Vancouver CMA housing supply, rent and new-home price trends
Dated official data for the Vancouver CMA covering new-home prices, housing starts, construction, vacancy and rents.
In August 2026, Vancouver’s new-home index changed -2.5% over 12 months. Apartment starts in 2025 were 8.6% above the ten-year average. These surveys cover different periods and housing universes; they do not value an individual property.
Check the values and sources →Vancouver in eight measures
Periods differ by survey. Every value carries its own observation period and source; this is not a live feed.
-2.5% over 12 months
August 2026-6.9% from prior period
August 2026+2.1 percentage points year over year
2025+2.2% year over year
2025Values, periods and context
Changes are calculated only from comparable periods retained in the dataset.
| Measure | Value | Observed period | Comparison or scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Housing Price Index | 122.6 index points | August 2026 | -2.5% over 12 months; not seasonally adjusted | Statistics Canada |
| Apartment starts | 21,844 | 2025 | 8.6% above the ten-year average | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation |
| Ground-oriented starts | 5,341 | 2025 | 20.9% below the ten-year average | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation |
| Rolling 12-month starts | 26,078 | August 2026 | -6.9% from the prior rolling period | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada |
| Rolling 12-month completions | 29,026 | August 2026 | All dwelling types | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada |
| Units under construction | 61,331 | August 2026 | End-of-period level | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada |
| Purpose-built rental vacancy rate | 3.7% | 2025 | +2.1 percentage points year over year | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada |
| Average two-bedroom rent | $2,364 | 2025 | +2.2% year over year | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada |
Comparable annual June index points
One June observation per year shows direction without presenting the index as a sale price.
| Period | Index |
|---|---|
| June 2021 | 120.5 |
| June 2022 | 128.7 |
| June 2023 | 128.5 |
| June 2024 | 128.4 |
| June 2025 | 126.8 |
| June 2026 | 122.7 |
What this page does not show
- No neighbourhood, listing, days-on-market or price-band data.
- No valuation, buy-or-sell recommendation or forecast.
- Vacancy and average rent cover privately initiated rental row and apartment structures of three units or more.
- The 2025 and August 2026 observations appear together only as distinct layers; they are not blended into a score.
Sources, dates and licences
Observed, released and retrieved dates are separated so the publication lag remains visible.
Spring 2026 Housing Supply Report
2025 apartment and ground-oriented starts, ten-year averages, and missing-middle shares
- Observed
- 2025
- Released
- March 11, 2026
- Retrieved
- August 13, 2026
Housing starts, under construction and completions in selected CMAs, monthly
Rolling 12-month total-unit starts and completions, prior-period starts, and latest units under construction
- Observed
- August 2026
- Released
- September 17, 2026
- Retrieved
- October 6, 2026
Vacancy rates, privately initiated row and apartment structures of three units and over
2024 and 2025 purpose-built rental vacancy rates
- Observed
- 2025
- Released
- December 17, 2025
- Retrieved
- August 13, 2026
Average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over
2024 and 2025 average two-bedroom rent in privately initiated row and apartment structures of three units and over
- Observed
- 2025
- Released
- December 17, 2025
- Retrieved
- August 13, 2026
New housing price index, monthly
Total house-and-land index and 12-month percentage change; December 2016 = 100
- Observed
- August 2026
- Released
- September 17, 2026
- Retrieved
- October 6, 2026
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Spring 2026 Housing Supply Report, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Starts and Completions Survey and Rental Market Survey, August 2026 and 2025 reference periods. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, New housing price index, monthly (Table 18-10-0205-01), August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Compare with another CMA
Each page combines four dated evidence layers: new-home prices, supply mix, the construction pipeline and the rental market.