While the six-month trend in housing starts across Canada rose four per cent last month, in Windsor, they jumped 50 per cent.
The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation released statistics for July on Monday morning.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate for Windsor shows construction started on 366 single-detached homes and 2,448 multi-unit projects. That's up from 364 single-detached and 1,512 multi-unit housing starts in July 2024.
The CMHC uses the trend to account for considerable swings in monthly estimates and to create a clearer picture of upcoming new supply.
Actual housing starts in Windsor rose 30 per cent compared to July 2024. In July 2025, ground broke on 38 single-detached homes, a drop of just one percentage point from July 2024. Developers also started work on 204 multi-unit housing starts in July, a jump of 57 per cent year-over-year.
"Through the first seven months of the year, actual housing starts have remained above 2024 levels, primarily driven by increased multi-unit starts in the prairie provinces and Quebec," said CMHC Deputy Chief Economist Tania Bourassa-Ochoa. "These persistently elevated national results are reflective of investment decisions made months or even years ago, highlighting the influence of previous market conditions and builder sentiment on current construction trends."
Among Canada's three biggest cities, housing starts in Vancouver climbed 24 per cent in July 2025 compared to July 2024, and Montreal posted a 212 per cent year-over-year increase for July. In Toronto, housing starts fell 69 per cent in July 2024 compared to July 2023.