New Housing Construction
Inventory of Completed and Unabsorbed Units (Homeowner + Condo)

For:

  1. Census Metropolitan Areas
  2. Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations with at least 50,000 people

Display Options:

  1. Centres
  2. Historical Time Periods

Note:

Changes to display settings will reset date settings to most recent data. Available display settings are subject to change based upon data available.

Nova Scotia — Historical Inventory of Completed and Unabsorbed Homeowner and Condominium Units by Dwelling Type (In Census Metropolitan Areas) 1

  Single Semi-Detached Row Apartment All
Jan 1990 70 44 64 49 227
Feb 1990 65 46 66 47 224
Mar 1990 70 52 55 82 259
Apr 1990 58 43 36 83 220
May 1990 62 37 50 74 223
Jun 1990 57 39 44 79 219
Jul 1990 50 39 47 82 218
Aug 1990 45 30 49 117 241
Sep 1990 46 40 61 155 302
Oct 1990 41 32 75 148 296
Nov 1990 44 28 70 155 297
Dec 1990 55 29 77 155 316
Jan 1991 43 26 73 185 327
Feb 1991 42 23 67 181 313
Mar 1991 46 28 75 181 330
Apr 1991 43 29 78 169 319
May 1991 42 25 59 156 282
Jun 1991 48 22 49 170 289
Jul 1991 45 24 34 193 296
Aug 1991 46 26 23 156 251
Sep 1991 33 21 23 138 215
Oct 1991 47 34 23 161 265
Nov 1991 47 38 22 143 250
Dec 1991 37 33 22 143 235
Jan 1992 38 30 21 128 217
Feb 1992 30 31 21 120 202
Mar 1992 33 25 21 118 197
Apr 1992 33 23 21 92 169
May 1992 30 20 21 79 150
Jun 1992 29 28 20 78 155
Jul 1992 26 27 20 76 149
Aug 1992 19 18 15 72 124
Sep 1992 23 20 14 61 118
Oct 1992 26 19 14 61 120
Nov 1992 18 22 18 61 119
Dec 1992 22 26 11 61 120
Jan 1993 24 36 10 60 130
Feb 1993 23 38 10 55 126
Mar 1993 26 32 6 55 119
Apr 1993 34 29 9 54 126
May 1993 41 31 11 54 137
Jun 1993 31 33 11 54 129
Jul 1993 48 28 10 52 138
Aug 1993 47 25 10 52 134
Sep 1993 43 33 9 51 136
Oct 1993 41 28 9 51 129
Nov 1993 51 39 11 47 148
Dec 1993 48 28 11 47 134
Jan 1994 51 25 15 50 141
Feb 1994 47 43 12 50 152
Mar 1994 49 55 12 50 166
Apr 1994 63 54 10 49 176
May 1994 55 46 12 48 161
Jun 1994 53 34 11 46 144
Jul 1994 51 41 11 46 149
Aug 1994 58 39 18 45 160
Sep 1994 65 39 12 45 161
Oct 1994 66 35 10 45 156
Nov 1994 77 58 22 45 202
Dec 1994 78 68 22 45 213
Jan 1995 79 61 23 45 208
Feb 1995 83 66 22 45 216
Mar 1995 85 70 22 45 222
Apr 1995 91 93 21 45 250
May 1995 94 99 25 44 262
Jun 1995 103 94 24 44 265
Jul 1995 87 90 29 43 249
Aug 1995 89 101 24 42 256
Sep 1995 85 85 25 41 236
Oct 1995 86 88 24 41 239
Nov 1995 88 89 36 41 254
Dec 1995 86 93 34 41 254
Jan 1996 91 95 30 41 257
Feb 1996 85 87 29 41 242
Mar 1996 86 90 29 41 246
Apr 1996 81 94 24 54 253
May 1996 80 80 15 51 226
Jun 1996 90 80 14 50 234
Jul 1996 96 80 14 50 240
Aug 1996 85 81 9 49 224
Sep 1996 82 79 8 49 218
