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 9.5 19.4 27.2 ** 19.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 8.9 6.2 10.0 ** 8.4
Nova Scotia 8.9 25.4 ** ** 18.5
New Brunswick 8.3 18.7 ** ** 16.0
Quebec 6.8 14.9 45.8 ** 19.3
Ontario 11.9 26.8 30.0 ** 24.6
Manitoba 7.8 21.7 9.5 ** 15.1
Saskatchewan 9.8 17.5 16.2 ** 16.2
Alberta 7.4 12.2 13.8 ** 9.9
British Columbia 16.7 21.3 23.3 ** 22.2
Source: CMHC Starts and Completions Survey (opens in new window)