Housing starts for July 2025

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 18, 2025 /CNW/ - The six-month trend in housing starts increased (3.7%) in July (263,088 units), according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of total housing starts for all areas in Canada.

Actual housing starts were up 4% year-over-year in centres with a population of 10,000 or greater, with 23,464 units recorded in July, compared to 22,610 units in July 2024. The year-to-date total was 137,875, up 4% from the same period in 2024.

Housing Starts in Canada - All Areas (CNW Group/Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC))

The total monthly SAAR of housing starts for all areas in Canada was up 4% in July (294,085 units) compared to June (283,523 units).

"Through the first seven months of the year, actual housing starts have remained above 2024 levels, primarily driven by increased multi-unit starts in the Prairie Provinces and Québec. These persistently elevated national results are reflective of investment decisions made months or even years ago, highlighting the influence of previous market conditions and builder sentiment on current construction trends," said Tania Bourassa-Ochoa, CMHC's Deputy Chief Economist.

Key Facts:

• CMHC's Starts and Completions Survey provides Canadians with objective, accurate and timely information on actual new residential construction in Canada. Read more about why housing starts matter on CMHC's Housing Observer.
• The monthly SAAR for Canada's centres with a population of 10,000 or greater was up 5% in July (273,618 units) compared to June (261,171 units).
• The rural starts monthly SAAR estimate was 20,467 units.
• Among Canada's big three cities, Vancouver recorded a 24% increase in starts this month, driven by higher multi-unit starts. Montreal posted a 212% year-over-year increase in actual housing starts, driven by significantly higher multi-unit starts. A decrease in multi-unit and single-detached starts drove the 69% year-over-year decrease in Toronto's housing starts compared to July 2024.
• 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 housing starts data on September 16 at 8:15 AM ET.
• CMHC uses the trend measure as a complement to the monthly SAAR of housing starts to account for considerable swings in monthly estimates and to 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.
• Read about our definitions and methodology to better understand the foundations of the Starts and Completions and Market Absorption surveys.

Housing starts facilitate the analysis of monthly, quarterly, and year-over-year activity in the new home market. The data CMHC collects as part of the 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.

CMHC plays a critical role as a national convenor to promote stability and sustainability in Canada's housing finance system. CMHC's mortgage insurance products support access to home ownership and the creation and maintenance of rental supply. CMHC research and data help inform housing policy. By facilitating co-operation between all levels of government, private and non-profit sectors, CMHC contributes to advancing housing affordability, equity, and climate compatibility. CMHC actively supports the Government of Canada in delivering on its commitment to make housing more affordable.

