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 9.3 19.7 26.6 19.0 19.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 7.5 7.5 ** ** 7.5
Nova Scotia 8.2 45.1 ** ** 35.0
New Brunswick 8.8 15.8 ** ** 13.5
Quebec 6.9 15.6 16.9 19.0 14.5
Ontario 10.7 24.9 33.2 ** 23.5
Manitoba 8.0 8.3 11.1 ** 8.6
Saskatchewan 10.4 11.0 14.0 ** 10.9
Alberta 7.6 13.7 9.8 ** 10.6
British Columbia 16.0 25.1 27.8 ** 25.9
Source: CMHC Starts and Completions Survey (opens in new window)