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.
| Type of Unit | Homeowner | Rental | Condo | Co-op | Other market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Count | 1722 | 458 | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0148-01
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.
| Q1 2022 | Homeowner | Condo | Co-op | Other market | Rental |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Count | 472 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0148-01
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.
| Location | Hamilton | Glanbrook | Flamborough | Stoney Creek | Ancaster | Dundas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permits Issued | 82 | 79 | 54 | 22 | 8 | 1 |
Source: City of Hamilton
