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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  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 11.0 22.3 29.1 ** 22.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 10.2 13.0 ** ** 10.3
Nova Scotia 11.3 23.3 ** ** 21.2
New Brunswick 8.9 21.3 13.0 ** 16.8
Quebec 7.7 17.4 16.5 ** 16.2
Ontario 12.4 30.7 29.9 ** 26.2
Manitoba 10.5 26.2 8.7 ** 22.6
Saskatchewan 9.8 11.4 6.0 ** 10.5
Alberta 8.7 16.6 15.6 ** 12.6
British Columbia 14.4 25.2 29.6 ** 26.8
Source: CMHC Starts and Completions Survey (opens in new window)