Ontario Municipal Housing Starts Progress Towards Targets

Ontario's housing supply data tracks new home starts against municipal housing targets. The dataset includes reviewed and adjusted figures for 2023 and 2024, published by the Government of Ontario. Data was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal housing target achievement rates using reported new home starts.
• Compare year-over-year housing start volumes for 2023 and 2024.
• Assess regional construction progress by municipality using the target and start figures.
• Benchmark provincial housing supply data against Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation survey statistics.

Strengths

• Data is reviewed and adjusted post-publication for accuracy.
• Covers a two-year period (2023-2024) for trend analysis.
• Published under an open government license (OGL-CA-2.0).

Limitations

• Row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
• Data may not align with concurrent CMHC survey publications, requiring cross-referencing.
• Limited temporal coverage to two recent years.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario.

Collection Method

Municipal housing target and start data, reviewed and adjusted post-publication.

Time Range

2023 to 2024.

Freshness

Updated in February 2026 with reviewed 2023-2024 data.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.