CANADA HOUSING STATISTICS

Canada at a glance.

The latest official CREA release, followed by the original dated 21-market comparison library.

CREA NATIONAL REPORT · AUGUST 2026

Canada’s latest completed housing month.

Published September 15, 2026 · Next scheduled release October 16

Average sale price$668,219+0.6% year over year · unadjusted

Sales activity-0.7%Month over month · seasonally adjusted

Sales / new listings49.1%Seasonally adjusted national ratio

Months of inventory4.8National resale supply relative to sales

Sales changed little in August while new listings increased 3.3% from July. The national sales-to-new-listings ratio was 49.1%, within CREA’s broad balanced-market range of 45–65%. Local markets and property types can behave differently.

Price trend

The national composite MLS® HPI was unchanged month over month and -3.0% year over year. HPI adjusts for property characteristics; the average sale price also reflects the mix of homes sold.

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Actual sales were -6.9% compared with August 2025. Month-over-month sales and new-listing changes use seasonally adjusted series; the displayed average sale price is unadjusted.

Read the official CREA national release

OFFICIAL MLS® HPI · AUGUST 2026

Different markets. One consistent price measure.

Published September 15 · 19 exact market series available · verified October 6, 2026

These unadjusted MLS® HPI benchmark prices model a typical home. They are not average sale prices, medians, active asking prices or property valuations. Board-market coverage may extend beyond city limits; the source geography is shown on every row.

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August 2026 composite benchmarks · nominal CAD · not seasonally adjusted
Market	Exact reporting geography	Composite benchmark	Year-over-year change
Calgary	CREA Calgary HPI market; not CREB City of Calgary boundary	$571,500	-0.26%
Charlottetown	Exact Charlottetown series not in archive; PRINCE_EDWARD_ISLAND is province-wide and is not substituted	Not supplied	Not supplied
Edmonton	Edmonton	$420,100	-0.40%
Guelph	Guelph and District	$715,700	-4.48%
Halifax	Halifax-Dartmouth	$563,800	+1.53%
Hamilton	Hamilton-Burlington	$728,400	-3.87%
Kelowna	Exact Kelowna series not in archive; INTERIOR_BC is a broader region and is not substituted	Not supplied	Not supplied
Kitchener-Waterloo	Kitchener-Waterloo	$628,300	-5.99%
London	London-St. Thomas	$553,500	-3.52%
Moncton	Greater Moncton	$378,700	+4.38%
Montreal	Montreal CMA	$583,900	+2.21%
Ottawa	Ottawa	$637,700	+0.97%
Quebec City	Quebec CMA	$436,100	+4.41%
Regina	Regina	$348,900	+3.26%
Saint John	Saint John NB	$355,700	+3.82%
Saskatoon	Saskatoon	$444,700	+2.77%
St. John's	St. John's NL	$425,400	+7.56%
Toronto	Greater Toronto	$925,900	-4.46%
Vancouver	Greater Vancouver	$1,081,900	-5.59%
Victoria	Victoria	$887,300	+0.80%
Winnipeg	Winnipeg	$392,900	+2.58%

Why the numbers can differ from a local report

A CREA board-market benchmark and a CREB city-only benchmark can cover different geographies or months. Calgary’s August CREA series is the broader Calgary HPI market; the September CREB city figure is separately shown on our Calgary regional dashboard. Do not treat them as one consecutive series.

Year-over-year change is calculated from the same market’s published composite benchmark for August 2026 and August 2025, using rounded source prices. It may differ slightly from growth calculated using an unrounded HPI index. Exact Kelowna and Charlottetown series were not supplied in this archive; broader Interior BC and PEI series are deliberately not substituted.

Official CREA benchmark workbook archive · Check publication freshness

Explore the original 21-market comparison · February 2026

These benchmark inputs, rental indicators and composite indexes are retained as a historical baseline. They describe their original input periods, not today’s market.

Average benchmark$616,905↗ 2.7%

Markets rising15/21year over year

Most affordableReginarelative index

Highest overall scoreReginav105 composite

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