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Where Canada Is Building the Most Homes

Residential dwelling units authorized by building permits over the most recent 12 months, by metropolitan area. These metros have the strongest construction momentum in Canada. Data is metropolitan-level; one representative community is shown per metro.

Scope: Canada Communities ranked: metro areas Showing: Top 25 metros Data: StatCan Building Permits (34-10-0292)

Permits lead construction: Building permits are a leading indicator — they precede actual construction by months. High permit volumes point to where new housing supply is coming. Canada's largest metros dominate on absolute counts; this ranking reflects total permitted units, not per-capita intensity.

#	Community	Units Permitted (12 mo)
1	Uxbridge / Scugog (Rural)ON	35,085 units
2	Langley - Walnut GroveBC	27,724 units
3	BeaumontAB	23,632 units
4	ChestermereAB	22,704 units
5	Winnipeg — TransconaMB	7,600 units
6	Enfield / East HantsNS	6,861 units
7	Cambridge EastON	6,247 units
8	Middlesex County (Rural)ON	4,948 units
9	Saskatoon — NutanaSK	4,763 units
10	Saanich Peninsula - SidneyBC	4,380 units
11	Niagara-on-the-LakeON	3,259 units
12	Oshawa NorthON	2,672 units
13	Abbotsford - CentralBC	2,555 units
14	Sherbrooke — Rock ForestQC	2,512 units
15	Stoney Creek RuralON	2,347 units
16	Moncton — DowntownNB	2,299 units
17	Lake Country / Kelowna EastBC	2,246 units
18	Regina Region — RuralSK	1,927 units
19	ParisON	1,855 units
20	Fredericton — NorthNB	1,638 units
21	EssexON	1,487 units
22	St. John's — DowntownNL	1,466 units
23	South Hastings (Rural)ON	1,357 units
24	Saguenay — ChicoutimiQC	1,337 units
25	Centre-du-Québec — Drummondville (Rural)QC	1,333 units

Statistics Canada Table 34-10-0292, residential dwelling units created by building permits, most recent 12 months, unadjusted. Reported at metropolitan-area level; one representative community shown per metro. Source: Statistics Canada open government licence.