ottawacanadian housing starts rose in april from the previous month as construction of condominium units picked up steam housing starts for april came in at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 267330 units an 8 increase from the previous month canada mortgage and housing corp said monday market expectations werent immediately available the trend measure  a sixmonth moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts  also increased to 257846 units for april from 253226 units in the previous month in the march report cmhc said urban starts of multifamily units like condominiums and row houses climbed 14 to 178092 units while starts of singledetached urban homes advanced 1 to 67232 units canadian authorities have identified a lack of housing supply as the key factor driving up housing prices to record territory over the past year data from the organization for economic cooperation and development indicate canada has fewer homes per capita relative to most of the developed world and group of seven peers although in line with the us