Investing.com - Canadian new house prices rose in line with expectations in June, official data showed on Thursday.
In a report, Statistics Canada said its new housing price index inched up by 0.2% in June, meeting forecasts, and following a 0.1% increase in May.
The increase was largely the result of higher new home prices in Ontario.
Following the release of the data, the Canadian dollar was higher against its U.S. counterpart, with USD/CAD shedding 0.21% to hit 1.0891.