OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 16, 2024 /CNW/ - Nationally, actual 2023 housing starts were down 7% in centres of 10,000 population and over, with 223,513 units recorded, compared to 240,590 in 2022, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This decline is primarily explained by a 25% decline in single-detached starts in 2023.
Despite the national decline, actual 2023 housing starts were 5% and 28% higher than in 2022 in Toronto and Vancouver, respectively, driven by higher multi-unit starts. Montreal starts were 37% lower due to large declines in both single-detached and multi-unit starts in 2023.
The six-month trend in housing starts was also lower in December at 249,898 units, down 2.1% from 255,198 units in November. 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 increased 18% in December (249,255 units) compared to November (210,918 units).
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"Following record and near-record highs in 2021 and 2022, housing starts dipped in 2023, but still significantly outperformed expectations for the year. The decline was driven mainly by a sharp drop-off in single-detached starts and tighter economic conditions affecting multi-unit starts in the year's final quarter. The recent monthly multi-unit volatility is not surprising as we're now starting to see 2023's challenging borrowing conditions and labour shortages in the housing starts numbers and we expect to see continued downward pressure in the coming months," 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 | ||||||||
December | December | % | December 2022 | December 2023 | % | December 2022 | December 2023 | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.-L. | 64 | 48 | -25 | 89 | 22 | -75 | 153 | 70 | -54 | |
P.E.I. | 23 | 13 | -43 | 35 | 24 | -31 | 58 | 37 | -36 | |
N.S. | 123 | 148 | 20 | 272 | 468 | 72 | 395 | 616 | 56 | |
N.B. | 47 | 86 | 83 | 89 | 281 | 216 | 136 | 367 | 170 | |
Atlantic | 257 | 295 | 15 | 485 | 795 | 64 | 742 | 1,090 | 47 | |
Qc | 254 | 223 | -12 | 1,757 | 2,503 | 42 | 2,011 | 2,726 | 36 | |
Ont. | 1,427 | 1,053 | -26 | 6,927 | 4,328 | -38 | 8,354 | 5,381 | -36 | |
Man. | 107 | 130 | 21 | 321 | 370 | 15 | 428 | 500 | 17 | |
Sask. | 61 | 84 | 38 | 181 | 367 | 103 | 242 | 451 | 86 | |
Alta. | 856 | 1,189 | 39 | 1,263 | 2,302 | 82 | 2,119 | 3,491 | 65 | |
Prairies | 1,024 | 1,403 | 37 | 1,765 | 3,039 | 72 | 2,789 | 4,442 | 59 | |
B.C. | 511 | 350 | -32 | 3,939 | 4,604 | 17 | 4,450 | 4,954 | 11 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 3,473 | 3,324 | -4 | 14,873 | 15,269 | 3 | 18,346 | 18,593 | 1 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 21 | 5 | -76 | 113 | 11 | -90 | 134 | 16 | -88 | |
Barrie | 27 | 84 | 211 | 71 | 17 | -76 | 98 | 101 | 3 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 13 | 18 | 38 | 5 | 4 | -20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | |
Brantford | 65 | 42 | -35 | 33 | 54 | 64 | 98 | 96 | -2 | |
Calgary | 410 | 538 | 31 | 670 | 955 | 43 | 1,080 | 1,493 | 38 | |
Chilliwack | 19 | 10 | -47 | 10 | 70 | ## | 29 | 80 | 176 | |
Drummondville | 13 | 20 | 54 | 34 | 60 | 76 | 47 | 80 | 70 | |
Edmonton | 310 | 513 | 65 | 464 | 1,244 | 168 | 774 | 1,757 | 127 | |
Fredericton | 8 | 29 | 263 | 30 | 2 | -93 | 38 | 31 | -18 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 19 | 1 | -95 | 19 | 2 | -89 | 38 | 3 | -92 | |
Guelph | 3 | 6 | 100 | 13 | 136 | ## | 16 | 142 | ## | |
