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Canadian construction data, ready for your own analysis.
Download structured construction-market data compiled from official Statistics Canada and CMHC sources. Built for spreadsheets, business intelligence, market research, and internal analysis.
CMI Canadian Construction Data Pack
Historical construction-market indicators across 16 major Canadian markets.
C$149
One-time purchase, introductory price
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This pack is built and validated but is not yet on sale, so it cannot be purchased or downloaded today.
| Formats | Excel workbook (.xlsx) · CSV · Markdown documentation |
|---|---|
| Markets | 16 census metropolitan areas |
| Indicators | 31 current-period measures and 7 monthly series per market |
| Monthly history | January 2019 to June 2026 (90 months) |
| Reference period | Trailing 12 months ending June 2026 |
| Source data retrieved through | September 12, 2026 |
| Source tables | 7 Statistics Canada and CMHC tables, documented in the pack |
| Download size | 414 KB |
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What's included
One ZIP archive, 414 KB, containing the files below under a single folder. Nothing has to be unpicked from a report: every file is tabular, documented and ready to load.
- construction-markets.xlsx
- Excel workbook: read me, one row per market with every current indicator, the market list, the indicator dictionary, the full monthly history and the source table. Headers are frozen and filtered; there are no formulas.
- csv/markets.csv
- One row per market: name, province, region, Standard Geographical Classification code, population and population year.
- csv/indicators.csv
- Indicator dictionary: machine-readable id, label, definition, unit, basis, seasonal adjustment, source tables and the period range actually covered.
- csv/market-indicators.csv
- Current-period values, one row per market and indicator, with the period and a reason where a value is not published.
- csv/monthly-history.csv
- Monthly observations, one row per market, indicator and month — 8,928 values.
- csv/sources.csv
- Every source table with publisher, frequency, units, adjustment, source URL, latest period, retrieval date, licence and the attribution line to reproduce.
- README.md
- Coverage, file conventions, limitations and the indicators with shorter histories.
- LICENCE-AND-ATTRIBUTION.md
- The licence governing each source, what CMI contributes, and the attribution notices to keep.
- manifest.json
- Machine-readable release description: coverage counts, per-file sizes and SHA-256 checksums, data vintage and export date.
CSV files are UTF-8 with a header row, YYYY-MM periods and plain decimal
numbers — no locale formatting, no merged cells, no formulas.
Who it's for
Manufacturers and distributors, analysts, researchers, developers, software and BI teams — anyone who would otherwise rebuild this dataset from the source tables. With it you can:
- Compare construction activity across markets on one consistent geography.
- Import historical indicators into Excel or Power BI without reshaping source tables.
- Analyse housing starts, completions and construction intensity per 1,000 residents.
- Compare market mix — single versus multiple dwellings — and nominal against constant-dollar permit growth.
- Support internal market research, territory reviews and recurring reporting.
Data provenance
Every figure comes from 7 official Statistics Canada and CMHC tables. Those tables are public, free and listed with their source URLs in the pack — CMI claims no ownership of them, and your licence to reuse the source figures comes from the publishers, not from us.
What you are paying for is the work between the source and the spreadsheet: one consistent geography across 16 markets, series aligned to common reference periods, derived measures such as activity per 1,000 residents and constant-dollar permit growth, missing observations labelled rather than filled, and a documented dictionary for every column. The pack is generated by the same validated build that produces this website, so the numbers match the pages.
Attribution notices required by Statistics Canada and CMHC ship inside the pack and must stay with any figures you publish. This publication is not affiliated with or endorsed by Statistics Canada or CMHC.
Methodology and limitations
Full derivation rules, source tables and known gaps are on the methodology page. The limits that matter most before you buy:
- Coverage differs by indicator
- Most series run from January 2019. Pending starts, end of month covers January 2025 to June 2026 only. Per-indicator ranges are in the indicator dictionary.
- Official data are revised
- Statistics Canada and CMHC revise published figures. The pack holds the values as published at the retrieval date recorded in the sources file; a later release will differ where the source revised.
- Missing and suppressed observations
- Where a publisher does not report a value it stays empty, never zero, and is never estimated or interpolated. This release contains 4 unpublished current-period values and 1,152 unpublished monthly observations.
- Nominal and constant-dollar measures
- Permit values are carried both in current dollars and deflated to constant dollars. The two are not interchangeable; the indicator dictionary states which is which.
- Geography and source compatibility
- Markets are Census metropolitan areas (Statistics Canada Standard Geographical Classification codes). Source tables use the same geography, but their coverage and release calendars differ — the latest available period is recorded per source.
- No forecasts
- The pack contains observed data only. It does not include forecasts, predictions or scores of any kind, and nothing in it is a guarantee of future activity.
Questions
- What formats are included?
- An Excel workbook (.xlsx), six UTF-8 CSV files, a JSON manifest and Markdown documentation — 414 KB zipped.
- How often is the data updated?
- The publication is rebuilt when the source tables release new periods, normally monthly. Each pack release is stamped with its reference period and retrieval date.
- Is this the same data shown on the free website?
- Yes — the same validated figures, exported from the same build. What you buy is the full set in one structured, documented file rather than values read off individual pages.
- Can I use the data for business analysis?
- Yes. Internal analysis, research and reporting are exactly what the pack is for; the attribution notices in the pack must stay with any figures you publish.
- What happens when official data are revised?
- Revisions appear in the next release. A pack you already have is unchanged — it stays a record of the data as published at its retrieval date.
- Are future updates included in the one-time purchase?
- Not yet decided. Until the publisher sets an update policy, treat the purchase as covering the release you download, and ask before buying if you need later releases.
- Can I redistribute the data?
- The source figures are public and their government licences permit redistribution with attribution; CMI cannot and does not restrict that. The packaged product — the workbook, the documentation and the derived measures — is licensed for use inside your organisation. Terms for wider redistribution of the pack itself are not yet set; ask first.
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