Housing starts for June 2025

OTTAWA, ON, July 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The six-month trend in housing starts increased (3.6%) in June (253,081 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 14% year-over-year in centres with a population of 10,000 or greater, with 23,282 units recorded in June, compared to 20,509 units in June 2024. The year-to-date total was 114,411, 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 flat (0.4%) in June (283,734 units) compared to May (282,705 units).

"Through the first six months of the year, national housing starts have increased marginally compared to 2024, however, new home construction varies significantly across Canada. Québec and the Prairie provinces have accelerated the pace of construction for single-detached homes and purpose-built rentals. By contrast, weak condo market conditions in Toronto and Vancouver have contributed to declines in overall housing starts in these regions," said Kevin Hughes, CMHC's Deputy Chief Economist.

Key Facts:

• The monthly SAAR for Canada's centres with a population of 10,000 or greater was flat in June (261,705 units) compared to May (260,947 units).
• The rural starts monthly SAAR estimate was 22,029 units.
• Among Canada's big three cities, Vancouver recorded a 74% increase in starts this month, driven by higher multi-unit starts. Montreal posted an 8% year-over-year decrease in actual housing starts compared to June 2024, driven by fewer multi-unit starts. A decrease in multi-unit starts drove the 40% year-over-year decrease in Toronto's housing starts compared to June 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 July housing starts data on August 18 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 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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Table 2
Housing Start Data in Centres 10,000 Population and Over
January - June 2024 - 2025
Area		Single-Detached			All Others			Total
Province
		2024	2025	%	2024	2025	%	2024	2025	%
N.L.		254	274	8	104	179	72	358	453	27
P.E.I.		73	124	70	516	444	-14	589	568	-4
N.S.		692	691	0	3,454	3,257	-6	4,146	3,948	-5
N.B.		344	325	-6	1,618	1,747	8	1,962	2,072	6
Atlantic		1,363	1,414	4	5,692	5,627	-1	7,055	7,041	0
Que.		1,954	2,081	6	17,225	23,774	38	19,179	25,855	35
Ont.		5,500	4,412	-20	30,871	22,956	-26	36,371	27,368	-25
Man.		773	1,066	38	1,803	1,931	7	2,576	2,997	16
Sask.		524	789	51	992	2,002	102	1,516	2,791	84
Alta.		6,949	7,792	12	14,561	20,110	38	21,510	27,902	30
Prairies		8,246	9,647	17	17,356	24,043	39	25,602	33,690	32
B.C.		2,114	1,874	-11	20,172	18,583	-8	22,286	20,457	-8
Canada		19,177	19,428	1	91,316	94,983	4	110,493	114,411	4
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission		83	78	-6	471	1,194	154	554	1,272	130
Barrie		198	75	-62	127	155	22	325	230	-29
Belleville - Quinte West		87	68	-22	91	184	102	178	252	42
Brantford		91	171	88	17	1,054	##	108	1,225	##
Calgary		3,343	3,548	6	7,835	11,164	42	11,178	14,712	32
Chilliwack		69	68	-1	260	250	-4	329	318	-3
Drummondville		70	120	71	261	481	84	331	601	82
Edmonton		2,958	3,448	17	5,490	7,420	35	8,448	10,868	29
Fredericton		100	87	-13	114	402	253	214	489	129
Greater/Grand Sudbury		38	26	-32	24	88	267	62	114	84
Guelph		25	11	-56	164	35	-79	189	46	-76
Halifax		373	365	-2	3,150	2,956	-6	3,523	3,321	-6
Hamilton		147	127	-14	888	765	-14	1,035	892	-14
Kamloops		60	50	-17	110	126	15	170	176	4
Kelowna		156	135	-13	2,558	1,679	-34	2,714	1,814	-33
Kingston		93	86	-8	66	715	##	159	801	404
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo		214	152	-29	1,427	1,079	-24	1,641	1,231	-25
Lethbridge		106	173	63	183	190	4	289	363	26
London		264	238	-10	1,457	543	-63	1,721	781	-55
Moncton		91	107	18	994	1,094	10	1,085	1,201	11
Montréal		518	617	19	8,855	12,075	36	9,373	12,692	35
