Table 8.3-3
Provincial building and housing — Housing starts in urban areas

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Housing starts in urban areas: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
v729949 v729951 v729952 v729953 v729954 v729955
  thousands of units
1948 57.9 .. .. .. .. 17.6
1949 58.1 .. .. .. .. 19.3
1950 68.6 .. .. .. .. 23.8
1951 47.4 .. .. .. .. 14.6
1952 63.4 .. .. .. .. 19.6
1953 80.3 .. .. .. .. 25.3
1954 89.8 .. .. .. .. 25.8
1955 97.4 .. .. .. .. 30.0
1956 87.3 .. .. .. .. 26.5
1957 84.9 .. .. .. .. 25.2
1958 121.7 .. .. .. .. 34.8
1959 106.0 .. .. .. .. 29.7
1960 76.7 .. .. .. .. 23.6
1961 92.7 .. .. .. .. 27.0
1962 102.0 0.5 0.0 1.8 1.3 34.2
1963 118.5 0.6 0.1 1.8 1.0 36.7
1964 133.6 0.5 0.1 2.1 2.0 36.5
1965 135.2 0.6 0.1 2.0 1.7 38.1
1966 108.3 1.1 0.1 1.5 1.1 32.2
1967 131.9 1.3 0.0 1.5 1.1 33.1
1968 162.3 1.2 0.1 2.0 1.8 41.4
1969 169.7 0.8 0.1 4.0 1.8 36.8
1970 151.0 0.8 0.2 2.9 1.4 40.0
1971 180.9 1.4 0.1 3.2 2.7 42.1
1972 207.0 1.7 0.4 3.4 3.9 47.1
1973 211.5 2.2 0.3 5.5 4.0 49.2
1974 169.4 2.3 0.2 4.3 3.2 39.4
1975 181.8 2.8 0.3 4.4 4.2 43.1
1976 209.8 2.0 0.2 4.7 3.9 53.5
1977 200.2 1.4 0.3 5.4 2.2 47.6
1978 178.7 1.0 0.2 3.2 2.1 36.6
1979 151.7 1.1 0.3 2.8 1.5 34.0
1980 125.0 1.8 0.1 2.1 0.8 23.1
1981 142.4 1.5 0.0 2.0 0.6 23.1
1982 104.8 0.9 0.1 2.5 0.8 19.0
1983 134.2 1.4 0.4 3.7 2.1 33.6
1984 110.9 1.1 0.4 3.4 1.6 35.0
1985 139.4 1.4 0.5 4.9 2.5 41.4
1986 170.9 1.5 0.7 5.2 2.6 52.7
1987 215.3 1.4 0.6 4.5 2.3 66.8
1988 189.6 1.7 0.8 3.7 2.4 50.6
1989 183.3 2.2 0.6 3.9 2.2 41.9
1990 150.6 1.9 0.6 3.6 1.7 40.2
1991 130.1 1.5 0.4 3.7 1.6 37.1
1992 140.1 1.3 0.4 3.2 2.1 31.1
1993 130.0 1.4 0.4 3.0 2.1 27.9
1994 127.3 1.5 0.5 3.3 1.8 27.2
1995 89.5 1.0 0.2 2.7 1.4 15.6
1996 101.8 1.2 0.4 2.8 1.6 15.9
1997 123.2 1.1 0.3 2.7 1.6 19.6
1998 116.8 0.9 0.3 2.2 1.6 18.3
1999 127.1 0.9 0.4 2.8 1.9 19.5
2000 131.1 1.0 0.4 3.0 2.0 19.9
2001 142.3 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.2 21.9
2002 179.1 1.6 0.5 3.7 2.6 33.5
2003 191.9 1.9 0.6 3.6 3.0 39.9
2004 204.4 2.1 0.6 3.3 2.6 46.7
2005 193.5 1.8 0.6 3.3 2.7 41.3
2006 195.0 1.5 0.5 3.3 2.9 39.5
2007 193.7 1.8 0.5 3.3 3.0 40.9