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Table 2
Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over
January - July 2024 - 2025
Area		Single-Detached			All Others			Total
Province
		2024	2025	%	2024	2025	%	2024	2025	%
N.L.		323	376	16	136	217	60	459	593	29
P.E.I.		119	172	45	667	614	-8	786	786	-
N.S.		872	872	-	3,787	4,516	19	4,659	5,388	16
N.B.		492	450	-9	1,844	2,356	28	2,336	2,806	20
Atlantic		1,806	1,870	4	6,434	7,703	20	8,240	9,573	16
Que.		2,349	2,607	11	19,757	27,913	41	22,106	30,520	38
Ont.		6,746	5,421	-20	38,576	28,400	-26	45,322	33,821	-25
Man.		935	1,291	38	2,414	2,154	-11	3,349	3,445	3
Sask.		646	926	43	1,482	2,276	54	2,128	3,202	50
Alta.		8,410	9,205	9	17,402	23,089	33	25,812	32,294	25
Prairies		9,991	11,422	14	21,298	27,519	29	31,289	38,941	24
B.C.		2,516	2,236	-11	23,630	22,784	-4	26,146	25,020	-4
Canada		23,408	23,556	1	109,695	114,319	4	133,103	137,875	4
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission		103	99	-4	500	1,392	178	603	1,491	147
Barrie		234	92	-61	189	472	150	423	564	33
Belleville - Quinte West		101	89	-12	101	271	168	202	360	78
Brantford		114	188	65	19	1,054	##	133	1,242	##
Calgary		3,968	4,129	4	9,681	12,472	29	13,649	16,601	22
Chilliwack		87	71	-18	269	266	-1	356	337	-5
Drummondville		85	140	65	470	568	21	555	708	28
Edmonton		3,664	4,103	12	6,392	8,956	40	10,056	13,059	30
Fredericton		153	136	-11	121	619	412	274	755	176
Greater/Grand Sudbury		40	53	33	37	111	200	77	164	113
Guelph		33	16	-52	271	77	-72	304	93	-69
Halifax		465	443	-5	3,387	4,071	20	3,852	4,514	17
Hamilton		163	160	-2	1,187	1,658	40	1,350	1,818	35
Kamloops		63	57	-10	131	300	129	194	357	84
Kelowna		192	162	-16	2,948	1,849	-37	3,140	2,011	-36
Kingston		107	108	1	77	730	##	184	838	355
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo		241	208	-14	1,639	1,409	-14	1,880	1,617	-14
Lethbridge		114	214	88	187	198	6	301	412	37
London		299	282	-6	2,026	895	-56	2,325	1,177	-49
Moncton		137	134	-2	1,161	1,429	23	1,298	1,563	20
Montréal		616	751	22	9,524	14,332	50	10,140	15,083	49
Nanaimo		94	49	-48	664	169	-75	758	218	-71
Oshawa		250	188	-25	879	236	-73	1,129	424	-62
Ottawa-Gatineau		946	947	0	4,665	6,938	49	5,611	7,885	41
Gatineau		207	236	14	1,654	1,335	-19	1,861	1,571	-16
Ottawa		739	711	-4	3,011	5,603	86	3,750	6,314	68
Peterborough		91	41	-55	40	17	-58	131	58	-56
Québec		330	402	22	3,890	5,097	31	4,220	5,499	30
Red Deer		47	78	66	247	219	-11	294	297	1
Regina		136	198	46	679	811	19	815	1,009	24
Saguenay		131	142	8	135	251	86	266	393	48
St. Catharines-Niagara		431	261	-39	602	972	61	1,033	1,233	19
Saint John		116	113	-3	339	160	-53	455	273	-40
St. John's		276	346	25	117	205	75	393	551	40
Saskatoon		469	685	46	788	1,364	73	1,257	2,049	63
Sherbrooke		154	153	-1	618	732	18	772	885	15
Thunder Bay		34	46	35	102	63	-38	136	109	-20
Toronto		2,291	1,724	-25	25,761	12,571	-51	28,052	14,295	-49
Trois-Rivières		93	102	10	524	683	30	617	785	27
Vancouver		1,244	1,138	-9	15,550	14,741	-5	16,794	15,879	-5
Victoria		167	158	-5	2,092	2,762	32	2,259	2,920	29
Windsor		219	188	-14	1,032	469	-55	1,251	657	-47
Winnipeg		771	1,178	53	2,152	1,859	-14	2,923	3,037	4
Total		19,269	19,772	3	101,193	103,448	2	120,462	123,220	2
1Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023, 2024 and 2025 based on 2021 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey

Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over
	Single-Detached			All Others			Total
	July 2024	July 2025	%	July 2024	July 2025	%	July 2024	July 2025	%
Provinces (10,000+)
N.-L.	69	102	48	32	38	19	101	140	39
P.E.I.	46	48	4	151	170	13	197	218	11
N.S.	180	181	1	333	1,259	278	513	1,440	181
N.B.	148	125	-16	226	609	169	374	734	96
Atlantic	443	456	3	742	2,076	180	1,185	2,532	114
Qc	395	526	33	2,532	4,139	63	2,927	4,665	59
Ont.	1,246	1,009	-19	7,705	5,444	-29	8,951	6,453	-28
Man.	162	225	39	611	223	-64	773	448	-42
Sask.	122	137	12	490	274	-44	612	411	-33
Alta.	1,461	1,413	-3	2,841	2,979	5	4,302	4,392	2
Prairies	1,745	1,775	2	3,942	3,476	-12	5,687	5,251	-8
B.C.	402	362	-10	3,458	4,201	21	3,860	4,563	18
Canada (10,000+)	4,231	4,128	-2	18,379	19,336	5	22,610	23,464	4
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission	20	21	5	29	198	##	49	219	347
Barrie	36	17	-53	62	317	411	98	334	241
Belleville - Quinte West	14	21	50	10	87	##	24	108	350
Brantford	23	17	-26	2	0	-100	25	17	-32
Calgary	625	581	-7	1,846	1,308	-29	2,471	1,889	-24
Chilliwack	18	3	-83	9	16	78	27	19	-30
Drummondville	15	20	33	209	87	-58	224	107	-52
Edmonton	706	655	-7	902	1,536	70	1,608	2,191	36
Fredericton	53	49	-8	7	217	##	60	266	343
Greater/Grand Sudbury	2	27	##	13	23	77	15	50	233
Guelph	8	5	-38	107	42	-61	115	47	-59
Halifax	92	78	-15	237	1,115	370	329	1,193	263
Hamilton	16	33	106	299	893	199	315	926	194
Kamloops	3	7	133	21	174	##	24	181	##
Kelowna	36	27	-25	390	170	-56	426	197	-54
Kingston	14	22	57	11	15	36	25	37	48
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo	27	56	107	212	330	56	239	386	62
Lethbridge	8	41	413	4	8	100	12	49	308
London	35	44	26	569	352	-38	604	396	-34
Moncton	46	27	-41	167	335	101	213	362	70
Montréal	98	134	37	669	2,257	237	767	2,391	212
Nanaimo	11	2	-82	36	6	-83	47	8	-83
Oshawa	28	41	46	43	64	49	71	105	48
Ottawa-Gatineau	162	171	6	1,098	1,295	18	1,260	1,466	16
Gatineau	42	82	95	301	220	-27	343	302	-12
Ottawa	120	89	-26	797	1,075	35	917	1,164	27
Peterborough	13	13	-	0	14	##	13	27	108
Québec	59	62	5	573	639	12	632	701	11
Red Deer	16	10	-38	0	3	##	16	13	-19
Regina	25	28	12	121	42	-65	146	70	-52
Saguenay	19	30	58	23	42	83	42	72	71
St. Catharines-Niagara	66	56	-15	85	232	173	151	288	91
Saint John	32	32	-	27	42	56	59	74	25
St. John's	58	90	55	23	33	43	81	123	52
Saskatoon	88	103	17	358	219	-39	446	322	-28
Sherbrooke	19	33	74	51	40	-22	70	73	4
Thunder Bay	11	17	55	64	26	-59	75	43	-43
Toronto	502	259	-48	5,021	1,461	-71	5,523	1,720	-69
Trois-Rivières	22	14	-36	38	51	34	60	65	8
Vancouver	187	194	4	2,329	2,914	25	2,516	3,108	24
Victoria	24	32	33	329	549	67	353	581	65
Windsor	56	38	-32	130	204	57	186	242	30
Winnipeg	121	200	65	432	196	-55	553	396	-28
Total	3,414	3,310	-3	16,556	17,552	6	19,970	20,862	4
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023, 2024 and 2025 based on 2021 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
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Housing Start Data - Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates (SAAR)
	Single-Detached			All Others			Total
	June 2025	July 2025	%	June 2025	July 2025	%	June 2025	July 2025	%
Provinces (10,000+)
N.L.	617	804	30	478	435	-9	1,095	1,239	13