Nanaimo		83	47	-43	628	163	-74	711	210	-70
Oshawa		222	147	-34	836	172	-79	1,058	319	-70
Ottawa-Gatineau		784	776	-1	3,567	5,643	58	4,351	6,419	48
Gatineau		165	154	-7	1,353	1,115	-18	1,518	1,269	-16
Ottawa		619	622	0	2,214	4,528	105	2,833	5,150	82
Peterborough		78	28	-64	40	3	-93	118	31	-74
Québec		271	340	25	3,317	4,458	34	3,588	4,798	34
Red Deer		31	68	119	247	216	-13	278	284	2
Regina		111	170	53	558	769	38	669	939	40
Saguenay		112	112	-	112	209	87	224	321	43
St. Catharines-Niagara		365	205	-44	517	740	43	882	945	7
Saint John		84	81	-4	312	118	-62	396	199	-50
St. John's		218	256	17	94	172	83	312	428	37
Saskatoon		381	582	53	430	1,145	166	811	1,727	113
Sherbrooke		135	120	-11	567	692	22	702	812	16
Thunder Bay		23	29	26	38	37	-3	61	66	8
Toronto		1,789	1,465	-18	20,740	11,110	-46	22,529	12,575	-44
Trois-Rivières		71	88	24	486	632	30	557	720	29
Vancouver		1,057	944	-11	13,221	11,827	-11	14,278	12,771	-11
Victoria		143	126	-12	1,763	2,213	26	1,906	2,339	23
Windsor		163	150	-8	902	265	-71	1,065	415	-61
Winnipeg		650	978	50	1,720	1,663	-3	2,370	2,641	11
Total		15,855	16,462	4	84,637	85,896	1	100,492	102,358	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
	June 2024	June 2025	%	June 2024	June 2025	%	June 2024	June 2025	%
Provinces (10,000+)
N.-L.	96	81	-16	36	40	11	132	121	-8
P.E.I.	6	24	##	38	15	-61	44	39	-11
N.S.	178	212	19	769	505	-34	947	717	-24
N.B.	124	122	-2	358	531	48	482	653	35
Atlantic	404	439	9	1,201	1,091	-9	1,605	1,530	-5
Qc	434	507	17	4,561	4,351	-5	4,995	4,858	-3
Ont.	1,142	1,155	1	4,539	4,076	-10	5,681	5,231	-8
Man.	160	196	23	563	247	-56	723	443	-39
Sask.	154	155	1	217	237	9	371	392	6
Alta.	1,586	1,429	-10	2,205	3,934	78	3,791	5,363	41
Prairies	1,900	1,780	-6	2,985	4,418	48	4,885	6,198	27
B.C.	484	407	-16	2,859	5,058	77	3,343	5,465	63
Canada (10,000+)	4,364	4,288	-2	16,145	18,994	18	20,509	23,282	14
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission	12	20	67	29	292	##	41	312	##
Barrie	34	30	-12	38	34	-11	72	64	-11
Belleville - Quinte West	19	25	32	8	19	138	27	44	63
Brantford	4	67	##	4	121	##	8	188	##
Calgary	719	579	-19	1,247	1,721	38	1,966	2,300	17
Chilliwack	11	14	27	104	9	-91	115	23	-80
Drummondville	15	29	93	85	144	69	100	173	73
Edmonton	737	650	-12	738	2,039	176	1,475	2,689	82
Fredericton	37	41	11	43	168	291	80	209	##
Greater/Grand Sudbury	0	11	##	0	14	##	0	25	##
Guelph	7	3	-57	30	10	-67	37	13	-65
Halifax	97	99	2	695	401	-42	792	500	-37
Hamilton	19	53	##	6	74	##	25	127	##
Kamloops	6	4	-33	6	16	167	12	20	67
Kelowna	38	30	-21	572	632	10	610	662	9
Kingston	28	24	-14	7	497	##	35	521	##
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo	47	36	-23	538	24	-96	585	60	-90
Lethbridge	17	49	##	15	10	-33	32	59	84
London	77	69	-10	129	292	126	206	361	75
Moncton	27	41	52	197	285	45	224	326	46
Montréal	121	149	23	2,841	2,580	-9	2,962	2,729	-8
Nanaimo	17	14	-18	62	40	-35	79	54	-32
Oshawa	32	42	31	214	26	-88	246	68	-72
Ottawa-Gatineau	184	141	-23	487	1,039	113	671	1,180	76
Gatineau	36	57	58	107	100	-7	143	157	10
Ottawa	148	84	-43	380	939	147	528	1,023	94
Peterborough	42	6	-86	24	0	###	66	6	-91
Québec	68	54	-21	761	534	-30	829	588	-29
Red Deer	4	20	##	5	19	280	9	39	##
Regina	37	39	5	91	48	-47	128	87	-32
Saguenay	25	28	12	24	8	-67	49	36	-27
St. Catharines-Niagara	37	45	22	33	272	##	70	317	##
Saint John	36	27	-25	68	41	-40	104	68	-35
St. John's	86	73	-15	33	37	12	119	110	-8
Saskatoon	112	111	-1	126	177	40	238	288	21
Sherbrooke	29	29	-	194	257	32	223	286	28
Thunder Bay	9	15	67	6	6	-	15	21	40
Toronto	324	360	11	2,523	1,341	-47	2,847	1,701	-40
Trois-Rivières	17	17	-	80	93	16	97	110	13
Vancouver	300	190	-37	1,467	2,889	97	1,767	3,079	74
Victoria	22	43	95	312	917	194	334	960	##
Windsor	58	42	-28	305	126	-59	363	168	-54
Winnipeg	130	184	42	549	182	-67	679	366	-46
Total	3,641	3,503	-4	14,696	17,434	19	18,337	20,937	14

