Apartment, Row House Growth Outpaces Single-Detached Homes: Census

Apartment, Row House Growth Outpaces Single-Detached Homes: Census
A sold sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver on June 28, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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The latest census data shows single-detached houses are still the most plentiful type of housing in Canada, but apartments and row houses are slowly catching up.

The figures from 2021 show the country’s 7.8 million single-detached homes made up about 53 percent of Canada’s housing supply, down from roughly 54 percent during the 2016 census.