Housing Market

Find out the latest in the housing market.

See the stories below to know what's going on, right now, in the Candian housing market. Our team interviews the people gathering the data in Canada's housing sector, and get the real answers you need to know.

Construction outlook steadies as Canadian builders brace for rising costs

GDP cooled while permits and price pressures reshape 2026 project pipelines

Ottawa stakes housing fix on 100,000 new tradespeople

Carney's first spring update pairs lingering red ink with a sweeping skilled‑trades push

Builder confidence sinks as CHBA warns of delayed policy relief

Sentiment index showed a deepening pullback in homeownership-focused construction to start 2026

March housing starts slip as CMHC warns construction momentum keeps fading

Builders saw another soft month even as year‑over‑year numbers looked stronger on paper

Are Canadians fleeing the country weakening the housing market?

Canadians are leaving for good – in record numbers

Canada's housing starts hide a troubling reality for families

New data reveals most construction isn't meeting the needs of Canadian households

Housing starts slide again as CMHC warns of fading construction momentum

January data showed a fourth straight drop in CMHC's housing starts trend

Here's where sales and prices are expected to rise and fall this year in Canada

Forecasts pointed to a fragile, region‑split recovery as construction slowed and demand reshaped

National housing starts to slow even further, says CMHC

Supply crisis set to worsen in coming years as national housing agency highlights challenges ahead

Housing starts rose in 2025 but CMHC warns construction momentum has faded

Builders ended the year stronger on paper – but from a weaker starting point