CMHC Canada Housing Starts

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Housing
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Last release
17 Apr 2026 12:15 GMT
Actual
235.852 K
Forecast
256.928 K
Previous
250.961 K
Next release
15 May 2026 12:15 GMT
Actual
Coming in 17 days
Forecast
257.192 K
Previous
235.852 K
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
19 Apr 2021
Mar 2021
335.200 K
240.146 K
15 Mar 2021
Feb 2021
245.922 K
239.918 K
15 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
282.428 K
232.054 K
18 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
228.279 K
224.085 K
15 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
246.033 K
216.494 K
17 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
214.875 K
210.324 K
08 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
208.980 K
225.755 K
09 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
262.396 K
207.514 K
11 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
245.604 K
183.221 K
09 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
211.681 K
193.408 K
08 Jun 2020
May 2020
193.453 K
200.597 K
08 May 2020
Apr 2020
166.415 K
206.819 K
08 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
195.174 K
212.745 K
09 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
210.069 K
215.709 K
10 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
213.224 K
217.686 K
09 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
197.329 K
220.543 K
09 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
201.318 K
212.639 K
08 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
201.973 K
210.580 K
08 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
221.202 K
204.264 K
10 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
226.639 K
201.809 K

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Housing Starts show the number of new housing projects that started during the reported month.

The Housing Starts index characterizes the activity in the housing market and related sectors, including banking (mortgage loans), construction sector, etc.

The indicator growth can have a positive effect on CAD quotes.

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