Skip to content

Get in touch with Hamilton, Ontario’s team of experts, Toll-free: 1-800-868-1329

Document Library 0
Hamilton's Economic Development Action Plan - A blueprint for our economic future
Click Here to Learn More
Home / Tools & Data / Hamilton by the Numbers / Hamilton’s Housing Starts

Hamilton’s Housing starts

Type, location, and count of housing permits issued in Hamilton

2021 Housing Starts

Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area

Data for the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) reflects a total of 4,187 housing starts in 2021. 41.1% of those starts were for home owner units. 10.9% of those starts were for rental units, and 47.9% were for condo units. Note that these data are inclusive of any type of building as home owner units (e.g. single family, semi-detached), as they measure the transaction type for a given housing unit, not the building type.

Loading chart…

Text alternative for this chart is in the data table below.

2021 Housing Starts
Type of UnitHomeownerRentalCondoCo-opOther market
Unit Count 1722458200700

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0148-01

Return to the main Hamilton by the Numbers Page

2022 Q1 Housing Starts

Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area

The Hamilton CMA reported a total of 522 housing starts during the first quarter of 2022. Approximately 85.5% of these units were home ownership units. The remaining 14.5% of units were condo units.

Loading chart…

Text alternative for this chart is in the data table below.

2022 Q1 Housing Starts
Q1 2022HomeownerCondoCo-opOther marketRental
Unit Count47280000

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0148-01

Return to the main Hamilton by the Numbers Page

2022 Q1 Residential Building Permits

City of Hamilton / Hamilton Census Subdivision

The first quarter of 2021 saw a total of 246 residential building permits issued by the City of Hamilton that added new dwellings to the City’s housing stock. Approximately 33.3% of these permits were for residential projects in Hamilton (by pre-amalgamation boundaries) and 32.1% were for projects in Glanbrook.

Loading chart…

Text alternative for this chart is in the data table below.

2022 Q1 Residential Building Permits
LocationHamiltonGlanbrookFlamboroughStoney CreekAncasterDundas
Permits Issued8279542281

Source: City of Hamilton

Return to the main Hamilton by the Numbers Page

Looking for specific data? Contact Adam Durrant, Business Development Analyst.