Housing start stats

I just read through an interesting article that showed housing start stats for various regions in Canada.  It turns out that the western provinces and NB have more single family than multi-family development.  The rest of the country is the other way around.

Presumably the Quebec, Ontario and BC markets – where multi’s outnumbered single family starts – have cities where this type of housing is accepted and desirable.  With low population, I’d guess, Atlantic and Prairie Canadians want our own space and not cram into central cities.