Canadian Real Estate Association , strong sales in the Greater Toronto Area and the B.C. Lower Mainland drove the price gains. Canadian home sales continued their upward trend in May, increasing 5.1 per cent from April. The rise followed a significant jump in April and smaller gains in February and March. The surge in sales was observed in approximately 70 per cent of local markets, including major cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa.
“The rebound has been evident for a number of months at this point, but May really drove the point home with year-over-year comparisons for both national sales activity and national average home price back in positive territory,” CREA chair Larry Cerqua said in the report. “That being said, the degree to which a recovery will be able to play out on the sales side as opposed to the price side will come down to supply, which remains quite low.