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Saskatchewan saw the most housing starts per capita across Canada in 2012. According to Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Housing Outlook, there were nine starts per 1,000 people in Saskatchewan last year, above the national average of six starts per 1,000 people. Housing starts in Saskatchewan are 66 per cent higher since 2007 than the previous five-year average. Rental starts are 342 per cent higher since 2007 than the previous five-year average, and the vast majority of rental starts are multi-unit. Province-wide, vacancy rates have gone from 1.2 per cent to 2.2 per cent since 2007, equivalent to the creation of approximately 900 vacancies in existing rental units.