Oct 1996 83 74 7 46 210
Nov 1996 84 66 7 46 203
Dec 1996 73 69 6 46 194
Jan 1997 75 66 12 41 194
Feb 1997 71 68 17 41 197
Mar 1997 76 66 10 41 193
Apr 1997 76 61 8 41 186
May 1997 65 54 7 41 167
Jun 1997 59 57 8 41 165
Jul 1997 59 55 6 41 161
Aug 1997 64 57 6 41 168
Sep 1997 66 67 5 41 179
Oct 1997 89 72 11 41 213
Nov 1997 115 80 9 41 245
Dec 1997 110 82 7 56 255
Jan 1998 114 88 5 54 261
Feb 1998 115 91 4 54 264
Mar 1998 110 85 4 54 253
Apr 1998 102 83 6 71 262
May 1998 100 76 8 48 232
Jun 1998 94 69 8 7 178
Jul 1998 85 62 7 7 161
Aug 1998 86 63 7 5 161
Sep 1998 80 56 7 5 148
Oct 1998 72 62 5 20 159
Nov 1998 76 64 2 48 190
Dec 1998 68 58 9 27 162
Jan 1999 80 56 8 18 162
Feb 1999 65 23 13 15 116
Mar 1999 71 31 6 9 117
Apr 1999 78 33 5 62 178
May 1999 71 24 3 7 105
Jun 1999 64 19 1 0 84
Jul 1999 85 23 9 6 123
Aug 1999 91 21 14 6 132
Sep 1999 90 25 7 0 122
Oct 1999 64 20 7 0 91
Nov 1999 67 18 7 0 92
Dec 1999 67 15 7 0 89
Jan 2000 90 19 1 0 110
Feb 2000 102 20 0 0 122
Mar 2000 81 18 0 0 99
Apr 2000 93 20 6 0 119
May 2000 98 18 2 0 118
Jun 2000 86 6 2 0 94
Jul 2000 81 10 2 0 93
Aug 2000 89 18 1 12 120
Sep 2000 100 12 1 12 125
Oct 2000 86 11 0 12 109
Nov 2000 83 7 0 8 98
Dec 2000 88 7 0 8 103
Jan 2001 66 7 0 3 76
Feb 2001 75 8 0 0 83
Mar 2001 80 6 0 36 122
Apr 2001 73 8 2 172 255
May 2001 66 3 0 109 178
Jun 2001 59 4 0 109 172
Jul 2001 53 4 0 73 130
Aug 2001 52 3 0 20 75
Sep 2001 52 3 0 23 78
Oct 2001 38 9 0 23 70
Nov 2001 46 9 0 37 92
Dec 2001 49 10 8 37 104
Jan 2002 45 7 8 37 97
Feb 2002 61 20 7 0 88
Mar 2002 54 16 7 0 77
Apr 2002 56 18 4 0 78
May 2002 57 19 4 0 80
Jun 2002 39 19 4 15 77
Jul 2002 23 14 4 15 56
Aug 2002 14 7 2 15 38
Sep 2002 24 11 2 15 52
Oct 2002 41 8 2 82 133
Nov 2002 50 3 2 82 137
Dec 2002 55 3 2 90 150
Jan 2003 37 3 2 0 42
Feb 2003 42 3 24 0 69
Mar 2003 59 5 22 0 86
Apr 2003 31 6 9 0 46
May 2003 28 2 5 0 35
Jun 2003 27 2 2 0 31
Jul 2003 25 0 2 0 27
Aug 2003 27 8 0 0 35
Sep 2003 39 7 0 0 46
Oct 2003 38 3 0 0 41
Nov 2003 45 22 0 60 127
Dec 2003 51 18 8 60 137
Jan 2004 53 19 8 81 161
Feb 2004 50 17 12 81 160
Mar 2004 47 12 12 81 152
Apr 2004 47 5 21 161 234
May 2004 48 2 8 161 219
Jun 2004 42 3 8 219 272
Jul 2004 34 6 9 198 247
Aug 2004 35 2 9 198 244
Sep 2004 34 2 9 198 243
Oct 2004 22 0 9 198 229
Nov 2004 26 7 11 202 246
Dec 2004 29 4 11 60 104
Jan 2005 24 4 16 63 107
Feb 2005 33 8 8 0 49
Mar 2005 37 7 4 0 48
Apr 2005 40 7 3 0 50
May 2005 34 0 0 36 70
Jun 2005 26 1 0 23 50
Jul 2005 22 1 2 23 48
Aug 2005 18 0 4 18 40
Sep 2005 17 3 0 15 35
Oct 2005 17 1 0 4 22
Nov 2005 18 2 0 0 20
Dec 2005 29 6 2 0 37
Jan 2006 24 10 0 52 86
Feb 2006 35 13 0 52 100
Mar 2006 40 22 4 52 118
Apr 2006 47 21 2 92 162
