John Woods
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 186,400 units in September, down from 189,300 in August.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. blames the decline on a decrease in urban single starts in Atlantic Canada and Ontario.
Multiple starts were unchanged.
The annual rate of urban starts fell 3.3 per cent to 163,200 units in September.
Urban multiple starts were unchanged in September at 99,600, while single urban starts moved lower by 8.1 per cent to 63,600.
Rural starts were estimated at an annual rate of 23,200 in September.