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Construction Industry Canada

Housing Starts Dip But Still Surprise Economists

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Housing starts declined for the fourth consecutive month in December, but remained well above sustainable levels, leading to further fears th...

Bad News In Housing Keeps Building Up

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.09.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of housing starts fell in November for a third straight month.The agency says there were 17,6...

Daniel Tencer

Is Canada’s Job Market In A Bubble?

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.08.2012 | Canada Business

Canada’s job market had a stellar November, with 59,000 net positions created — six times what economists had predicted — while the jobless rate...

Key Measure Of Construction Plans Plummets

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.05.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the value of building permits issued in September fell 13.2 per cent to $6.5 billion after a jump of 9.5 per cent in A...

As Housing Bubble Turns To Bust, Prepare For Unemployment Spike

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.26.2012 | Canada Business

A slowdown is coming to Canada’s construction industry, thanks to the cooling housing market, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada,...