The seasonally-adjusted annual rate of housing starts reached 186,300 units in January, up 5.8% from 176,100 in December.
For 2009 overall, construction began with 149,081 housing units, with activity progressing as the year went along, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Monday.
In urban areas, starts increased by 4.4% to 165,200 units in January. Within that, urban multiple starts -- which include condominiums -- increased by 5.7% to 76,300 units while single urban starts increased by 3.3% to 88,900 units.
Rural starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 21,100 units for the month.
Regionally, British Columbia led the way, as the seasonally-adjusted annual rate of urban starts increased by 19.8% in the province. Starts increased by 7.3% in Quebec, by 2.3% in Atlantic Canada, and by 1.5% in Ontario. In the Prairie region, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban starts decreased by 4.8%.
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