The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation relesed insights from Friendship Centres on housing and homelessness. The report is available online. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released the monthly housing starts and other construction data tables. The data is available online.
The six-month trend in housing starts was flat in July compared to June, with a slight decrease of 0.5 per cent to 247,377 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of total housing starts for all areas in Canada. … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its 2026 Northern Housing Report (NHR), with new analysis showing housing supply remaining constrained in Canada’s northern capitals, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yellowknife, N.W.T., and Iqaluit, Nunavut, as investment in residential construction remained below 2021 levels. Per-capita housing starts remained below the rest of Canada, constrained by high construction costs, … Read more
Liberal MP Patrick Weiler (West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea-to-Sky Country, B.C.) highlighted an additional $416,000 in Housing Accelerator Fund funding for Whistler to help modernize its zoning bylaw and streamline housing approvals. The top-up brings the municipality’s total Housing Accelerator Fund agreement to about $3 million after it met key housing targets, including issuing nearly 250 building … Read more
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) says that housing market activity is expected to remain subdued through 2026 as economic uncertainty, slower population growth, high borrowing costs and modest income growth continue to weigh on demand. In its 2026 Housing Market Outlook Mid-Year Update, CMHC forecasts home prices will decline this year before returning … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reported that the six-month trend in housing starts fell 2.8 per cent in June to an annualized rate of 248,123 units, while actual housing starts in centres with populations over 10,000 declined 13 per cent compared with June 2025. CMHC said that higher development costs, weaker demand, rising uncertainty … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation launched the 2026 Housing Research Awards competition, with this year’s President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research focused on modernizing Canada’s housing industry. The awards recognize innovative and impactful housing research and include prizes of $25,000 for the President’s Medal and $12,500 each for two Gold Roof awards. “These awards are … Read more
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced that the City of Waterloo has joined the Housing Design Catalogue as an official Local Partner, becoming the latest municipality to pre-review standardized housing designs to help speed approvals and increase housing construction. The government said the catalogue includes more than 50 free, pre-approved low-rise housing designs and … Read more
The six-month trend in housing starts was virtually flat in May, with a slight increase of 0.5 per cent to 258,010 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of total housing starts for all areas in Canada. “May’s data … Read more
Increased rental supply and slower demand growth are easing conditions in Canada’s largest rental markets. However, this shift is being driven largely by an increase in higher-priced rental units, which are taking longer to lease, signaling some easing at the upper end of the market while affordability challenges persist for lower-priced rentals. This is according … Read more
