New house prices during each premier's tenure
13 premiers, ranked by how new house prices changed from their first day in office, next to Canada over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Premier | Country | In office | Total | vs Canada | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PC Ralph Klein | Alberta | 14 Dec 1992 – 14 Dec 2006 | +150% Nov 1992 → Nov 2006 | +104.8 pts Canada +45.6% | +6.8%/yr | |
| 2 | NDP Lorne Calvert | Saskatchewan | 8 Feb 2001 – 21 Nov 2007 | +90.4% Jan 2001 → Oct 2007 | +42.8 pts Canada +47.5% | +10.0%/yr | |
| 3 | NDP Gary Doer | Manitoba | 5 Oct 1999 – 19 Oct 2009 | +75.9% Sep 1999 → Sep 2009 | +24.7 pts Canada +51.2% | +5.8%/yr | |
| 4 | PC Danny Williams | Newfoundland and Labrador | 6 Nov 2003 – 3 Dec 2010 | +75.4% Oct 2003 → Nov 2010 | +41.1 pts Canada +34.3% | +8.3%/yr | |
| 5 | CAQ François Legault | Quebec | 18 Oct 2018 – 15 Apr 2026 | +45.1% Sep 2018 → Mar 2026 | +27.4 pts Canada +17.7% | +5.1%/yr | |
| 6 | PLQ Jean Charest | Quebec | 29 Apr 2003 – 19 Sep 2012 | +44.3% Mar 2003 → Aug 2012 | +0.2 pts Canada +44.1% | +4.0%/yr | |
| 7 | OLP Dalton McGuinty | Ontario | 23 Oct 2003 – 11 Feb 2013 | +35.3% Sep 2003 → Jan 2013 | −6.4 pts Canada +41.7% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 8 | Lib. Gordon Campbell | British Columbia | 5 Jun 2001 – 14 Mar 2011 | +30.2% May 2001 → Feb 2011 | −19.9 pts Canada +50.1% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 9 | PC Brian Pallister | Manitoba | 3 May 2016 – 1 Sep 2021 | +28.8% Apr 2016 → Aug 2021 | +8.0 pts Canada +20.8% | +4.9%/yr | |
| 10 | NDP Roy Romanow | Saskatchewan | 1 Nov 1991 – 8 Feb 2001 | +27.2% Oct 1991 → Jan 2001 | +22.8 pts Canada +4.4% | +2.6%/yr |
Showing 10 of 61 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Canada is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, December 2016 = 100 · Statistics Canada, New Housing Price Index (table 18-10-0205), house and land, new homes only · province or territory data · as of Sep 2026.