May 2006 40 8 2 92 142
Jun 2006 28 8 0 52 88
Jul 2006 25 11 0 129 165
Aug 2006 47 9 0 154 210
Sep 2006 38 3 4 154 199
Oct 2006 63 22 1 102 188
Nov 2006 47 21 0 124 192
Dec 2006 48 14 0 124 186
Jan 2007 36 15 0 22 73
Feb 2007 38 16 3 22 79
Mar 2007 27 11 3 22 63
Apr 2007 39 13 5 0 57
May 2007 41 14 4 0 59
Jun 2007 30 9 2 0 41
Jul 2007 34 9 1 0 44
Aug 2007 29 9 6 0 44
Sep 2007 25 2 14 0 41
Oct 2007 30 2 14 139 185
Nov 2007 35 3 13 139 190
Dec 2007 46 5 14 139 204
Jan 2008 38 4 16 139 197
Feb 2008 37 1 10 139 187
Mar 2008 34 4 13 0 51
Apr 2008 36 2 8 0 46
May 2008 32 3 13 0 48
Jun 2008 41 6 8 0 55
Jul 2008 39 8 10 0 57
Aug 2008 40 5 0 0 45
Sep 2008 33 4 8 18 63
Oct 2008 18 2 11 18 49
Nov 2008 28 2 19 112 161
Dec 2008 31 3 31 112 177
Jan 2009 32 5 31 112 180
Feb 2009 39 6 38 109 192
Mar 2009 41 2 33 40 116
Apr 2009 40 1 34 40 115
May 2009 36 9 28 45 118
Jun 2009 27 8 28 40 103
Jul 2009 35 2 26 40 103
Aug 2009 25 1 26 40 92
Sep 2009 22 0 26 40 88
Oct 2009 22 4 22 40 88
Nov 2009 24 4 22 40 90
Dec 2009 31 5 21 40 97
Jan 2010 35 11 21 40 107
Feb 2010 37 12 21 40 110
Mar 2010 33 11 18 40 102
Apr 2010 38 11 19 40 108
May 2010 44 8 9 40 101
Jun 2010 44 4 9 40 97
Jul 2010 52 8 14 40 114
Aug 2010 46 8 18 49 121
Sep 2010 51 11 24 49 135
Oct 2010 53 8 26 49 136
Nov 2010 47 7 27 49 130
Dec 2010 49 8 33 49 139
Jan 2011 46 12 34 47 139
Feb 2011 57 15 30 47 149
Mar 2011 54 16 23 8 101
Apr 2011 36 13 15 8 72
May 2011 27 11 15 6 59
Jun 2011 25 10 15 6 56
Jul 2011 26 7 12 0 45
Aug 2011 32 22 19 0 73
Sep 2011 27 20 17 0 64
Oct 2011 29 22 15 0 66
Nov 2011 32 20 13 0 65
Dec 2011 40 15 10 0 65
Jan 2012 46 29 10 0 85
Feb 2012 57 29 12 0 98
Mar 2012 50 35 6 0 91
Apr 2012 55 26 4 0 85
May 2012 59 29 4 0 92
Jun 2012 52 17 2 0 71
Jul 2012 38 15 7 0 60
Aug 2012 31 8 13 0 52
Sep 2012 33 6 29 0 68
Oct 2012 38 7 28 0 73
Nov 2012 64 18 23 0 105
Dec 2012 66 17 19 0 102
Jan 2013 60 16 20 0 96
Feb 2013 59 12 22 0 93
Mar 2013 71 16 17 0 104
Apr 2013 59 14 14 0 87
May 2013 49 17 14 0 80
Jun 2013 40 17 14 0 71
Jul 2013 39 22 12 0 73
Aug 2013 44 27 14 0 85
Sep 2013 52 27 31 16 126
Oct 2013 50 26 24 16 116
Nov 2013 61 26 19 0 106
Dec 2013 86 30 40 0 156
Jan 2014 92 33 28 0 153
Feb 2014 99 35 29 0 163
Mar 2014 98 30 29 0 157
Apr 2014 103 37 41 0 181
May 2014 89 35 44 0 168
Jun 2014 96 32 38 0 166
Jul 2014 91 26 42 32 191
Aug 2014 88 25 38 0 151
Sep 2014 90 23 44 0 157
Oct 2014 90 23 34 0 147
Nov 2014 88 23 30 0 141
Dec 2014 82 23 25 51 181
Jan 2015 81 21 32 43 177
Feb 2015 86 22 30 43 181
Mar 2015 92 21 29 43 185
Apr 2015 84 20 35 43 182
May 2015 79 18 39 43 179
Jun 2015 83 17 40 39 179
Jul 2015 74 15 39 5 133
Aug 2015 72 15 37 5 129
Sep 2015 74 14 36 2 126
