ottawacanadian housing starts climbed sharply in november to reach their highest level in seven months driven by construction on multifamily units like condominiums housing starts for november came in at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 301279 units a 26 increase from a revised 238366 units in october canada mortgage and housing corp said wednesday market expectations were for november housing starts to hit 233000 according to economists at td securities the trend measure for november or a sixmonth moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts rose to 267365 units from 264583 units in the previous month on a trend and monthly seasonallyadjusted basis the level of housing starts activity in canada remains high in historical terms cmhc said cmhc said urban starts of multifamily units like condominiums and row houses jumped 41 in november while starts of singledetached homes edged down 1 to 58243 units