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| Year | Urban centres Starts '000 units | Investment in structures (millions of chained 2002 dollars) | House sales | |||||||
| Structures | ||||||||||
| Total | Singles | Multiples | Total | New Housing | Renovations | Transfer costs | Total | Singles | Multiples | |
| 730040 | 730041 | 730047 | 1992123 | 1992120 | 1992121 | 1992122 | 1992126 | 1992127 | 1992128 | |
| 1966 | 108 | 48 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1967 | 132 | 46 | 86 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1968 | 162 | 47 | 116 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1969 | 170 | 47 | 123 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1970 | 151 | 40 | 111 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1971 | 181 | 57 | 124 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1972 | 207 | 81 | 127 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1973 | 211 | 85 | 126 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1974 | 169 | 78 | 91 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1975 | 182 | 84 | 98 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1976 | 209 | 85 | 124 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1977 | 200 | 75 | 126 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1978 | 179 | 73 | 106 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1979 | 152 | 73 | 79 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1980 | 125 | 61 | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1981 | 143 | 63 | 79 | 41,969 | 21,102 | 12,073 | 8,250 | 22,179 | 14,249 | 7,775 |
| 1982 | 105 | 39 | 66 | 34,767 | 15,554 | 12,235 | 6,611 | 17,887 | 8,673 | 9,573 |
| 1983 | 134 | 78 | 56 | 40,533 | 19,400 | 12,843 | 8,062 | 22,765 | 14,437 | 8,317 |
| 1984 | 111 | 65 | 46 | 40,533 | 17,955 | 14,059 | 8,201 | 22,719 | 14,885 | 7,744 |
| 1985 | 139 | 78 | 61 | 44,008 | 20,188 | 14,413 | 9,224 | 22,753 | 15,604 | 6,981 |
| 1986 | 171 | 97 | 73 | 49,381 | 24,516 | 14,677 | 10,062 | 27,546 | 19,366 | 7,928 |
| 1987 | 215 | 115 | 100 | 56,552 | 30,124 | 15,980 | 10,192 | 32,308 | 22,494 | 9,550 |
| 1988 | 190 | 102 | 87 | 57,803 | 29,088 | 17,308 | 11,282 | 32,810 | 22,188 | 10,440 |
| 1989 | 183 | 100 | 83 | 60,094 | 30,494 | 18,222 | 11,235 | 32,723 | 21,955 | 10,615 |
| 1990 | 151 | 77 | 74 | 53,907 | 27,881 | 17,335 | 8,471 | 31,850 | 20,702 | 11,100 |
| 1991 | 130 | 66 | 64 | 46,131 | 22,338 | 15,011 | 8,801 | 29,854 | 19,324 | 10,576 |
| 1992 | 140 | 71 | 69 | 49,294 | 24,410 | 15,500 | 9,380 | 30,856 | 20,865 | 10,002 |
| 1993 | 130 | 64 | 66 | 47,409 | 23,040 | 15,575 | 8,792 | 29,450 | 20,372 | 9,074 |
| 1994 | 127 | 67 | 60 | 49,264 | 25,045 | 15,279 | 8,942 | 31,637 | 22,862 | 8,750 |
| 1995 | 91 | 47 | 44 | 41,917 | 19,922 | 14,300 | 7,683 | 25,696 | 18,288 | 7,394 |
| 1996 | 100 | 57 | 43 | 45,976 | 21,270 | 15,386 | 9,433 | 27,881 | 20,011 | 7,858 |
| 1997 | 124 | 73 | 51 | 49,734 | 24,780 | 16,091 | 8,963 | 32,346 | 24,080 | 8,243 |
| 1998 | 118 | 69 | 49 | 47,968 | 23,900 | 15,882 | 8,225 | 30,450 | 23,022 | 7,402 |
| 1999 | 127 | 72 | 54 | 49,688 | 24,817 | 16,210 | 8,728 | 32,751 | 25,120 | 7,602 |
| 2000 | 132 | 75 | 57 | 52,290 | 25,526 | 18,131 | 8,613 | 33,642 | 25,494 | 8,126 |
| 2001 | 143 | 79 | 64 | 57,766 | 27,041 | 21,088 | 9,576 | 35,246 | 26,935 | 8,309 |
| 2002 | 179 | 103 | 76 | 65,926 | 33,242 | 22,089 | 10,595 | 42,568 | 32,351 | 10,217 |
| 2003 | 193 | 100 | 92 | 69,474 | 35,087 | 23,593 | 10,805 | 45,417 | 34,732 | 10,685 |
| 2004 | 203 | 103 | 100 | 74,691 | 38,039 | 25,191 | 11,490 | 48,733 | 36,709 | 12,028 |
| 2005 | 192 | 94 | 99 | 77,302 | 37,724 | 27,762 | 11,927 | 49,483 | 36,259 | 13,235 |
| 2006 | 197 | 95 | 102 | 78,965 | 37,653 | 29,778 | 11,842 | 49,448 | 35,371 | 14,102 |
| 2007 | 193 | 90 | 103 | 81,312 | 37,305 | 31,842 | 12,588 | 49,739 | 36,434 | 13,325 |