New Housing Construction
Absorbed Units (Homeowner + Condo)

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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Nova Scotia — Historical Absorbed Homeowner and Condominium Units by Dwelling Type (In Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations with at least 50,000 people) 1

  Single Semi-Detached Row Apartment All
Jan 1990 98 31 5 12 146
Feb 1990 128 28 2 2 160
Mar 1990 60 22 11 101 194
Apr 1990 215 28 34 3 280
May 1990 72 20 2 9 103
Jun 1990 58 16 7 1 82
Jul 1990 62 12 1 6 81
Aug 1990 103 23 12 132 270
Sep 1990 211 28 2 26 267
Oct 1990 131 28 4 7 170
Nov 1990 279 42 6 1 328
Dec 1990 189 7 0 0 196
Jan 1991 132 13 4 54 203
Feb 1991 84 7 6 6 103
Mar 1991 113 9 12 2 136
Apr 1991 45 7 3 12 67
May 1991 85 19 25 13 142
Jun 1991 70 9 11 10 100
Jul 1991 50 14 15 1 80
Aug 1991 67 10 11 12 100
Sep 1991 173 19 0 4 196
Oct 1991 134 13 0 46 193
Nov 1991 148 18 1 30 197
Dec 1991 94 15 0 0 109
Jan 1992 95 7 1 15 118
Feb 1992 87 9 0 8 104
Mar 1992 157 10 0 2 169
Apr 1992 61 12 0 26 99
May 1992 29 9 0 13 51
Jun 1992 69 28 1 9 107
Jul 1992 77 19 0 3 99
Aug 1992 109 29 5 4 147
Sep 1992 167 36 1 11 215
Oct 1992 339 29 0 0 368
Nov 1992 113 13 2 0 128
Dec 1992 271 30 7 0 308
Jan 1993 152 24 1 1 178
Feb 1993 84 22 0 5 111
Mar 1993 59 16 8 0 83
Apr 1993 135 23 1 1 160
May 1993 87 18 2 0 107
Jun 1993 44 28 0 0 72
Jul 1993 73 21 1 2 97
Aug 1993 104 29 16 0 149
Sep 1993 150 22 1 1 174
Oct 1993 215 43 7 0 265
Nov 1993 166 33 8 4 211
Dec 1993 190 21 0 0 211
Jan 1994 190 25 4 5 224
Feb 1994 87 14 9 0 110
Mar 1994 90 16 0 0 106
Apr 1994 77 17 2 1 97
May 1994 91 42 4 1 138
Jun 1994 136 46 1 2 185
Jul 1994 132 25 0 0 157
Aug 1994 195 20 10 1 226
Sep 1994 214 22 14 0 250
Oct 1994 218 34 2 0 254
Nov 1994 185 25 10 0 220
Dec 1994 159 22 0 0 181
Jan 1995 75 21 4 0 100
Feb 1995 106 19 1 0 126
Mar 1995 72 4 0 0 76
Apr 1995 70 7 4 0 81
May 1995 93 34 16 1 144
Jun 1995 63 29 1 0 93
Jul 1995 120 18 7 1 146
Aug 1995 121 23 5 1 150
Sep 1995 147 42 6 1 196
Oct 1995 211 42 6 0 259
Nov 1995 136 29 19 0 184
Dec 1995 124 12 2 0 138
Jan 1996 91 8 4 0 103
Feb 1996 104 36 1 0 141
Mar 1996 73 23 0 0 96
Apr 1996 87 26 5 11 129
May 1996 99 26 9 8 142
Jun 1996 148 28 6 1 183
Jul 1996 174 48 0 0 222
Aug 1996 169 37 5 1 212
Sep 1996 163 14 1 0 178
Oct 1996 170 17 1 3 191
Nov 1996 192 22 0 0 214
Dec 1996 258 29 7 0 294
Jan 1997 113 17 1 5 136
Feb 1997 95 14 2 0 111
Mar 1997 141 24 7 0 172
Apr 1997 171 33 2 0 206
May 1997 149 22 4 0 175
Jun 1997 84 17 3 0 104
Jul 1997 107 6 2 0 115
Aug 1997 141 20 0 5 166
