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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  1. Centres
  2. Historical Time Periods

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Nova Scotia — Historical Absorbed Homeowner and Condominium Units by Intended Market (In Census Metropolitan Areas) 1

  Homeowner Condo All
Jan 1990 131 15 146
Feb 1990 114 3 117
Mar 1990 87 107 194
Apr 1990 103 33 136
May 1990 83 10 93
Jun 1990 74 8 82
Jul 1990 72 6 78
Aug 1990 114 140 254
Sep 1990 213 28 241
Oct 1990 117 10 127
Nov 1990 243 4 247
Dec 1990 136 0 136
Jan 1991 93 57 150
Feb 1991 52 12 64
Mar 1991 79 12 91
Apr 1991 40 12 52
May 1991 73 34 107
Jun 1991 74 17 91
Jul 1991 68 12 80
Aug 1991 78 20 98
Sep 1991 139 4 143
Oct 1991 123 46 169
Nov 1991 122 31 153
Dec 1991 109 0 109
Jan 1992 35 16 51
Feb 1992 61 8 69
Mar 1992 84 2 86
Apr 1992 56 26 82
May 1992 31 13 44
Jun 1992 96 10 106
Jul 1992 93 2 95
Aug 1992 124 9 133
Sep 1992 203 12 215
Oct 1992 221 0 221
Nov 1992 95 0 95
Dec 1992 235 7 242
Jan 1993 133 1 134
Feb 1993 67 5 72
Mar 1993 74 5 79
Apr 1993 143 1 144
May 1993 102 1 103
Jun 1993 71 0 71
Jul 1993 93 2 95
Aug 1993 133 5 138
Sep 1993 133 2 135
Oct 1993 229 0 229
Nov 1993 159 4 163
Dec 1993 169 0 169
Jan 1994 184 5 189
Feb 1994 80 0 80
Mar 1994 87 0 87
Apr 1994 87 1 88
May 1994 137 1 138
Jun 1994 183 2 185
Jul 1994 151 0 151
Aug 1994 195 1 196
Sep 1994 216 0 216
Oct 1994 204 1 205
Nov 1994 172 2 174
Dec 1994 150 0 150
Jan 1995 78 0 78
Feb 1995 96 0 96
Mar 1995 58 0 58
Apr 1995 73 0 73
May 1995 138 1 139
Jun 1995 88 0 88
Jul 1995 135 1 136
Aug 1995 147 1 148
Sep 1995 195 1 196
Oct 1995 188 0 188
Nov 1995 167 0 167
Dec 1995 121 0 121
Jan 1996 74 0 74
Feb 1996 103 0 103
Mar 1996 84 0 84
Apr 1996 104 11 115
May 1996 136 6 142
Jun 1996 183 0 183
Jul 1996 222 0 222
Aug 1996 211 1 212
Sep 1996 178 0 178
Oct 1996 190 1 191
Nov 1996 214 0 214
Dec 1996 163 0 163
Jan 1997 131 5 136
Feb 1997 111 0 111
Mar 1997 171 0 171
Apr 1997 206 0 206
May 1997 155 0 155
Jun 1997 89 0 89
Jul 1997 115 0 115
Aug 1997 131 0 131
Sep 1997 171 0 171
Oct 1997 98 0 98
Nov 1997 172 0 172
Dec 1997 90 45 135
Jan 1998 88 2 90
Feb 1998 92 0 92
Mar 1998 92 0 92
Apr 1998 90 11 101
May 1998 90 23 113
Jun 1998 82 41 123
Jul 1998 100 0 100
Aug 1998 175 2 177
Sep 1998 181 0 181
Oct 1998 162 8 170
Nov 1998 133 8 141
Dec 1998 122 21 143
Jan 1999 95 9 104
Feb 1999 167 3 170
Mar 1999 113 6 119
Apr 1999 91 4 95
May 1999 107 55 162
Jun 1999 132 7 139
Jul 1999 164 0 164
Aug 1999 158 2 160
Sep 1999 220 0 220
Oct 1999 266 0 266
Nov 1999 155 0 155
Dec 1999 165 0 165
Jan 2000 130 7 137
Feb 2000 97 0 97
Mar 2000 108 0 108
Apr 2000 63 0 63
May 2000 127 0 127
Jun 2000 134 0 134
Jul 2000 139 0 139
Aug 2000 185 46 231
Sep 2000 172 4 176
Oct 2000 141 5 146
Nov 2000 140 4 144
Dec 2000 161 0 161
Jan 2001 77 5 82
