OTTAWA, March 15 (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts
rose 13% in February compared with the previous month as
groundbreaking increased on multiple unit and single-family
detached urban homes, data from the national housing agency
showed on Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts
rose to 243,959 units from a revised 216,514 units in January,
the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said.
Economists had expected starts to rise to 220,000.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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