About the housing tracker

We are working with our partners to build more homes faster. We have assigned housing targets to the province’s 50 largest municipalities to help meet this goal.

To encourage municipalities to meet their targets, we created the $1.2 billion Building Faster Fund. This fund rewards municipalities that reach at least 80% of their annual target with funding. Bonus funding is available for municipalities that exceed their targets. We have also set aside 10% of the Building Faster Fund for small, rural and northern municipalities that do not have a housing target.

To encourage the creation of all types of housing, this tracker shows the following data against municipal housing targets:

  • housing starts
  • additional residential units (ARUs)
  • long term care (LTC) beds
  • licensed congregate retirement home suites (new as of 2024)
  • postsecondary student beds (new as of 2024)

Data for this tracker is drawn from:

  • housing starts and ARUs published in the Starts and Completions survey by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
  • LTC beds reported by the Ministry of Long-Term Care
  • suites in licensed congregate retirement homes recorded by the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA)
  • postsecondary student beds recorded by the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security (as reported by publicly-assisted colleges and universities) 

2023 data was reviewed in summer 2024. Data published here reflect post-review adjustments and may not align with CMHC data as published in its 2023 and 2024 surveys (Starts and Completions survey). However, over a two-year period, statistics across both organizations will align.

Ontario’s housing supply progress

125,000

target for new homes in 2024

94,753

new homes created in Ontario in 2024

75.80%

target reached in 2024

73,462

housing starts in 2024

14,381

additional residential units in 2024

2,278

long-term care beds in 2024

2,807

post-secondary student housing beds in 2024

1,825

congregate retirement home suites in 2024

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.

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