Feb 2001 48 3 51
Mar 2001 79 24 103
Apr 2001 101 41 142
May 2001 113 0 113
Jun 2001 109 0 109
Jul 2001 138 36 174
Aug 2001 125 53 178
Sep 2001 191 77 268
Oct 2001 140 0 140
Nov 2001 99 6 105
Dec 2001 105 0 105
Jan 2002 91 0 91
Feb 2002 91 40 131
Mar 2002 80 0 80
Apr 2002 116 3 119
May 2002 143 0 143
Jun 2002 118 106 224
Jul 2002 132 4 136
Aug 2002 192 2 194
Sep 2002 241 0 241
Oct 2002 168 15 183
Nov 2002 111 0 111
Dec 2002 223 38 261
Jan 2003 132 90 222
Feb 2003 147 0 147
Mar 2003 152 4 156
Apr 2003 119 28 147
May 2003 174 0 174
Jun 2003 160 50 210
Jul 2003 211 59 270
Aug 2003 174 2 176
Sep 2003 188 149 337
Oct 2003 223 0 223
Nov 2003 222 0 222
Dec 2003 194 0 194
Jan 2004 80 29 109
Feb 2004 73 0 73
Mar 2004 81 16 97
Apr 2004 107 0 107
May 2004 124 0 124
Jun 2004 121 0 121
Jul 2004 232 36 268
Aug 2004 117 4 121
Sep 2004 250 24 274
Oct 2004 169 0 169
Nov 2004 204 46 250
Dec 2004 217 370 587
Jan 2005 77 5 82
Feb 2005 114 98 212
Mar 2005 119 0 119
Apr 2005 84 0 84
May 2005 107 0 107
Jun 2005 96 13 109
Jul 2005 142 0 142
Aug 2005 149 11 160
Sep 2005 147 55 202
Oct 2005 174 80 254
Nov 2005 141 4 145
Dec 2005 212 0 212
Jan 2006 59 60 119
Feb 2006 100 0 100
Mar 2006 56 0 56
Apr 2006 93 165 258
May 2006 116 6 122
Jun 2006 92 40 132
Jul 2006 64 0 64
Aug 2006 109 30 139
Sep 2006 171 3 174
Oct 2006 103 152 255
Nov 2006 97 0 97
Dec 2006 155 0 155
Jan 2007 83 102 185
Feb 2007 75 0 75
Mar 2007 94 0 94
Apr 2007 69 0 69
May 2007 88 0 88
Jun 2007 94 0 94
Jul 2007 98 82 180
Aug 2007 87 0 87
Sep 2007 189 0 189
Oct 2007 106 0 106
Nov 2007 130 0 130
Dec 2007 145 0 145
Jan 2008 79 3 82
Feb 2008 84 59 143
Mar 2008 85 151 236
Apr 2008 98 0 98
May 2008 67 6 73
Jun 2008 128 0 128
Jul 2008 113 0 113
Aug 2008 131 8 139
Sep 2008 125 8 133
Oct 2008 28 3 31
Nov 2008 246 4 250
Dec 2008 170 22 192
Jan 2009 156 0 156
Feb 2009 78 9 87
Mar 2009 72 73 145
Apr 2009 85 46 131
May 2009 104 85 189
Jun 2009 67 5 72
Jul 2009 86 2 88
Aug 2009 75 0 75
Sep 2009 7 0 7
Oct 2009 227 8 235
Nov 2009 120 0 120
Dec 2009 96 1 97
Jan 2010 104 0 104
Feb 2010 80 27 107
Mar 2010 83 3 86
Apr 2010 143 38 181
May 2010 85 9 94
Jun 2010 113 0 113
Jul 2010 121 0 121
Aug 2010 86 6 92
Sep 2010 120 0 120
Oct 2010 105 161 266
Nov 2010 107 0 107
Dec 2010 117 0 117
Jan 2011 47 2 49
Feb 2011 66 3 69
Mar 2011 124 52 176
Apr 2011 120 59 179
May 2011 123 2 125
Jun 2011 89 0 89
Jul 2011 94 49 143
Aug 2011 79 0 79
Sep 2011 120 3 123
Oct 2011 96 4 100
Nov 2011 140 80 220
Dec 2011 90 1 91
Jan 2012 54 0 54
Feb 2012 110 0 110
Mar 2012 76 0 76
Apr 2012 95 2 97
May 2012 67 0 67
Jun 2012 97 2 99
Jul 2012 96 0 96
Aug 2012 98 2 100
Sep 2012 98 2 100
Oct 2012 93 9 102
Nov 2012 103 78 181
Dec 2012 154 2 156
Jan 2013 122 0 122
Feb 2013 61 0 61
Mar 2013 77 0 77
Apr 2013 78 0 78
May 2013 56 79 135
Jun 2013 143 143 286
Jul 2013 16 0 16
Aug 2013 81 0 81
