New Housing Construction
Length of Construction (in months)

By:

  1. Dwelling Types
  2. Intended Markets

For:

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

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  1. Provinces
  2. Centres
  3. Historical Time Periods

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Canada — Average Length of Construction (in months) by Intended Market by Provinces (In Census Metropolitan Areas)

  Homeowner Rental Condo Co-Op All
Canada 8.9 19.2 24.3 ** 17.2
Newfoundland and Labrador 7.2 7.0 ** ** 7.1
Nova Scotia 9.3 44.2 ** ** 31.8
New Brunswick 7.6 18.5 ** ** 13.9
Quebec 8.0 18.0 14.0 ** 15.1
Ontario 10.4 22.7 18.2 ** 16.8
Manitoba 9.1 14.5 ** ** 12.9
Saskatchewan 9.2 17.5 20.0 ** 15.3
Alberta 7.2 10.1 13.6 ** 8.7
British Columbia 14.3 23.6 33.5 ** 27.5
Source: CMHC Starts and Completions Survey (opens in new window)