Housing Starts for July 2025

Housing Starts in Canada Hit Highest Level Since 2022

Canada’s housing starts jumped to the highest level in nearly three years as construction on apartments, townhouses and condominiums in the country’s largest and easternmost provinces continued to rise.

Canadian housing starts rise 4 per cent in July, CMHC says

Seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts rose to 294,085 units from a revised 283,523 units in June

CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in July up four per cent from June

OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July rose four per cent compared with June.

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 Ju…

Canada Housing Starts s.a (YoY) came in at 294.1K, above forecasts (265K) in July

Canada Housing Starts s.a (YoY) came in at 294.1K, above forecasts (265K) in July