Sep 2013 137 45 182
Oct 2013 74 8 82
Nov 2013 131 183 314
Dec 2013 131 0 131
Jan 2014 96 0 96
Feb 2014 65 0 65
Mar 2014 97 0 97
Apr 2014 64 0 64
May 2014 51 0 51
Jun 2014 64 0 64
Jul 2014 70 0 70
Aug 2014 39 0 39
Sep 2014 63 0 63
Oct 2014 51 0 51
Nov 2014 39 2 41
Dec 2014 67 10 77
Jan 2015 66 8 74
Feb 2015 31 0 31
Mar 2015 54 0 54
Apr 2015 39 0 39
May 2015 49 0 49
Jun 2015 77 4 81
Jul 2015 28 34 62
Aug 2015 25 0 25
Sep 2015 61 4 65
Oct 2015 39 12 51
Nov 2015 46 9 55
Dec 2015 70 3 73
Jan 2016 61 0 61
Feb 2016 29 2 31
Mar 2016 77 0 77
Apr 2016 32 1 33
May 2016 50 1 51
Jun 2016 74 7 81
Jul 2016 31 49 80
Aug 2016 32 2 34
Sep 2016 40 0 40
Oct 2016 79 0 79
Nov 2016 47 0 47
Dec 2016 61 0 61
Jan 2017 60 54 114
Feb 2017 52 0 52
Mar 2017 61 6 67
Apr 2017 45 0 45
May 2017 46 3 49
Jun 2017 74 0 74
Jul 2017 44 2 46
Aug 2017 58 0 58
Sep 2017 63 0 63
Oct 2017 56 0 56
Nov 2017 65 2 67
Dec 2017 72 0 72
Jan 2018 75 1 76
Feb 2018 58 3 61
Mar 2018 75 2 77
Apr 2018 73 0 73
May 2018 71 2 73
Jun 2018 88 0 88
Jul 2018 78 0 78
Aug 2018 85 2 87
Sep 2018 78 5 83
Oct 2018 47 2 49
Nov 2018 65 1 66
Dec 2018 85 23 108
Jan 2019 40 5 45
Feb 2019 37 11 48
Mar 2019 79 0 79
Apr 2019 72 1 73
May 2019 62 1 63
Jun 2019 99 1 100
Jul 2019 73 2 75
Aug 2019 41 0 41
Sep 2019 91 1 92
Oct 2019 89 0 89
Nov 2019 52 2 54
Dec 2019 119 2 121
Jan 2020 32 1 33
Feb 2020 94 1 95
Mar 2020 82 100 182
Apr 2020 54 2 56
May 2020 71 12 83
Jun 2020 120 77 197
Jul 2020 78 4 82
Aug 2020 104 1 105
Sep 2020 112 0 112
Oct 2020 77 2 79
Nov 2020 95 0 95
Dec 2020 147 122 269
Jan 2021 45 1 46
Feb 2021 162 3 165
Mar 2021 55 8 63
Apr 2021 127 12 139
May 2021 73 4 77
Jun 2021 115 2 117
Jul 2021 124 2 126
Aug 2021 96 13 109
Sep 2021 89 1 90
Oct 2021 89 24 113
Nov 2021 71 1 72
Dec 2021 113 1 114
Jan 2022 63 0 63
Feb 2022 112 0 112
Mar 2022 79 0 79
Apr 2022 108 1 109
May 2022 66 0 66
Jun 2022 103 2 105
Jul 2022 84 2 86
Aug 2022 54 0 54
Sep 2022 71 0 71
Oct 2022 44 0 44
Nov 2022 88 1 89
Dec 2022 105 57 162
Jan 2023 53 0 53
Feb 2023 77 0 77
Mar 2023 64 0 64
Apr 2023 60 0 60
May 2023 41 2 43
Jun 2023 96 0 96
Jul 2023 66 1 67
Aug 2023 81 0 81
Sep 2023 52 1 53
Oct 2023 45 2 47
Nov 2023 68 0 68
Dec 2023 165 0 165
Jan 2024 64 6 70
Feb 2024 61 0 61
Mar 2024 64 5 69
Apr 2024 53 0 53
May 2024 59 0 59
Jun 2024 78 0 78
Jul 2024 61 0 61
Aug 2024 102 3 105
Sep 2024 84 0 84
Oct 2024 70 0 70
Nov 2024 99 6 105
Dec 2024 84 0 84
Jan 2025 40 3 43
Feb 2025 83 0 83
Mar 2025 78 0 78
Apr 2025 74 0 74
May 2025 100 0 100
Jun 2025 140 0 140
Jul 2025 84 0 84
Aug 2025 59 0 59
Sep 2025 87 0 87
Oct 2025 104 0 104
Nov 2025 75 0 75
Dec 2025 79 0 79
Jan 2026 76 0 76
Feb 2026 35 0 35
Mar 2026 77 0 77
Apr 2026 36 0 36
May 2026 66 0 66
Jun 2026 108 0 108
Jul 2026 45 0 45
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 Market Absorption Survey (opens in new window)