Oct 2015 72 14 34 62 182
Nov 2015 78 12 31 56 177
Dec 2015 80 12 29 53 174
Jan 2016 81 13 36 53 183
Feb 2016 76 11 28 53 168
Mar 2016 75 11 23 53 162
Apr 2016 72 10 19 53 154
May 2016 78 8 24 53 163
Jun 2016 71 8 27 102 208
Jul 2016 68 6 27 53 154
Aug 2016 67 5 31 51 154
Sep 2016 62 6 27 51 146
Oct 2016 59 6 25 51 141
Nov 2016 64 9 19 51 143
Dec 2016 67 10 22 51 150
Jan 2017 66 8 26 75 175
Feb 2017 68 7 30 75 180
Mar 2017 69 19 25 73 186
Apr 2017 73 17 22 73 185
May 2017 71 17 24 73 185
Jun 2017 74 24 23 73 194
Jul 2017 68 22 14 73 177
Aug 2017 69 64 23 73 229
Sep 2017 69 56 24 73 222
Oct 2017 69 52 22 73 216
Nov 2017 80 52 19 71 222
Dec 2017 92 48 20 71 231
Jan 2018 85 49 20 70 224
Feb 2018 98 45 20 68 231
Mar 2018 92 32 22 66 212
Apr 2018 97 26 21 66 210
May 2018 105 19 21 64 209
Jun 2018 93 14 12 64 183
Jul 2018 98 18 11 64 191
Aug 2018 101 21 11 63 196
Sep 2018 91 14 10 62 177
Oct 2018 102 20 10 62 194
Nov 2018 89 15 14 62 180
Dec 2018 86 16 16 115 233
Jan 2019 91 14 14 111 230
Feb 2019 104 21 13 101 239
Mar 2019 119 21 16 101 257
Apr 2019 118 18 17 101 254
May 2019 104 11 16 101 232
Jun 2019 85 9 18 100 212
Jul 2019 85 12 27 99 223
Aug 2019 72 10 17 99 198
Sep 2019 81 10 15 98 204
Oct 2019 72 10 9 98 189
Nov 2019 71 10 9 98 188
Dec 2019 75 4 4 98 181
Jan 2020 65 5 4 97 171
Feb 2020 63 6 3 97 169
Mar 2020 56 5 2 74 137
Apr 2020 54 7 2 74 137
May 2020 44 8 3 64 119
Jun 2020 49 7 10 63 129
Jul 2020 38 5 15 61 119
Aug 2020 27 4 9 61 101
Sep 2020 22 1 6 61 90
Oct 2020 19 1 2 60 82
Nov 2020 24 0 0 60 84
Dec 2020 17 0 1 127 145
Jan 2021 16 0 0 126 142
Feb 2021 13 1 8 123 145
Mar 2021 18 1 8 116 143
Apr 2021 9 1 7 104 121
May 2021 11 1 5 101 118
Jun 2021 15 1 6 100 122
Jul 2021 17 6 6 99 128
Aug 2021 14 4 7 86 111
Sep 2021 17 2 6 85 110
Oct 2021 17 5 2 81 105
Nov 2021 17 2 1 80 100
Dec 2021 18 4 1 79 102
Jan 2022 14 6 6 79 105
Feb 2022 11 5 6 79 101
Mar 2022 9 2 4 79 94
Apr 2022 12 2 3 78 95
May 2022 20 2 3 78 103
Jun 2022 16 6 1 77 100
Jul 2022 16 4 0 75 95
Aug 2022 21 7 1 75 104
Sep 2022 21 5 1 75 102
Oct 2022 25 5 1 75 106
Nov 2022 37 8 4 75 124
Dec 2022 37 3 4 18 62
Jan 2023 32 3 10 18 63
Feb 2023 38 4 9 18 69
Mar 2023 39 3 13 18 73
Apr 2023 38 5 6 18 67
May 2023 37 4 5 16 62
Jun 2023 41 6 4 16 67
Jul 2023 42 5 3 15 65
Aug 2023 42 2 4 15 63
Sep 2023 36 2 6 14 58
Oct 2023 41 2 8 12 63
Nov 2023 43 2 8 12 65
Dec 2023 52 2 17 12 83
Jan 2024 57 1 16 12 86
Feb 2024 63 4 11 12 90
Mar 2024 62 4 13 7 86
Apr 2024 52 4 13 7 76
May 2024 50 3 8 7 68
Jun 2024 51 4 6 7 68
Jul 2024 43 4 6 7 60
Aug 2024 39 4 10 4 57
Sep 2024 47 4 10 4 65
Oct 2024 47 5 18 4 74
Source: CMHC Market Absorption Survey (opens in new window)