Planning & Development and Building Housing Update
The Targeted Actions to Increase London's Housing Supply: Supporting Council's Pledge for 47,000 units by 2031 identifies the tracking and reporting methods associated with different categories of housing units in the development pipeline.
Development Pipeline Process Overview
Development Pipeline Process Overview
The development pipeline process highlights a timeline that shows the average time for land to progress through the land development process. The entire process is linear and can take up to 10 years to complete.
2024 Highlights
- 22,890 new residential units approved by Council
- 3,700 building permits issued for new units
Learn more in the 2024 Annual Development Report.
2025 Monthly Updates
Council Housing Approvals
- 1,169 units were approved by Council in March.
Year-to Date Council approved Units (as of March 4 Council meeting)
| New Units Year-to-Date | Provincial Pledge Total New units | Current Council Term Approvals |
| 1,191 | 33,848 | 29,792 |
Building Permits Issued
New housing units in permits issued by the Building Division (As of February 28)
| Units (2025 YTD) | Units in 2024 | Units in 2023 |
| 901 | 3,700 | 1,725 |
Provincial Housing Pledge - New Housing Units
(As of February 28)
| Source Year | CMHC Housing Starts | CMHC Residential Conversions | Pre 2022 Housing Starts | Provincial Pledge New Housing |
| 2025 YTD | 99 | 99 | ||
| 2024 | 3,089 | 487 (2) | 543 | 4,119 |
| 2023 | 1,534 | (1) | 195 | 1,729 |
| 2022 | 2,495 | (1) | 412 | 2,907 |
| Pre2022 starts currently under construction | 1,775 | |||
| Total new housing units | 10,629 |
(1) Staff are currently compiling historical data on residential conversions from 2022 and 2023 that will be included in the next monthly report.
(2) Includes additional residential units and office-to-residential conversions reported up to the period ending on December 31, 2024.
CMHC defines a housing start as the beginning of construction work on the building where the dwelling unit will be located. Due to the delay between permit issuance and a CMHC housing start, the number of permits issued and the number of housing starts will not match. Preliminary work on a housing construction site may occur before or after a permit building permit is issued. Learn more about how the Province of Ontario is tracking housing supply progress.
Visit Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation(CHMC)to find housing market, data and research reports and their housing market information portal offers free, easy-to-use access to the latest housing market data for Canada.
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