Metropolitan housing starts: May 2021
The Conference Board of Canada,
June 15, 2021
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by
Jane McIntyre
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The monthly Metropolitan housing starts publication provides the recent trends in housing starts for 28 metropolitan areas and expectations for starts over both the short and long term.
Document Highlights
- There are 11 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) with positive short- and long-term expectations this month, the same number as last month. These are the CMAs in the up-up quadrant.
- Only two CMAs have negative short-term expectations. Vancouver is the only one with both negative short- and long-term expectations.
- The CMAs with the biggest year-over-year percentage decrease in April housing starts were Toronto, Victoria, Saskatoon, Regina, and Edmonton.
- Montréal had the largest year-over-year percentage increase in starts last month.
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