Housing Starts
(HOUSING_STARTS)Observations
Aug 2026: 229.046
Updated: 2026-10-09, 6:15:42 a.m. ET
Units
Thousands of units,
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Frequency
Monthly
Source
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada
Series ID
HOUSING_STARTS
Table 34-10-0158-01
CREDHousing Starts
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada via CRED
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
Shaded areas indicate Canadian recessions (C.D. Howe Institute).
Notes
Source: Statistics Canada
Units: Thousands of units, Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Frequency: Monthly
Notes: The annualized pace of new residential construction starts in Canada, in thousands of units, collected by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and distributed through Statistics Canada. It is the physical-quantity counterpart to housing price indexes: prices say what homes cost, starts say how many are being built. Seasonally adjusted at annual rates; published monthly.
Suggested Citation: Statistics Canada, Housing Starts HOUSING_STARTS, retrieved from CRED, Canadian Research Economic Data; https://cred.nshipyard.com/series/HOUSING_STARTS, October 9, 2026.
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