Sep 1997 191 22 5 0 218
Oct 1997 106 9 6 0 121
Nov 1997 185 16 14 0 215
Dec 1997 96 4 9 45 154
Jan 1998 83 12 2 2 99
Feb 1998 84 7 1 0 92
Mar 1998 108 14 0 0 122
Apr 1998 68 12 10 11 101
May 1998 67 17 6 23 113
Jun 1998 99 18 3 41 161
Jul 1998 83 17 1 0 101
Aug 1998 168 16 9 2 195
Sep 1998 167 12 3 0 182
Oct 1998 169 10 2 8 189
Nov 1998 122 8 7 8 145
Dec 1998 117 14 1 21 153
Jan 1999 91 10 5 9 115
Feb 1999 131 44 4 3 182
Mar 1999 110 12 7 6 135
Apr 1999 89 8 5 4 106
May 1999 100 21 2 55 178
Jun 1999 124 9 2 7 142
Jul 1999 173 6 1 0 180
Aug 1999 149 12 4 0 165
Sep 1999 193 14 7 6 220
Oct 1999 274 29 0 0 303
Nov 1999 159 8 0 0 167
Dec 1999 184 19 0 0 203
Jan 2000 124 4 9 0 137
Feb 2000 91 5 1 0 97
Mar 2000 142 12 0 4 158
Apr 2000 58 6 0 0 64
May 2000 114 12 4 0 130
Jun 2000 138 16 0 0 154
Jul 2000 142 8 0 0 150
Aug 2000 178 12 5 43 238
Sep 2000 164 22 0 4 190
Oct 2000 126 15 5 0 146
Nov 2000 136 16 0 4 156
Dec 2000 162 6 0 3 171
Jan 2001 77 6 0 5 88
Feb 2001 56 5 0 3 64
Mar 2001 82 4 0 24 110
Apr 2001 93 6 4 41 144
May 2001 103 13 2 0 118
Jun 2001 96 17 0 0 113
Jul 2001 231 5 0 36 272
Aug 2001 114 11 0 53 178
Sep 2001 184 6 6 72 268
Oct 2001 156 6 0 0 162
Nov 2001 95 4 0 6 105
Dec 2001 121 7 0 0 128
Jan 2002 96 6 0 0 102
Feb 2002 85 9 1 42 137
Mar 2002 75 9 0 0 84
Apr 2002 117 8 3 0 128
May 2002 134 15 4 0 153
Jun 2002 121 14 0 106 241
Jul 2002 120 27 4 0 151
Aug 2002 191 13 2 0 206
Sep 2002 218 20 8 0 246
Oct 2002 166 9 16 15 206
Nov 2002 107 5 0 0 112
Dec 2002 193 30 0 38 261
Jan 2003 145 10 0 90 245
Feb 2003 141 6 0 0 147
Mar 2003 142 8 9 0 159
Apr 2003 101 17 17 20 155
May 2003 150 30 12 0 192
Jun 2003 145 34 11 50 240
Jul 2003 188 38 12 55 293
Aug 2003 168 22 10 0 200
Sep 2003 149 19 34 148 350
Oct 2003 212 25 9 0 246
Nov 2003 188 37 5 0 230
Dec 2003 175 30 0 0 205
Jan 2004 76 15 0 29 120
Feb 2004 59 12 4 0 75
Mar 2004 64 17 11 5 97
Apr 2004 93 17 4 0 114
May 2004 117 11 17 0 145
Jun 2004 124 7 11 0 142
Jul 2004 206 33 31 21 291
Aug 2004 111 12 24 0 147
Sep 2004 241 30 28 0 299
Oct 2004 155 8 25 0 188
Nov 2004 201 23 15 46 285
Dec 2004 180 7 35 368 590
Jan 2005 82 6 5 5 98
Feb 2005 76 14 30 95 215
Mar 2005 84 13 27 0 124
Apr 2005 70 4 20 0 94
May 2005 100 16 12 9 137
Jun 2005 118 11 0 13 142
Jul 2005 110 12 20 0 142
Aug 2005 162 19 25 5 211
Sep 2005 151 21 4 53 229
Oct 2005 143 8 36 82 269
Nov 2005 141 13 0 4 158
Dec 2005 206 14 9 32 261
Jan 2006 51 2 11 60 124
Feb 2006 69 19 16 0 104
Mar 2006 56 5 1 0 62
Apr 2006 85 32 2 167 286
May 2006 115 31 11 0 157
Jun 2006 85 14 18 40 157
Jul 2006 57 7 0 0 64
