Construction started on more single-detached homes in Windsor last month, but fewer multi-unit projects drove total housing starts down by 12 per cent compared to October 2023.
So far this year, housing starts are up 72 per cent, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
In October, ground broke on 57 single-detached homes compared to 33 a year previously, an increase of 73 per cent. However, construction on multi-unit homes fell by 32 per cent. Work started on 139 multi-unit homes a year ago, and only 94 such projects got underway last month.
The seasonally adjusted figures show a 54 per cent drop in housing starts in the city.
Across Ontario, single-detached home starts fell by eight per cent, by 41 per cent for multi-unit projects, and by 35 per cent overall.
Nationally, there were 4,267 single-detached housing starts last month, virtually no change from October 2023. Ground breakings for multi-unit projects fell 41 per cent from a year ago, and overall construction dropped 35 per cent.