Halifax | 56 | 94 | 68 | 196 | 385 | 96 | 252 | 479 | 90 | |
Hamilton | 60 | 28 | -53 | 83 | 606 | ## | 143 | 634 | 343 | |
Kamloops | 2 | 3 | 50 | 64 | 155 | 142 | 66 | 158 | 139 | |
Kelowna | 54 | 52 | -4 | 337 | 329 | -2 | 391 | 381 | -3 | |
Kingston | 3 | 38 | ## | 0 | 8 | ## | 3 | 46 | ## | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 39 | 47 | 21 | 630 | 1,460 | 132 | 669 | 1,507 | 125 | |
Lethbridge | 15 | 20 | 33 | 39 | 7 | -82 | 54 | 27 | -50 | |
London | 66 | 32 | -52 | 140 | 40 | -71 | 206 | 72 | -65 | |
Moncton | 16 | 26 | 63 | 41 | 216 | 427 | 57 | 242 | 325 | |
Montréal | 62 | 39 | -37 | 914 | 1,690 | 85 | 976 | 1,729 | 77 | |
Nanaimo | 15 | 5 | -67 | 106 | 13 | -88 | 121 | 18 | -85 | |
Oshawa | 25 | 22 | -12 | 44 | 19 | -57 | 69 | 41 | -41 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 116 | 130 | 12 | 201 | 690 | 243 | 317 | 820 | 159 | |
Gatineau | 1 | 14 | ## | 0 | 6 | ## | 1 | 20 | ## | |
Ottawa | 115 | 116 | 1 | 201 | 684 | 240 | 316 | 800 | 153 | |
Peterborough | 11 | 29 | 164 | 0 | 32 | ## | 11 | 61 | 455 | |
Québec | 45 | 21 | -53 | 303 | 80 | -74 | 348 | 101 | -71 | |
Red Deer | 0 | 9 | ## | 16 | 0 | -100 | 16 | 9 | -44 | |
Regina | 14 | 20 | 43 | 33 | 184 | 458 | 47 | 204 | 334 | |
Saguenay | 2 | 12 | ## | 2 | 200 | ## | 4 | 212 | ## | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 92 | 39 | -58 | 141 | 31 | -78 | 233 | 70 | -70 | |
Saint John | 15 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 44 | ## | 15 | 66 | 340 | |
St. John's | 61 | 39 | -36 | 88 | 20 | -77 | 149 | 59 | -60 | |
Saskatoon | 41 | 58 | 41 | 129 | 163 | 26 | 170 | 221 | 30 | |
Sherbrooke | 19 | 13 | -32 | 86 | 98 | 14 | 105 | 111 | 6 | |
Thunder Bay | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 4 | ## | 4 | 9 | 125 | |
Toronto | 565 | 329 | -42 | 5,287 | 1,107 | -79 | 5,852 | 1,436 | -75 | |
Trois-Rivières | 10 | 4 | -60 | 115 | 17 | -85 | 125 | 21 | -83 | |
Vancouver | 256 | 154 | -40 | 2,869 | 3,208 | 12 | 3,125 | 3,362 | 8 | |
Victoria | 40 | 27 | -33 | 230 | 617 | 168 | 270 | 644 | 139 | |
Windsor | 38 | 15 | -61 | 17 | 12 | -29 | 55 | 27 | -51 | |
Winnipeg | 88 | 104 | 18 | 269 | 305 | 13 | 357 | 409 | 15 | |
Total | 2,738 | 2,702 | -1 | 13,842 | 14,295 | 3 | 16,580 | 16,997 | 3 | |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 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 | ||||||||
November | December | % | November 2023 | December 2023 | % | November 2023 | December 2023 | % | ||
Provinces (10,000+) | ||||||||||
N.L. | 471 | 504 | 7 | 392 | 256 | -35 | 863 | 760 | -12 | |
P.E.I. | 93 | 168 | 81 | 360 | 288 | -20 | 453 | 456 | 1 | |
N.S. | 1,445 | 1,608 | 11 | 10,821 | 5,599 | -48 | 12,266 | 7,207 | -41 | |
N.B. | 767 | 908 | 18 | 4,402 | 3,351 | -24 | 5,169 | 4,259 | -18 | |
Qc | 4,171 | 3,819 | -8 | 20,686 | 35,841 | 73 | 24,857 | 39,660 | 60 | |
Ont. | 13,843 | 13,738 | -1 | 47,331 | 54,113 | 14 | 61,174 | 67,851 | 11 | |
Man. | 1,823 | 1,696 | -7 | 5,496 | 4,440 | -19 | 7,319 | 6,136 | -16 | |
Sask. | 1,402 | 1,107 | -21 | 3,936 | 4,404 | 12 | 5,338 | 5,511 | 3 | |
Alta. | 15,042 | 15,135 | 1 | 25,841 | 27,842 | 8 | 40,883 | 42,977 | 5 | |
B.C. | 4,976 | 4,559 | -8 | 32,286 | 55,329 | 71 | 37,262 | 59,888 | 61 | |
Canada (10,000+) | 44,033 | 43,242 | -2 | 151,551 | 191,463 | 26 | 195,584 | 234,705 | 20 | |
Canada (All Areas) | 53,987 | 52,426 | -3 | 156,930 | 196,830 | 25 | 210,918 | 249,255 | 18 | |
Metropolitan Areas | ||||||||||
