Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) flagship publication, the Canadian Housing Observer presents a comprehensive overview of Canadian housing conditions, trends, and key factors behind them.

Providing a broad range of housing information and statistics in one publication, the Observer is an ideal resource for housing planners; researchers; policy developers; home builders; real estate organizations; and municipal, provincial, and federal housing specialists.

Highlighting the State of Canada's Housing

The Observer examines the state of Canada's housing from a variety of important aspects, with ample use of charts and data. Bringing together national coverage with details on provinces and major metropolitan areas, it is an important tool for identifying, addressing and monitoring Canadian housing trends and issues.

The 2005 Canadian Housing Observer highlights a number of important trends and issues, including:

• Canada's Housing: Influences on Housing Demand
• Current Market Developments
• Housing Finance
• Focus on Aboriginal Housing
• Towards Healthy Housing and Sustainable Communities
• Housing Affordability

Easier access to timely, comprehensive data on Canadian housing

The analysis provided in the Canadian Housing Observer is backed by extensive housing data tables, which bring a broad range of statistical information from a variety of sources together to provide a comprehensive overview of Canadian housing conditions.

Detailed information, covering all of Canada's major housing markets, is available on a variety of topics of interest, including the housing stock, demographics, residential construction activity, owner and rental market trends, mortgage lending, and housing affordability.

How to access the Canadian Housing Observer

The 2005 Canadian Housing Observer is available in both print and PDF formats, free of charge:

• Download a PDF copy of the Observer from our Order Desk 
• place an order for a copy of the print publication through the Order Desk or by calling 1-800-668-2642. Please quote product number 63937.

Note:
CMHC provides funding for housing content on the Census of Canada and on Statistics Canada surveys. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Users are forbidden to copy and redisseminate data for commercial purposes, either in an original or modified form, without the express permission of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and, where applicable, Statistics Canada. More information on Statistics Canada data can be obtained from its Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at http://www.statcan.ca, and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.