The Gardiner Expressway and nearby condo buildings shown on Nov. 18, 2014.Brian B. Bettencourt/The Globe and Mail
The pace of housing construction starts increased in November, mostly because of multiple-unit projects in urban areas.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said British Columbia led the country in growth in housing starts, followed by Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
There was a decline in urban starts in the Prairie region.
CMHC said the national rate of housing starts increased to 195,620 units last month on a seasonally adjusted basis from 183,659 in October.
The CMHC figures were in line with estimates from Thomson Reuters.