The agency says new home prices rose 3.1 per cent in the past year, and showed no change from June levels.
Once again, skyrocketing new home prices in Calgary and Edmonton distorted the national results.
Statscan says the average new home in Calgary now costs 49 per cent more than a year ago, and rose 6.9 per cent in June alone. In Edmonton, prices rose 4.7 per cent in June, and the annual increase was 28 per cent.
The national average price for a new home increased 9.8 per cent in the past 12 months, and rose 1.4 per cent in June, the fourth consecutive month in which the index increased by at least one per cent.
Compared to one year ago, the largest annual increases are in Calgary and Edmonton, followed by Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Halifax and Qu ébec City.
Earlier this week, the Ottawa Real Estate Board reported the average price of a single-family home on the resale market in July rose 4.8 per cent from a year ago, to $273,626.
