Sylvan Lake - Housing Starts

Sylvan Lake had 202 housing starts in 2019, greatly increasing 124.4% from 90 in 2018. Sylvan Lake's growth rate ranks second provincially. The apartment segment had the largest increase over last year, increasing 4,850% to 99.

Definition: A Housing Start is defined as the beginning of construction work on a building, usually when the concrete has been poured for the whole of the footing around the structure, or an equivalent stage where a basement will not be part of the structure.