Abbotsford-Mission | 194 | 68 | -65 | 4,488 | 132 | -97 | 4,682 | 200 | -96 | |
Barrie | 571 | 1,015 | 78 | 1,668 | 204 | -88 | 2,239 | 1,219 | -46 | |
Belleville - Quinte West | 342 | 253 | -26 | 1,320 | 48 | -96 | 1,662 | 301 | -82 | |
Brantford | 341 | 592 | 74 | 864 | 648 | -25 | 1,205 | 1,240 | 3 | |
Calgary | 7,043 | 6,634 | -6 | 14,568 | 11,460 | -21 | 21,611 | 18,094 | -16 | |
Chilliwack | 227 | 144 | -37 | 227 | 840 | 270 | 1,307 | 984 | -25 | |
Drummondville | 122 | 284 | 133 | 1,092 | 720 | -34 | 1,214 | 1,004 | -17 | |
Edmonton | 6,384 | 7,125 | 12 | 10,068 | 14,928 | 48 | 16,452 | 22,053 | 34 | |
Fredericton | 253 | 299 | 18 | 888 | 24 | -97 | 1,141 | 323 | -72 | |
Greater/Grand Sudbury | 20 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 24 | - | 44 | 48 | 9 | |
Guelph | 93 | 122 | 31 | 96 | 1,632 | ## | 189 | 1,754 | ## | |
Halifax | 686 | 913 | 33 | 9,624 | 4,620 | -52 | 10,310 | 5,533 | -46 | |
Hamilton | 248 | 359 | 45 | 828 | 7,272 | ## | 1,076 | 7,631 | ## | |
Kamloops | 22 | 51 | 132 | 12 | 1,860 | ## | 34 | 1,911 | ## | |
Kelowna | 367 | 447 | 22 | 240 | 3,948 | ## | 607 | 4,395 | ## | |
Kingston | 164 | 387 | 136 | 0 | 96 | ## | 164 | 483 | 195 | |
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 880 | 704 | -20 | 3,888 | 17,520 | 351 | 4,768 | 18,224 | 282 | |
Lethbridge | 199 | 232 | 17 | 0 | 84 | ## | 199 | 316 | 59 | |
London | 633 | 385 | -39 | 1,392 | 480 | -66 | 2,025 | 865 | -57 | |
Moncton | 208 | 385 | 85 | 3,084 | 2,592 | -16 | 3,292 | 2,977 | -10 | |
Montréal | 998 | 832 | -17 | 11,764 | 20,392 | 73 | 12,762 | 21,224 | 66 | |
Nanaimo | 613 | 78 | -87 | 300 | 156 | -48 | 913 | 234 | -74 | |
Oshawa | 25 | 568 | ## | 4,932 | 228 | -95 | 4,957 | 796 | -84 | |
Ottawa-Gatineau | 1,357 | 1,950 | 44 | 8,760 | 8,280 | -5 | 10,117 | 10,230 | 1 | |
Gatineau | 29 | 248 | ## | 324 | 72 | -78 | 353 | 320 | -9 | |
Ottawa | 1,328 | 1,702 | 28 | 8,436 | 8,208 | -3 | 9,764 | 9,910 | 1 | |
Peterborough | 424 | 402 | -5 | 192 | 384 | 100 | 616 | 786 | 28 | |
Québec | 479 | 402 | -16 | 2,688 | 960 | -64 | 3,167 | 1,362 | -57 | |
Red Deer | 109 | 79 | -28 | 0 | 0 | - | 109 | 79 | -28 | |
Regina | 275 | 251 | -9 | 1,380 | 2,208 | 60 | 1,655 | 2,459 | 49 | |
Saguenay | 98 | 171 | 74 | 384 | 2,400 | ## | 482 | 2,571 | 433 | |
St. Catharines-Niagara | 848 | 562 | -34 | 1,080 | 372 | -66 | 1,928 | 934 | -52 | |
Saint John | 172 | 229 | 33 | 60 | 528 | ## | 232 | 757 | 226 | |
St. John's | 348 | 364 | 5 | 288 | 240 | -17 | 636 | 604 | -5 | |
Saskatoon | 1,058 | 834 | -21 | 2,280 | 1,956 | -14 | 3,338 | 2,790 | -16 | |
Sherbrooke | 285 | 191 | -33 | 972 | 1,176 | 21 | 1,257 | 1,367 | 9 | |
Thunder Bay | 36 | 89 | 147 | 168 | 48 | -71 | 204 | 137 | -33 | |
Toronto | 4,281 | 4,335 | 1 | 22,620 | 13,284 | -41 | 26,901 | 17,619 | -35 | |
Trois-Rivières | 194 | 102 | -47 | 888 | 204 | -77 | 1,082 | 306 | -72 | |
Vancouver | 2,338 | 2,100 | -10 | 18,792 | 38,496 | 105 | 21,130 | 40,596 | 92 | |
Victoria | 372 | 346 | -7 | 5,220 | 7,404 | 42 | 5,592 | 7,750 | 39 | |
Windsor | 289 | 221 | -24 | 756 | 144 | -81 | 1,045 | 365 | -65 | |
Winnipeg | 1,494 | 1,390 | -7 | 5,340 | 3,660 | -31 | 6,834 | 5,050 | -26 | |
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023 based on 2021 Census Definitions. | ||||||||||
Source: CMHC | ||||||||||
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SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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