Monthly Housing Starts

February 2002

*February-2002*
(Preliminary)
	Single-Detached				Total
Metropolitan Area	2001		2002		2001	2002
Hamilton	121		163		224	190
Kingston	7		18		7	3018
Kitchener	140		187		183	219
London	60		118		65	123
Oshawa	128		158		140	170
Ottawa-Gatineau	167		141		487	317
St. Catharines-Niagara	32		46		48	62
Sudbury	2		4		2	4
Thunder Bay	2		3		2	3
Toronto	876		1,055		2,229	2,511
Windsor	63		65		74	80
URBAN ONTARIO	1,598		1,958		3,461	3,697
Source: CMHC
JANUARY TO FEBRUARY
		Single-Detached			Total
Metropolitan Area		2001	2002		2001	2002

Hamilton		250	254		442	394
Kingston		14	43		14	48
Kitchener		257	355		329	483
London		111	207		116	215
Oshawa		230	345		266	469
Ottawa-Hull		389	334		826	800
St. Catharines-Niagara		111	117		135	135
Sudbury		3	8		3	8
Thunder Bay		4	7		8	7
Toronto		2,010	2,175		5,374	6,608
Windsor		103	157		142	184
URBAN ONTARIO		3,492	4,002		7,655	9,351
Source: CMHC



*ONTARIO HOUSING STARTS*
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

		2001		2002
January		76,600		94,300
February		67,800		74,400

ONTARIO HOUSING STARTS: PERCENTAGE CHANGE
February 2002
Metropolitan Area			%		Increase/Decrease
Hamilton			-11
Kingston			243
Kitchener			47
London			85
Oshawa			76
Ottawa-Gatineau			-3
St. Catharines-Niagara			0		-
Sudbury			167
Thunder Bay			-13
Toronto			23
Windsor			30
URBAN ONTARIO			21 %

Source: CMHC