Total New Housing Starts (Seasonable adjusted and annualized)
Province
|
August 2008
|
August 2007
|
July 2008
|
July 2007
|
Newfoundland/Labrador
|
3,100
|
2,400
|
1,800
|
2,400
|
PEI
|
700
|
700
|
400
|
600
|
Nova Scotia
|
3,300
|
5,700
|
3,400
|
3,900
|
New Brunswick
|
3,800
|
4,700
|
3,200
|
4,500
|
Quebec
|
43,300
|
50,700
|
43,900
|
49,300
|
Ontario
|
89,800
|
69,300
|
59,200
|
64,700
|
Manitoba
|
5,400
|
6,900
|
3,400
|
5,100
|
Saskatchewan
|
5,300
|
6,400
|
4,700
|
6,100
|
Alberta
|
22,900
|
50,500
|
29,000
|
44,000
|
British Columbia
|
33,500
|
38,500
|
37,300
|
35,000
|
CANADA
|
211,100
|
235,800
|
186,500
|
181,800
|
|
Source: CMHC Housing Now – September 2008 and September 2007. This seasonally adjusted data goes through stages of revision at different times of the year.
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Source: The Canadian Real Estate Association
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Luxury Home Sales
Market
|
Price Point
|
Sales/07
|
Sales/08
|
% +/-
|
% +/-
|
Greater Vancouver
|
$2 million
|
370
|
390
|
5
|
-24
|
Victoria
|
$1 million
|
159
|
165
|
4
|
-18
|
Kelowna
|
$1 million
|
71
|
63
|
-11
|
-30
|
Edmonton
|
$850,000
|
110
|
67
|
-64
|
-23
|
Calgary
|
$1 million
|
312
|
258
|
-17
|
-30
|
Regina
|
$500,000
|
17
|
69
|
306
|
-11
|
Saskatoon
|
$500,000
|
11
|
19
|
72
|
-14
|
Winnipeg
|
$500,000
|
62
|
117
|
89
|
0.01
|
London
|
$350,000
|
383
|
435
|
14
|
-9
|
Kitchener/Waterloo
|
$500,000
|
128
|
188
|
47
|
-5
|
Hamilton/Burlington
|
$750,000
|
76
|
50
|
-34
|
-7
|
Greater Toronto
|
$1.5 million
|
505
|
487
|
-5
|
-13
|
Ottawa
|
$750,000
|
99
|
135
|
36
|
-3
|
Halifax/Dartmouth
|
$400,000
|
218
|
262
|
20
|
-7
|
St. John’s
|
$400,000
|
28
|
50
|
78
|
11
|
|
|
|
Source: RE/MAX, Local Real Estate Boards, September 2008
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