Aug 2006 96 18 16 30 160
Sep 2006 151 22 28 0 201
Oct 2006 88 25 3 152 268
Nov 2006 91 13 1 0 105
Dec 2006 134 15 12 0 161
Jan 2007 67 15 4 102 188
Feb 2007 70 5 2 0 77
Mar 2007 72 7 17 0 96
Apr 2007 66 8 2 0 76
May 2007 69 19 10 0 98
Jun 2007 88 22 2 0 112
Jul 2007 86 20 13 82 201
Aug 2007 74 10 9 0 93
Sep 2007 153 33 20 0 206
Oct 2007 108 10 4 0 122
Nov 2007 116 17 24 0 157
Dec 2007 134 18 12 0 164
Jan 2008 69 11 10 7 97
Feb 2008 81 11 23 42 157
Mar 2008 75 7 21 139 242
Apr 2008 98 8 5 0 111
May 2008 71 9 6 0 86
Jun 2008 146 15 5 0 166
Jul 2008 100 24 8 0 132
Aug 2008 130 35 10 0 175
Sep 2008 109 19 1 10 139
Oct 2008 21 6 8 0 35
Nov 2008 228 19 6 3 256
Dec 2008 165 8 6 22 201
Jan 2009 147 18 0 0 165
Feb 2009 64 3 20 3 90
Mar 2009 59 16 5 71 151
Apr 2009 81 7 9 42 139
May 2009 104 16 6 80 206
Jun 2009 73 5 3 5 86
Jul 2009 73 12 18 0 103
Aug 2009 72 13 0 0 85
Sep 2009 7 1 0 0 8
Oct 2009 155 28 91 2 276
Nov 2009 126 10 0 0 136
Dec 2009 88 25 5 0 118
Jan 2010 95 22 6 0 123
Feb 2010 73 9 4 27 113
Mar 2010 74 13 18 0 105
Apr 2010 119 16 33 38 206
May 2010 69 5 31 0 105
Jun 2010 114 16 4 0 134
Jul 2010 129 12 0 0 141
Aug 2010 80 4 9 6 99
Sep 2010 98 23 8 0 129
Oct 2010 95 19 19 156 289
Nov 2010 91 21 7 0 119
Dec 2010 102 19 20 0 141
Jan 2011 44 2 3 4 53
Feb 2011 81 11 4 0 96
Mar 2011 96 23 19 49 187
Apr 2011 98 13 20 56 187
May 2011 93 38 8 2 141
Jun 2011 60 21 16 0 97
Jul 2011 89 17 14 49 169
Aug 2011 66 13 11 0 90
Sep 2011 106 28 8 0 142
Oct 2011 92 26 7 0 125
Nov 2011 125 21 13 80 239
Dec 2011 80 30 7 0 117
Jan 2012 49 14 7 0 70
Feb 2012 92 28 2 0 122
Mar 2012 72 14 6 0 92
Apr 2012 84 27 2 0 113
May 2012 66 13 0 0 79
Jun 2012 73 20 18 0 111
Jul 2012 91 26 3 0 120
Aug 2012 69 24 24 0 117
Sep 2012 65 10 36 0 111
Oct 2012 84 16 16 0 116
Nov 2012 104 13 5 78 200
Dec 2012 133 28 24 0 185
Jan 2013 122 20 4 0 146
Feb 2013 65 16 2 0 83
Mar 2013 72 6 5 0 83
Apr 2013 69 14 3 0 86
May 2013 59 17 0 79 155
Jun 2013 138 20 3 143 304
Jul 2013 19 11 2 0 32
Aug 2013 67 17 7 0 91
Sep 2013 104 20 40 39 203
Oct 2013 71 14 13 0 98
Nov 2013 108 27 20 177 332
Dec 2013 127 17 2 0 146
Jan 2014 82 24 15 0 121
Feb 2014 59 8 12 0 79
Mar 2014 100 11 0 0 111
Apr 2014 50 5 10 0 65
May 2014 42 18 2 0 62
Jun 2014 42 13 11 0 66
Jul 2014 53 22 2 0 77
Aug 2014 44 9 4 0 57
Sep 2014 48 14 9 0 71
Oct 2014 37 14 16 0 67
Nov 2014 40 6 4 0 50
Dec 2014 66 12 5 9 92
Jan 2015 62 10 10 8 90
Feb 2015 47 13 6 0 66
Mar 2015 51 19 11 0 81
Apr 2015 36 12 1 0 49
May 2015 47 7 11 0 65
Jun 2015 54 13 21 4 92
Jul 2015 20 6 7 34 67
Aug 2015 31 7 2 0 40
Sep 2015 56 4 6 3 69