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
	May 2025	June 2025	%	May 2025	June 2025	%	May 2025	June 2025	%
Provinces (10,000+)
N.L.	748	611	-18	382	476	25	1,130	1,087	-4
P.E.I.	248	351	42	96	180	88	344	531	54
N.S.	1,795	2,023	13	6,927	6,023	-13	8,722	8,046	-8
N.B.	932	817	-12	5,442	6,294	16	6,374	7,111	12
Qc	4,308	4,626	7	54,404	46,056	-15	58,712	50,682	-14
Ont.	9,902	12,212	23	58,453	46,830	-20	68,355	59,042	-14
Man.	2,224	2,136	-4	6,132	2,964	-52	8,356	5,100	-39
Sask.	1,895	1,729	-9	3,456	2,844	-18	5,351	4,573	-15
Alta.	16,441	14,289	-13	50,791	47,050	-7	67,232	61,339	-9
B.C.	3,844	3,880	1	32,527	60,314	85	36,371	64,194	76
Canada (10,000+)	42,337	42,674	1	218,610	219,031	0	260,947	261,705	0
Canada (All Areas)	56,216	56,645	1	226,487	227,086	0	282,705	283,734	0
Metropolitan Areas
Abbotsford-Mission	152	218	43	540	3,504	##	692	3,722	438
Barrie	281	252	-10	276	408	48	557	660	18
Belleville - Quinte West	103	203	97	0	228	##	103	431	318
Brantford	0	735	##	4,236	1,452	-66	4,236	2,187	-48
Calgary	7,037	6,195	-12	28,776	20,652	-28	35,813	26,847	-25
Chilliwack	185	183	-1	185	108	-42	233	291	25
Drummondville	212	294	39	996	1,728	73	1,208	2,022	67
Edmonton	7,317	6,078	-17	18,204	24,468	34	25,521	30,546	20
Fredericton	235	239	2	1,308	2,016	54	1,543	2,255	46
Greater/Grand Sudbury	95	180	89	828	168	-80	923	348	-62
Guelph	2	12	##	216	120	-44	218	132	-39
Halifax	783	710	-9	5,856	4,812	-18	6,639	5,522	-17
Hamilton	244	535	##	792	888	12	1,036	1,423	37
Kamloops	41	51	24	48	192	300	89	243	173
Kelowna	362	257	-29	4,548	7,584	67	4,910	7,841	60
Kingston	225	220	-2	24	5,964	##	249	6,184	##
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo	237	278	17	444	288	-35	681	566	-17
Lethbridge	511	463	-9	456	120	-74	967	583	-40
London	278	842	##	312	3,504	##	590	4,346	##
Moncton	290	310	7	3,144	3,420	9	3,434	3,730	9
Montréal	1,228	1,162	-5	30,366	30,806	1	31,594	31,968	1
Nanaimo	40	123	##	216	480	122	256	603	136
Oshawa	387	416	7	528	312	-41	915	728	-20
Ottawa-Gatineau	1,190	1,618	36	11,196	12,468	11	12,386	14,086	14
Gatineau	376	689	83	4,668	1,200	-74	5,044	1,889	-63
Ottawa	814	929	14	6,528	11,268	73	7,342	12,197	66
Peterborough	70	74	6	0	0	-	70	74	6
Québec	913	575	-37	23,424	6,408	-73	24,337	6,983	-71
Red Deer	90	262	##	2,160	228	-89	2,250	490	-78
Regina	381	379	-1	336	576	71	717	955	33
Saguenay	244	198	-19	600	96	-84	844	294	-65
St. Catharines-Niagara	438	598	37	936	3,264	249	1,374	3,862	181
Saint John	193	164	-15	600	492	-18	793	656	-17
St. John's	650	534	-18	360	444	23	1,010	978	-3
Saskatoon	1,450	1,173	-19	2,988	2,124	-29	4,438	3,297	-26
Sherbrooke	222	250	13	660	3,084	367	882	3,334	278
Thunder Bay	108	115	6	132	72	-45	240	187	-22
Toronto	4,490	4,716	5	38,424	16,092	-58	42,914	20,808	-52
Trois-Rivières	127	102	-20	3,756	1,116	-70	3,883	1,218	-69
Vancouver	1,978	1,802	-9	19,116	34,668	81	21,094	36,470	73
Victoria	157	557	##	4,344	11,004	153	4,501	11,561	157
Windsor	409	368	-10	372	1,512	306	781	1,880	141
Winnipeg	1,996	1,959	-2	5,988	2,184	-64	7,984	4,143	-48

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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SOURCE Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

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