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Table 44 Building, housing and non-residential investment

  2006 2007 2007 2008
    A S O N D J F M A M J J A
                             
$'000,000                              
Building permits                              
Canada (42061) 66,266 74,380 6,408 6,344 6,750 6,033 6,029 5,815 5,861 5,591 6,543 6,675 6,319 6,480 5,605
Nfld.Lab. (42094) 538 660 70 63 50 60 100 45 64 51 67 59 71 81 96
P.E.I. (42106) 207 164 12 10 25 16 12 8 11 16 21 42 13 15 16
Nova Scotia (42112) 1,291 1,289 140 112 123 113 73 77 91 98 132 133 136 121 98
New Brunswick (42118) 933 965 97 74 96 85 50 65 58 58 73 130 109 85 130
Quebec (42163) 11,878 12,973 1,155 1,067 1,204 1,134 970 981 973 1,002 1,136 1,109 1,159 1,325 1,159
Ontario (42199) 23,292 26,710 2,202 2,676 2,413 2,283 2,302 2,422 1,999 2,135 2,385 2,448 2,249 2,326 2,059
Manitoba (42124) 1,379 1,480 122 133 114 110 98 111 124 117 144 137 122 201 140
Saskatchewan (42130) 1,139 1,646 188 136 128 119 215 116 112 147 229 183 194 284 153
Alberta (42136) 13,876 15,730 1,334 1,237 1,461 1,203 1,137 1,173 1,485 993 1,270 1,290 1,187 1,131 916
British Columbia (42142) 11,542 12,545 1,075 820 1,129 900 1,051 814 939 950 1,077 1,135 1,063 890 829
'000                              
Housing starts in urban areas (at annual rates)                              
Canada (730040) 195.0 193.7 194.7 240.9 192.7 197.0 151.4 194.6 222.4 221.6 192.9 199.4 189.5 168.4 192.3
Nfld.Lab. (729972) 1.5 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.9 1.3 2.5 1.7 2.0 2.9
P.E.I. (729973) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6
Nova Scotia (729974) 3.3 3.3 4.0 3.9 4.0 2.6 2.9 2.1 3.3 9.3 3.6 2.6 3.1 3.9 2.6
New Brunswick (729975) 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.7 3.4 3.6 2.4 2.9 2.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 2.5
Quebec (729976) 39.5 40.9 40.4 58.2 37.4 32.0 33.1 40.7 48.9 40.8 39.6 45.6 40.3 42.4 39.5
Ontario (729981) 67.8 62.8 62.8 78.4 62.8 70.3 47.1 71.4 79.0 77.2 75.9 70.4 78.1 49.2 86.6
Manitoba (729987) 3.2 3.8 5.1 3.9 4.6 3.0 2.4 3.6 3.3 2.4 3.8 5.0 3.6 3.7 3.7
Saskatchewan (729988) 2.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.6 3.9 5.1 4.8 4.9 3.9 5.1 8.3 5.8 3.6
Alberta (729989) 40.9 38.5 37.9 46.0 37.2 33.4 27.7 32.6 30.2 51.1 27.0 28.8 19.2 25.0 19.8
British Columbia (729990) 32.6 34.4 34.0 39.3 37.2 45.2 28.6 33.6 47.4 29.8 34.6 34.8 31.5 32.7 30.5
(1997=100)                              
New housing price index1                              
Canada (21148160) 142.0 153.0 155.1 155.5 155.7 156.5 156.7 157.6 158.1 158.4 158.4 158.4 158.5 158.6 ..
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (21148244) 129.8 136.3 137.8 138.9 140.2 141.1 142.8 144.3 148.5 148.8 154.1 159.7 164.2 169.2 ..
Halifax, Nova Scotia (21148256) 130.4 138.0 139.8 140.2 140.2 145.1 145.1 146.4 146.4 148.2 148.2 148.8 149.4 149.8 ..
Saint John, Fredericton, and Moncton, New Brunswick (21148163) 112.9 113.9 114.4 114.5 114.9 114.9 115.1 115.9 115.4 115.8 115.8 115.8 116.1 117.2 ..
Québec, Quebec (21148169) 141.9 147.6 148.0 148.0 148.5 151.3 151.3 151.7 152.4 152.4 154.0 154.5 155.0 155.0 ..
Montréal, Quebec (21148172) 147.7 154.1 155.3 155.7 155.7 156.5 156.5 157.9 159.5 159.4 159.2 162.0 162.2 162.3 ..
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec (21148178) 158.9 161.7 162.0 162.3 162.3 162.3 162.3 164.2 166.3 166.3 166.4 167.2 168.7 168.7 ..
Toronto and Oshawa, Ontario (21148181) 137.3 141.0 141.7 142.1 142.2 143.5 143.6 144.9 145.3 145.7 145.8 145.7 146.2 146.3 ..
London, Ontario (21148190) 132.8 137.6 138.4 139.3 139.0 139.5 139.5 140.4 140.4 140.8 141.7 142.2 143.3 143.3 ..
Winnipeg, Manitoba (21148211) 144.5 161.5 168.9 170.3 170.3 171.2 171.4 172.5 172.6 174.3 174.5 177.7 179.6 179.9 ..
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (21148220) 138.0 191.5 212.1 212.5 213.9 213.9 216.1 225.9 235.7 240.7 241.6 242.9 236.0 236.4 ..
Calgary, Alberta (21148229) 212.2 246.6 248.9 250.7 250.3 250.0 251.4 252.2 251.4 252.9 251.0 248.7 248.7 248.1 ..
Edmonton, Alberta (21148232) 177.5 234.4 248.4 248.4 249.2 249.2 249.2 248.0 245.7 242.9 241.5 236.9 234.9 234.4 ..
Vancouver, British Columbia (21148238) 112.7 120.7 122.4 122.4 123.2 123.5 123.5 123.6 123.8 124.6 124.7 124.3 124.3 124.3 ..

1 Unadjusted for seasonality.

Sources: Building Permits (Catalogue no. 64-001-XIE), contact: É. Saint-Pierre (613-951-2025). CMHC Starts and Completions Survey, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, contact: L. Bourgon (613-748-2358). Capital Expenditure Price Statistics (Catalogue no. 62-007-XPB), Client services (613-951-9606).

CANSIM tables: 026-0006, 027-0002 and 327-0005