About the housing tracker

Ontario has set a goal of building at least 1.5 million homes by 2031 and has assigned the province’s 50 largest municipalities with housing targets to help meet this goal. The province is encouraging municipalities to meet their targets through the creation of the $1.2 billion Building Faster Fund, which rewards municipalities that reach at least 80% of their annual target with funding, with bonus funding for municipalities that exceed their targets. Ten per cent of the fund has been reserved for small, rural and northern municipalities that have not been assigned a housing target.

This tracker compares the following data against housing targets for 2031:

  • yearly new home construction starts in municipalities
  • additional residential units (ARUs), which includes non-residential space that is converted to residential units and residential to residential conversions
  • new and upgraded beds in long-term care homes

This tracker relies on monthly housing starts and ARUs data provided by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) as well as long-term care bed data from the Ministry of Long-Term Care. Ontario has supported the creation of ARUs, which help increase density in existing neighbourhoods, through a variety of measures, including the removal of development-related fees from ARUs. Ontario is also building and redeveloping more than 58,000 long-term care beds by 2028 to provide the modern, safe and comfortable homes our seniors deserve.

Ontario’s housing supply progress

110,000 

target for new homes in 2023

110,584

new homes created in Ontario in 2023

100.53%

target reached in 2023

90,308

housing starts in 2023

10,441

additional residential units in 2023

9,835

long-term care beds in 2023


Please note a review of data for the 2023 year was undertaken in summer 2024. Statistics reflect post-review adjustments and may not align with CMHC data as published in its 2023 and 2024 surveys (Starts and Completions Survey). Over a two-year period, however, statistics across both organizations will align.

Housing progress by municipality

Learn how municipalities are making progress on the 10-year target (2022–2031) and their 2024 targets. This data is also available for download on the Ontario Data Catalogue and is current as of October 2024.

In the tracker below:

Green: met or exceeded
 — municipalities at or above 100% of their annual target
Yellow: on track
 — municipalities at or above 80% of their annual target
Red: not met
 — municipalities below 80% of their annual target