The majority of the residential real estate stock in Canada classed as private dwellings occupied by usual residents was single-detached houses in 2022. A considerable part of homes were apartments (about 34 percent), of which the most were apartments in buildings with fewer than five storeys. Meanwhile, 1.3 percent of the homes were movable dwellings, such as tents, recreational vehicles, travel trailers, houseboats or floating homes.
Distribution of residential real estate units in Canada in 2021, by building type
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Statistics on Residential housing in Canada
Overview
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- Premium Statistic House sales in Canada 2018-2022, with a forecast until 2024
- Premium Statistic Average house price in Canada 2018-2022, with a forecast until 2024
- Premium Statistic New residential construction in Canada 1948-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of Canadians who plan to buy a home in the next five years as of 2023, by age
- Premium Statistic Income needed to afford buying a home in different cities in Canada 2022
- Premium Statistic Consumer confidence in value of real estate Canada 2023
- Premium Statistic Investment in new residential real estate in Canada 2016-2021
Construction
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- Premium Statistic Canada's residential buildings put in place 2016-2021, with forecasts up until 2026
- Premium Statistic Number of new residential construction in Canada 2016-2022, by province
- Premium Statistic Multifamily housing starts in Canada 2018-2022, by province
- Premium Statistic Single-family housing starts in Canada 2016-2022, by province
- Premium Statistic Price index for residential and non-residential construction in Canada 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Ontario's construction costs 2022, by building type
- Premium Statistic Vancouver construction costs by building type 2022
House prices
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- Premium Statistic Average house prices in Canada 2022
- Premium Statistic Average house prices in Ontario 2018-2022, with a forecast until 2024
- Premium Statistic Average house price in Quebec 2018-2022, with a forecast until 2024
- Premium Statistic Average house price in British Columbia 2018-2022, with a forecast until 2024
- Premium Statistic Average residential sale prices in selected markets in Canada 2022
- Premium Statistic Average resale house prices Canada 2011-2021 with a forecast until 2023, by province
- Premium Statistic Change in home prices in selected markets in Canada 2022, with a forecast for 2023
- Premium Statistic Average sales price of residential real estate Toronto 2021-2023, by property type
Rental market
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- Premium Statistic Index of rental prices in Canada 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Most expensive cities to rent 1-bedroom apartment in Canada 2023
- Premium Statistic Most expensive cities to rent 2-bedroom apartment in Canada 2023
- Premium Statistic Median rent for two-bedroom apartment in Montreal 2022, by area
- Premium Statistic Median rent for two-bedroom apartment in Toronto 2022, by area
- Premium Statistic Median rent for two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver 2022, by area
- Premium Statistic Gross rental yield in Toronto and Vancouver 2023, by location
- Premium Statistic Canadian housing: rental vacancy rates 2011-2022, by province
Financing and affordabiliity
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- Premium Statistic Average mortgage interest rate Canada 2019-2022, by type of mortgage
- Premium Statistic Average monthly mortgage payment Canada Q3 2021-Q3 2022, by metropolitan area
- Premium Statistic Rate of arrears to total number of mortgages Canada 2008-2022
- Premium Statistic Quarterly house price to income ratio in Canada Q1 2012-Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Quarterly house price to rent ratio in Canada Q1 2015- Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic Affordability of homes Canada 2014-2022, by property type
- Premium Statistic Distribution of mortgage borrowers Canada Q3 2022, by age group
Further related statistics
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- Czech Republic: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Luxembourg: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Number of residents who are renters in the U.S. 2020, by age
- Sweden: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Number of homeowners in the U.S. 2019, by age
- Share of homeowners in the U.S. 2019, by age
- Dwelling price to income ratio Australia 2016 by city
- Number of residents who are renters in the U.S. 2019, by structure type
- Malta: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Italy: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Number of community association residents in the U.S. 2020, by state
- Mexico: number of inhabited apartments 2017, by district size
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- Czech Republic: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
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- Number of residents who are renters in the U.S. 2020, by age
- Sweden: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Number of homeowners in the U.S. 2019, by age
- Share of homeowners in the U.S. 2019, by age
- Dwelling price to income ratio Australia 2016 by city
- Number of residents who are renters in the U.S. 2019, by structure type
- Malta: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Italy: housing conditions by dwelling type 2016
- Number of community association residents in the U.S. 2020, by state
- Mexico: number of inhabited apartments 2017, by district size
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StatCan. "Distribution of Residential Real Estate Units in Canada in 2021, by Building Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877694/share-of-population-private-dwellings-canada/?ref=welcome-to-hell-world
StatCan, Distribution of residential real estate units in Canada in 2021, by building type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877694/share-of-population-private-dwellings-canada/?ref=welcome-to-hell-world (last visited March 27, 2023)
Distribution of residential real estate units in Canada in 2021, by building type [Graph], StatCan, April 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/877694/share-of-population-private-dwellings-canada/?ref=welcome-to-hell-world