1,116 1,160 4 2,460 2,808 14 3,576 3,968 11
Ottawa – Gatineau 2,973 2,999 1 7,668 21,888 185 10,641 24,887 134
Gatineau 577 679 18 1,260 3,312 163 1,837 3,991 117
Ottawa 2,396 2,320 -3 6,408 18,576 190 8,804 20,896 137
Peterborough 411 314 -24 0 0 - 411 314 -24
Québec 828 962 16 7,080 6,252 -12 7,908 7,214 -9
Regina 405 459 13 540 528 -2 945 987 4
Saguenay 160 309 93 432 144 -67 592 453 -23
St. Catharines – Niagara 1,149 1,167 2 480 312 -35 1,629 1,479 -9
Saint John 288 248 -14 24 60 150 312 308 -1
St. John's 509 773 52 48 36 -25 557 809 45
Saskatoon 858 944 10 4,608 924 -80 5,466 1,868 -66
Sherbrooke 324 465 44 804 840 4 1,128 1,305 16
Thunder Bay 106 155 46 480 228 -53 586 383 -35
Toronto 4,565 4,521 -1 45,360 34,584 -24 49,925 39,105 -22
Trois-Rivières 286 204 -29 1,164 792 -32 1,450 996 -31
Vancouver 3,043 2,918 -4 29,352 20,400 -30 32,395 23,318 -28
Victoria 416 1,021 145 2,244 10,332 360 2,660 11,353 327
Windsor 576 679 18 792 1,080 36 1,368 1,759 29
Winnipeg 2,188 2,211 1 3,828 2,916 -24 6,016 5,127 -15

Data for 2021 and 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
## not calculable / extreme value

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Date Published: August 16, 2022

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