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August 14, 2026HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSIT ACCESS, 2024 Data were released today on housing development, recorded by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), located within areas that had access to public transit. This data is further disaggregated by construction status, location (total, urban, and rural), dwellings, and market type of housing.
Across Canada, housing completions in urban areas were more likely to be located near public transit than in rural areas across all provinces. The provinces with the highest proportions of urban housing completions within 500m of public transit were Nova Scotia (83.5%), Québec (83.0%), and British Columbia (81.8%). Prince Edward Island had the lowest proportion of urban housing completions near public transit at 6.3%. Provincial rural housing completions with access to public transit were most common in Saskatchewan (41.3%), and least common in Prince Edward Island (2.3%).
More than three-quarters (83.5%) of Halifax urban housing completions in 2024 were within 500m of public transit, while 20.1% of rural completions had public transit access.
Urban housing completions with transit access were highest in Thunder Bay and Peterborough. Urban transit access was lowest in Brantford.
Rural housing completions with transit access were highest in Regina, Red Deer, and Montreal. Red Deer was the only Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) with a higher proportion of rural completions with transit access than urban.
Across Canada, rental housing completions were more likely to occur within 500m of public transit than homes built for home-owner occupancy. In Nova Scotia, 81.2% of rental completions were near public transit, compared to 16.9% of owner-occupied completions. Among provinces Ontario had the highest proportion of rental housing completions occurring near public transit, while Prince Edward Island had the lowest. Owner-occupied completions near public transit were most common in British Columbia, and least common in Prince Edward Island.
In Halifax 81.2% of rental housing completions were within 500m of public transit, compared to 16.9% of owner-occupied housing completions. Among CMA's, Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Oshawa, Toronto, and Guelph saw all rental housing completions occurring within 500m of public transit. Lethbridge and Red Deer saw the lowest proportions of rental housing being constructed near public transit. Barrie and Lethbridge were the only CMAs to observe higher levels of owner-occupied completions near transit than rental completions. Owner-occupied housing completions near transit were most common in Regina and Vancouver, and the least common in Peterborough and Brantford.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0298-01 Residential housing development by distance to public transport, geography, construction status, dwelling and market type, annual data
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