P.E.I.	359	390	9	180	2,040	##	539	2,430	351
N.S.	1,992	1,671	-16	6,033	15,033	149	8,025	16,704	108
N.B.	833	1,006	21	6,300	7,236	15	7,133	8,242	16
Qc	4,745	5,099	7	46,014	51,242	11	50,759	56,341	11
Ont.	11,704	10,492	-10	46,652	63,856	37	58,356	74,348	27
Man.	2,124	2,355	11	2,964	2,676	-10	5,088	5,031	-1
Sask.	1,689	1,525	-10	2,844	3,288	16	4,533	4,813	6
Alta.	14,282	15,181	6	47,059	34,942	-26	61,341	50,123	-18
B.C.	3,929	3,953	1	60,373	50,394	-17	64,302	54,347	-15
Canada (10,000+)	42,274	42,476	0	218,897	231,142	6	261,171	273,618	5
Canada (All Areas)	56,110	55,740	-1	227,412	238,342	5	283,523	294,085	4
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission	238	256	8	3,504	2,376	-32	3,742	2,632	-30
Barrie	242	187	-23	408	3,804	##	650	3,991	##
Belleville - Quinte West	211	223	6	228	1,044	358	439	1,267	189
Brantford	773	231	-70	1,452	0	-100	2,225	231	-90
Calgary	6,227	6,471	4	20,652	15,696	-24	26,879	22,167	-18
Chilliwack	176	52	-70	176	192	9	284	244	-14
Drummondville	289	200	-31	1,728	1,044	-40	2,017	1,244	-38
Edmonton	6,210	6,723	8	24,468	18,432	-25	30,678	25,155	-18
Fredericton	251	346	38	2,016	2,604	29	2,267	2,950	30
Greater/Grand Sudbury	177	191	8	168	276	64	345	467	35
Guelph	14	35	150	120	504	320	134	539	302
Halifax	709	704	-1	4,812	13,380	178	5,521	14,084	155
Hamilton	519	408	-21	888	10,716	##	1,407	11,124	##
Kamloops	55	90	64	192	2,088	##	247	2,178	##
Kelowna	260	308	18	7,584	2,040	-73	7,844	2,348	-70
Kingston	219	200	-9	5,964	180	-97	6,183	380	-94
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo	295	694	135	288	3,960	##	583	4,654	##
Lethbridge	446	388	-13	120	96	-20	566	484	-14
London	629	523	-17	3,504	4,224	21	4,133	4,747	15
Moncton	298	194	-35	3,420	4,020	18	3,718	4,214	13
Montréal	1,180	1,302	10	30,859	26,935	-13	32,039	28,237	-12
Nanaimo	142	40	-72	480	72	-85	622	112	-82
Oshawa	418	414	-1	312	768	146	730	1,182	62
Ottawa-Gatineau	1,639	1,690	3	12,468	15,540	25	14,107	17,230	22
Gatineau	711	721	1	1,200	2,640	120	1,911	3,361	76
Ottawa	928	969	4	11,268	12,900	14	12,196	13,869	14
Peterborough	79	111	41	0	168	##	79	279	253
Québec	562	593	6	6,408	7,668	20	6,970	8,261	19
Red Deer	265	157	-41	228	36	-84	493	193	-61
Regina	362	280	-23	576	504	-13	938	784	-16
Saguenay	208	311	50	96	504	425	304	815	168
St. Catharines-Niagara	612	549	-10	3,264	2,784	-15	3,876	3,333	-14
Saint John	176	265	51	492	504	2	668	769	15
St. John's	542	792	46	444	396	-11	986	1,188	20
Saskatoon	1,155	1,239	7	2,124	2,628	24	3,279	3,867	18
Sherbrooke	255	350	37	3,084	480	-84	3,339	830	-75
Thunder Bay	114	113	-1	72	312	333	186	425	128
Toronto	4,655	2,590	-44	16,092	17,532	9	20,747	20,122	-3
Trois-Rivières	101	125	24	1,116	612	-45	1,217	737	-39
Vancouver	1,861	2,124	14	34,668	34,968	1	36,529	37,092	2
Victoria	569	332	-42	11,004	6,588	-40	11,573	6,920	-40
Windsor	364	366	1	1,512	2,448	62	1,876	2,814	50
Winnipeg	1,957	2,209	13	2,184	2,352	8	4,141	4,561	10
Data for 2022 based on 2016 Census Definitions and data for 2023, 2024 and 2025 based on 2021 Census Definitions.
Source: CMHC Starts and Completion Survey, Market Absorption Survey
## not calculable / extreme value

SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

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