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Table 44 Building, housing and non-residential investment

  2005 2006 2006 2007
    S O N D J F M A M J J A S
                             
$'000,000                              
Building permits                              
Canada (42061) 60,751 66,266 5,638 6,299 6,234 5,673 6,265 4,804 6,077 5,631 6,936 6,943 6,204 6,291 ..
Newfoundland and Labrador (42094) 494 538 49 36 105 38 43 38 39 44 47 47 54 69 ..
Prince Edward Island (42106) 244 207 13 25 14 13 12 11 16 12 13 12 14 12 ..
Nova Scotia (42112) 1,188 1,291 92 125 110 140 79 64 80 142 108 126 120 137 ..
New Brunswick (42118) 829 933 66 70 116 67 59 52 108 74 96 81 86 95 ..
Quebec (42163) 11,288 11,878 1,025 1,285 970 1,062 963 851 1,097 1,028 1,141 1,183 1,168 1,150 ..
Ontario (42199) 24,130 23,292 1,925 2,011 2,117 2,019 2,634 1,694 2,135 1,922 2,103 2,316 2,089 2,200 ..
Manitoba (42124) 1,129 1,379 133 97 137 115 114 140 111 108 153 148 121 119 ..
Saskatchewan (42130) 906 1,139 139 96 94 83 103 97 113 95 119 180 137 178 ..
Alberta (42136) 10,202 13,876 1,247 1,361 1,279 1,284 1,174 1,000 1,284 1,209 1,790 1,520 1,387 1,304 ..
British Columbia (42142) 10,183 11,542 929 1,184 1,279 842 1,073 837 1,057 977 1,344 1,304 1,010 1,013 ..
'000                              
Housing starts in urban areas (at annual rates)                              
Canada (730040) 193.5 195.0 175.7 193.8 198.0 181.5 217.2 163.2 177.9 186.2 202.6 192.7 188.3 198.9 244.4
Newfoundland and Labrador (729972) 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.9 1.8 2.0
Prince Edward Island (729973) 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Nova Scotia (729974) 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 4.1 2.7 4.8 5.0 1.7 1.8 2.8 3.3 2.6 4.1 4.0
New Brunswick (729975) 2.7 2.9 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 1.4 3.3 2.6 2.9 2.5 3.5 3.6 3.7
Quebec (729976) 41.3 39.5 36.5 46.1 40.8 40.2 41.3 35.5 39.6 40.0 41.4 46.7 42.5 42.2 61.6
Ontario (729981) 73.2 67.8 58.8 65.0 63.3 61.1 79.4 51.1 50.8 57.6 70.3 56.5 60.8 63.2 78.1
Manitoba (729987) 2.9 3.2 2.0 6.7 2.4 2.4 6.3 1.5 3.1 2.5 5.9 3.5 3.4 5.2 3.9
Saskatchewan (729988) 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 4.7 2.9 3.4 4.5 5.1 6.4 6.1 4.8 4.8
Alberta (729989) 34.3 40.9 37.7 32.2 49.1 38.1 41.9 35.1 43.0 44.1 39.0 37.2 35.0 39.5 46.3
British Columbia (729990) 31.1 32.6 29.6 33.7 30.9 29.9 34.5 28.2 31.5 31.0 33.5 34.5 32.1 34.1 39.5
(1997=100)                              
New housing price index(1)                              
Canada (21148160) 129.4 142.0 146.4 146.7 147.5 147.5 148.0 148.8 149.3 150.5 152.1 153.1 154.5 155.1 ..
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (21148244) 125.2 129.8 131.4 131.4 132.2 132.3 132.3 132.3 132.8 132.5 134.4 134.4 136.1 137.8 ..
Halifax, Nova Scotia (21148256) 125.0 130.4 130.7 130.7 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 133.1 139.4 139.4 139.6 139.8 ..
Saint John, Fredericton, and Moncton, New Brunswick (21148163) 109.2 112.9 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.5 113.6 113.0 113.1 112.9 113.5 113.5 113.7 114.4 ..
Québec, Quebec (21148169) 134.9 141.9 142.5 142.7 142.7 142.7 142.7 146.6 146.7 146.7 147.0 147.0 147.0 148.0 ..
Montréal, Quebec (21148172) 141.8 147.7 148.9 149.4 150.3 150.3 151.0 152.4 152.6 152.7 153.3 153.6 153.6 155.3 ..
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec (21148178) 154.2 158.9 160.5 160.7 161.3 161.3 161.0 161.0 161.3 161.3 161.5 161.6 161.7 162.0 ..
Toronto and Oshawa, Ontario (21148181) 132.3 137.3 138.4 138.3 138.8 138.9 139.0 139.2 139.4 139.4 140.0 140.8 141.1 141.7 ..
London, Ontario (21148190) 126.3 132.8 135.5 135.6 134.3 135.3 135.7 135.4 135.4 135.5 136.7 137.7 138.5 138.4 ..
Winnipeg, Manitoba (21148211) 132.0 144.5 146.6 147.5 148.4 149.1 149.7 150.7 151.6 152.0 153.1 161.1 168.1 168.9 ..
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (21148220) 126.5 138.0 144.6 144.6 144.6 148.9 148.9 148.9 164.6 168.1 186.5 203.0 209.1 212.1 ..
Calgary, Alberta (21148229) 147.8 212.2 236.8 235.7 238.2 237.1 238.9 239.0 240.2 244.9 247.2 248.5 248.8 248.9 ..
Edmonton, Alberta (21148232) 137.7 177.5 196.2 200.5 204.7 205.1 208.4 214.1 214.1 223.5 229.4 231.2 247.4 248.4 ..
Vancouver, British Columbia (21148238) 105.4 112.7 115.4 116.0 116.1 116.1 116.1 116.1 117.4 118.3 121.0 122.1 122.3 122.4 ..

(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.
Capital Expenditure Price Statistics (Catalogue no. 62-007-XPB), contact: Client services (613-951-9606).

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