OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in May was up eight per cent compared with April.
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in May rose to 287,257 units compared with 265,734 in April.
The increase came as the pace of urban starts rose eight per cent to 264,162 units in May.
The annual rate of urban starts of apartments, condos and other types of multi-unit housing projects gained 13 per cent to come in at 201,193 units for the month, while the pace of single-detached urban starts fell four per cent to 62,969 units.
Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 23,095 units.
The six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates of housing starts was 254,727 units in May, down from 257,833 in April.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 15, 2022.
