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Government of Canada Bonds
|
|
Bond Type
|
May 27, 2009
|
June 10, 2009
|
June 24, 2009
|
|
1 Year Treasury Bill
|
0.49%
|
0.61%
|
0.55%
|
|
3 Year Benchmark Bond Yield
|
1.84%
|
2.07%
|
1.89%
|
|
5 Year Benchmark Bond Yield
|
2.57%
|
2.82%
|
2.57%
|
|
10 Year Benchmark Bond Yield
|
3.57%
|
3.04%
|
3.45%
|
|
|
Source: Bank of Canada
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Total New Housing Starts (Seasonable adjusted and annualized)
|
|
Province
|
March
2009
|
March
2008
|
April
2009
|
April
2008
|
May
2009
|
May
2008
|
|
Newfoundland/Labrador
|
3,300
|
3,400
|
2,800
|
1,900
|
2,700
|
2,900
|
|
PEI
|
400
|
500
|
500
|
800
|
800
|
700
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
3,800
|
10,300
|
2,500
|
4,700
|
3,000
|
3,800
|
|
New Brunswick
|
3,400
|
4,300
|
4,200
|
3,800
|
4,000
|
5,100
|
|
Quebec
|
43,600
|
45,700
|
41,100
|
43,800
|
42,200
|
50,300
|
|
Ontario
|
62,600
|
80,000
|
36,300
|
76,700
|
43,800
|
71,200
|
|
Manitoba
|
3,500
|
4,700
|
3,100
|
6,000
|
3,300
|
7,200
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
2,100
|
6,700
|
2,900
|
5,200
|
4,900
|
6,500
|
|
Alberta
|
11,900
|
55,100
|
12,400
|
33,600
|
12,400
|
35,500
|
|
British Columbia
|
11,900
|
32,300
|
11,700
|
37,500
|
11,200
|
38,000
|
|
CANADA
|
146,500
|
243,000
|
117,600
|
213,900
|
128,400
|
221,300
|
|
|
Source: CMHC Housing Now - June 2009 and June 2008. This seasonally adjusted data goes through stages of revision at different times of the year.
|
|
|
Average MLS resale price for local markets
|
|
City
|
May 2008
|
May 2009
|
|
Halifax
|
$243,692
|
$248,209
|
|
Saint John
|
$168,158
|
$188,500
|
|
Montreal
|
$263,594
|
$271,386<
|
|
Ottawa
|
$296,580
|
$312,927
|
|
Toronto
|
$398,148
|
$395,609
|
|
Hamilton/Burlington
|
$293,927
|
$297,132
|
|
Winnipeg
|
$210,901
|
$208,806
|
|
Saskatoon
|
$301,527
|
$279,477
|
|
Calgary
|
$414,881
|
$382,632
|
|
Edmonton
|
$340,499
|
$326,332
|
|
Vancouver
|
$624,639
|
$583,676
|
|
Victoria
|
$514,100
|
$482,119
|
|
|
Source: Canadian Real Estate Association
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