Oct 2015 28 8 10 12 58
Nov 2015 44 10 6 6 66
Dec 2015 64 8 12 3 87
Jan 2016 37 13 27 0 77
Feb 2016 26 8 8 0 42
Mar 2016 67 14 12 0 93
Apr 2016 24 15 4 0 43
May 2016 51 12 3 0 66
Jun 2016 74 24 3 7 108
Jul 2016 25 10 7 49 91
Aug 2016 32 5 2 2 41
Sep 2016 37 9 10 0 56
Oct 2016 66 14 11 0 91
Nov 2016 42 9 10 0 61
Dec 2016 52 13 10 0 75
Jan 2017 57 8 12 47 124
Feb 2017 41 13 9 0 63
Mar 2017 57 6 8 2 73
Apr 2017 37 12 7 0 56
May 2017 46 10 8 0 64
Jun 2017 68 13 7 0 88
Jul 2017 40 10 6 0 56
Aug 2017 47 14 1 0 62
Sep 2017 43 16 14 0 73
Oct 2017 44 20 6 0 70
Nov 2017 54 12 3 2 71
Dec 2017 72 8 6 0 86
Jan 2018 71 17 3 1 92
Feb 2018 57 20 0 2 79
Mar 2018 60 25 3 2 90
Apr 2018 75 17 1 0 93
May 2018 57 17 3 2 79
Jun 2018 74 17 9 0 100
Jul 2018 62 36 1 0 99
Aug 2018 84 16 11 1 112
Sep 2018 71 15 4 1 91
Oct 2018 48 6 0 0 54
Nov 2018 63 7 5 0 75
Dec 2018 95 17 4 21 137
Jan 2019 43 8 2 4 57
Feb 2019 37 11 1 10 59
Mar 2019 86 18 0 0 104
Apr 2019 72 4 3 0 79
May 2019 63 17 1 0 81
Jun 2019 93 12 3 1 109
Jul 2019 76 13 6 1 96
Aug 2019 29 2 10 0 41
Sep 2019 86 10 5 1 102
Oct 2019 93 10 12 0 115
Nov 2019 56 2 0 0 58
Dec 2019 111 8 14 0 133
Jan 2020 35 7 0 1 43
Feb 2020 103 1 1 0 105
Mar 2020 76 1 5 100 182
Apr 2020 43 4 10 0 57
May 2020 75 25 5 10 115
Jun 2020 100 15 6 76 197
Jul 2020 73 2 6 2 83
Aug 2020 92 7 6 0 105
Sep 2020 115 45 18 0 178
Oct 2020 79 2 4 1 86
Nov 2020 78 17 10 0 105
Dec 2020 121 16 21 122 280
Jan 2021 46 8 1 1 56
Feb 2021 143 25 6 3 177
Mar 2021 59 4 0 7 70
Apr 2021 122 8 8 12 150
May 2021 86 2 2 3 93
Jun 2021 102 8 14 1 125
Jul 2021 109 21 7 1 138
Aug 2021 84 16 3 13 116
Sep 2021 80 14 1 1 96
Oct 2021 78 11 8 24 121
Nov 2021 64 23 1 1 89
Dec 2021 97 26 0 1 124
Jan 2022 56 8 1 0 65
Feb 2022 88 33 3 0 124
Mar 2022 81 9 2 0 92
Apr 2022 117 14 4 1 136
May 2022 55 16 4 0 75
Jun 2022 95 20 7 1 123
Jul 2022 89 12 1 2 104
Aug 2022 52 13 2 0 67
Sep 2022 73 6 0 0 79
Oct 2022 49 0 0 0 49
Nov 2022 71 5 26 0 102
Dec 2022 103 9 4 57 173
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Jul 2025 68 13 6 0 87
Aug 2025 53 17 0 0 70
Sep 2025 79 10 12 0 101
Oct 2025 78 13 29 0 120
Nov 2025 57 32 0 0 89
Dec 2025 78 28 0 0 106
Jan 2026 59 20 8 0 87
Feb 2026 29 12 12 0 53
Mar 2026 76 13 0 0 89
Important Notice: CMHC is conducting a methodology review of the unabsorbed inventory data series in the Ontario context. Updates will follow. In the meantime, please use the data with caution. Thank you for your understanding.

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Source: CMHC Starts and Completions Survey (opens in new window)