2008 187.4 2.2 0.5 3.3 3.1 41.6
2009 130.4 2.0 0.7 2.8 2.6 37.0
2010 166.2 2.2 0.6 3.5 3.0 43.5
Housing starts in urban areas: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
v729960 v729963 v729966 v729967 v729968
  thousands of units
1948 19.0 3.1 1.6 4.8 9.2
1949 20.2 3.5 1.6 4.9 6.6
1950 26.4 2.7 1.2 5.7 6.0
1951 19.5 2.1 1.0 4.0 4.2
1952 23.0 3.4 2.4 6.5 6.3
1953 27.3 3.8 3.3 8.6 8.3
1954 36.9 4.4 2.6 8.6 8.9
1955 37.5 5.3 2.9 7.8 10.8
1956 33.5 3.8 2.5 7.6 10.5
1957 34.6 2.5 3.2 7.5 9.7
1958 47.5 4.9 3.8 12.7 15.0
1959 40.1 5.8 4.2 10.9 11.9
1960 30.9 4.2 2.7 6.2 6.4
1961 36.4 4.7 3.3 10.2 7.8
1962 37.1 3.1 2.7 11.5 9.9
1963 48.6 4.8 3.2 9.6 12.2
1964 57.5 4.5 4.2 9.2 17.0
1965 59.3 4.2 4.2 9.2 15.8
1966 45.7 3.2 3.2 7.4 12.9
1967 59.8 3.6 4.1 10.5 17.0
1968 69.3 5.2 4.6 17.3 19.4
1969 69.4 9.3 4.0 20.5 22.9
1970 66.5 6.9 0.9 14.1 17.2
1971 78.5 8.2 2.3 21.7 20.7
1972 91.1 9.9 3.1 18.4 27.8
1973 92.2 8.4 4.0 17.0 28.7
1974 71.5 6.1 4.6 14.2 23.6
1975 67.6 5.9 7.2 19.6 26.6
1976 71.3 7.5 8.9 28.1 29.6
1977 70.2 7.4 9.3 30.0 26.3
1978 61.9 10.2 6.3 37.5 19.6
1979 47.8 4.4 8.5 30.2 21.3
1980 35.4 1.7 4.0 25.7 30.3
1981 45.4 2.2 4.4 33.2 30.0
1982 35.2 1.6 6.0 21.8 16.9
1983 50.3 5.2 5.9 13.3 18.3
1984 42.3 4.7 3.5 5.2 13.8
1985 57.1 5.4 4.1 6.0 16.2
1986 71.9 6.6 4.5 6.4 18.9
1987 93.9 6.9 4.0 8.4 26.5
1988 86.9 4.4 3.0 9.2 26.9
1989 81.0 3.1 1.4 12.3 34.6
1990 53.3 2.3 1.0 14.4 31.5
1991 46.1 1.4 0.6 10.1 27.6
1992 48.7 1.8 1.3 15.5 34.6
1993 38.8 1.7 1.4 15.1 38.2
1994 41.6 1.7 1.4 13.9 34.6
1995 31.9 1.2 1.3 10.5 23.6
1996 39.5 1.2 1.9 12.5 24.7
1997 50.0 1.7 2.0 18.9 25.2
1998 50.1 1.9 2.1 21.7 17.6
1999 62.9 2.1 2.2 20.2 14.2
2000 67.4 1.5 1.9 21.5 12.4
2001 70.3 1.6 1.8 24.5 15.7
2002 79.6 2.2 2.4 32.7 20.3
2003 80.9 2.7 2.6 32.1 24.7
2004 79.9 2.9 3.1 32.2 30.9
2005 73.2 2.9 2.5 34.3 31.1
2006 67.8 3.2 2.9 40.9 32.6
2007 62.8 3.8 4.8 38.5 34.4
2008 71.9 3.8 4.7 25.4 30.9
2009 47.9 2.8 2.9 17.7 13.8
2010 57.1 4.0 4.6 24.1 23.6
Source(s):
CMHC Starts and Completions Survey, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, contact: L. Bourgon (613-748-2358). CANSIM tables: 027-0001 and 027-0051.