Housing Completions

Notes

• The glossary​ rovides definitions of each technical term, ensuring consistent interpretation. However, we recognize that the data on this page is from sources who use definitions that may not reflect First Nations preferred terminology. CMHC defines Indigenous Peoples as a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. CMHC's housing data uses Statistics Canada's census geography to define the First Nations data label For Metro Vancouver jurisdictions, this includes scəw̓aθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen First Nation).
• Jurisdiction and Metro Vancouver totals may not equal the sum of individual values due to rounding, data suppression, or the omission of smaller data points to maintain visual readability. If a geography is not listed or appears missing, the associated data was either unavailable or did not meet reporting thresholds.
• Proportion percentages are calculated using available data and may exclude instances of missed or suppressed data.
• Electoral Area A includes UBC/UEL (University of British Columbia / University Endowment Lands).
• ​Total includes ownership, rental, and co-op units. There were zero co-op housing unit completions in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and 90 in 2018 (all in the City of Vancouver). In 2020, there were 188 co-op unit completions in the City of Vancouver and in 2021 there were 27 co-op unit completions in the City of North Vancouver.
• Until 2011, secondary suite data was included in the apartment category.
• Effective January 2013, single-detached houses with an attached accessory suite are recorded as one unit "ownership, single" and the accessory suite as one unit "rental, apt + other". In 2012 and prior years, these structures were recorded as two units, "ownership, apt + other" in some markets, including the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area.
• Not all municipalities record accessory suite permits.
• Seniors' independent/assisted living units are included in the count if units are self-contained with full kitchen. Units where there is only a microwave and bar fridge are excluded.
• Freehold is a residence where the owner owns the dwelling and the lot outright.
• Condominium is an individual dwelling which is privately owned, but where the building and/or land are collectively owned by all dwelling unit owners.
• Rental is a dwelling constructed for rental purposes regardless of who finances the structure.
• Purpose-built rental units in mixed-tenure structures are included in the data if they were indicated as rental at the time of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Starts and Completions survey.
• Since 2015, total rental data includes secondary suites and laneway rental housing (single-detached rental).
  
• Housing completion is defined as the stage at which all the proposed construction work on a dwelling unit has been performed, although under some circumstances a dwelling may be counted as completed where up to 10% of the proposed work remains to be done.​
  

Source
This information is from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Starts and Completions Survey as well as a custom data request from CMHC.