Source expansion register
Reviewed 6 November 2026 UTC. Connected data and candidate sources are distinguished below.
Independent analysis; no government affiliation. Open source observations remain subject to provider rights. Our software, transformation methods, provenance and report composition form the original product.
| Source | Status | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Canada housing | Ingested selected tables | NHPI, construction, quarterly rent, individual income and national credit. Each table has its own definitions and review. |
| CMHC | Ingested selected construction tables | Starts, under construction and completions; actual unit counts separate from national/provincial SAAR. Recipient terms apply; downloads held. |
| US Census housing | Ingested BPS and national starts | Monthly permit-unit histories for CBSAs; national starts via FRED. Permits are not starts. |
| FRED HOUST | Ingested | Public-domain Census/HUD national starts, thousands at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. |
| FRED Canada housing directory | Discovery only | Series-specific origin and rights review required; no blanket FRED redistribution licence. |
| FHFA HPI | Ingested metro all-transactions file | Nominal, unadjusted repeat-sales index; 1995 Q1 = 100. Metropolitan areas/divisions are not city proper. |
| Airdrie | Ingested aggregate API | Building/trade permit records by issue month and application type. No individual addresses or contractor fields collected. |
| Edmonton | Ingested aggregate API | Issued permit records, all work types. Recipient terms apply; downloads held. |
| Winnipeg | Ingested aggregate API | Issued permit records; counting methodology changed November 2022. |
| Vancouver | Ingested aggregate API | Issued building-permit record counts from 2017. Not permitted dwellings. |
| Halifax | Ingested aggregate API | Geolocated building permit register; unlocated records may be absent. Initial platform months may be partial. |
| OECD Affordable Housing Database | Indicator-level review pending | International housing markets, conditions, affordability and policy indicators. OECD terms permit eligible commercial data use, but third-party restrictions and exact definitions must be checked per indicator. No OECD values published yet. |
| AREA statistics | Redistribution review pending | Public reports and member services. Existing agreement scope for this domain, history, derivatives and exports remains unverified. |
| BCREA Housing Monitor | Redistribution review pending | Useful research context; source-level permissions must be established before copying dashboard data. |
| CREA statistics | Redistribution review pending | Public access does not establish permission for a licensed HousingData database or API. |
| Alberta housing statistics | Dataset review pending | Some underlying datasets are open; third-party CMHC data and inconsistent municipal-rent metadata require separate review. |
| Rentals.ca report | Redistribution review pending | Asking-rent report; do not merge with paid-rent or CMHC RMS universes. StatCan rent is already ingested independently. |
| CHBA Housing Market Index | Redistribution review pending | Builder sentiment is distinct from observed starts or resale prices. |
| Teranet–National Bank HPI | Redistribution review pending | Proprietary repeat-sales index; no assumption that public chart access authorizes bulk history or derivatives. |
| Trading Economics US starts | Primary source used instead | Census/HUD starts obtained via the public-domain FRED series. No commercial Trading Economics access enabled. |
| CAI research resources | Discovery directory | A directory is not a blanket licence to republish every linked source. |
| Statistics Canada housing research | Research context | Publication series, not one uniform statistical table. |
| Viewhomes statistics | Discovery only | Use originating sources for calculations, attribution and rights. |
| Local CREB / RealStats archives | Private context only | Existing archives and GitHub source reviewed. Licensed transaction records and demo data are not public observations; no raw records copied into this release. |
All unapproved publication and API redistribution rights fail closed. No paid feeds, background jobs or subscriptions were enabled.