Canadian housing starts post surprise 0.4% rise in June
The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts rose to 283,734 units from a revised 282,705 units in May, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said. Economists had expected starts to fall to 259,000.
(This story has been corrected to revise the units figure in May in paragraph 2)
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