Unprecedented construction needed in B.C. to offset record immigration: Report
Posted: Mar 30th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsVANCOUVER — Home construction in British Columbia will need to rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market, the B.C. Real Estate Association said in a new report[...]
Read More about Unprecedented construction needed in B.C. to offset record immigration: ReportOntario budget shows lower projections for new home construction
Posted: Mar 25th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO — Projections in Ontario’s budget for housing starts show the province’s target to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years slipping further out of reach with each passing year. Nearly 100,000 homes were built[...]
Read More about Ontario budget shows lower projections for new home constructionCMHC says annual rate of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in February
Posted: Mar 16th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in February. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the[...]
Read More about CMHC says annual rate of housing starts climbed 13 per cent in FebruaryCMHC says annual rate of housing starts slowed 13 per cent in January
Posted: Feb 16th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts fell 13 per cent in January. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for the[...]
Read More about CMHC says annual rate of housing starts slowed 13 per cent in JanuaryAnnual pace of housing starts up in September, hitting highest level since Nov. 2021
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in September rose to the highest level since November 2021. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of[...]
Read More about Annual pace of housing starts up in September, hitting highest level since Nov. 2021CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up 1.1 per cent in July
Posted: Aug 25th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July edged higher compared with June despite a slowdown in urban starts. The housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual[...]
Read More about CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up 1.1 per cent in JulyRural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan says
Posted: Feb 11th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCity of Yorkton, Saskatchewan (source: yorkton.ca) Kelly Rae, the administrator of Arran, Sask., says the denizens of dwindling rural communities like her own are clinging to a vanishing way of life in Canada. Between 2011[...]
Read More about Rural population growth concentrated near urban centres, StatCan saysDespite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9M
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Canada’s population grew at a faster rate than many of its peers, rising to over 36.99 million on census day last year despite a historic slowdown caused by COVID-19. Statistics Canada said the[...]
Read More about Despite COVID 19, census shows population grew at fastest rate in G7, topping 36.9MDowntown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: census
Posted: Feb 10th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – When Mark Garner looks around downtown Toronto all he sees is growth. At Yonge and Gerrard streets, the executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area watches the lobby of the 80-storey[...]
Read More about Downtown populations climbed faster, though pandemic hampered rate of growth: censusAffordable housing, proximity to nature draws more Canadians to smaller urban centres
Posted: Feb 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Town of Tillsonburg, Ontario (Photo source: hometownhockey.com) TORONTO – Last February, Audrey Eldaoud and Robert Mawe set out to find a single-family home where they could put down roots. With jobs that became permanently[...]
Read More about Affordable housing, proximity to nature draws more Canadians to smaller urban centres