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Table 29 Construction

  2005 2006 2006 2007
    S O N D J F M A M J J A S
                             
$'000,000                              
Building permits (4667) 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 ..
    Annual % change
 9.3 9.1 12.0 17.6 29.4 -7.2 35.2 2.6 11.5 13.7 25.0 21.6 12.4 6.2 ..
                             
    Non-residential (4669)
 22,028 25,213 2,170 2,519 2,599 2,195 2,632 1,865 2,421 2,004 3,115 2,835 2,304 2,403 ..
    Industrial (4670)
 3,995 4,533 402 373 502 446 661 307 429 345 436 407 505 462 ..
    Commercial (4671)
 12,015 14,431 1,134 1,607 1,347 1,382 1,342 1,057 1,495 1,310 2,057 1,715 1,204 1,323 ..
    Institutional and government (4672)
 6,017 6,250 634 540 750 367 629 501 498 349 622 713 595 618 ..
                             
    Residential (4668)
 38,723 41,053 3,468 3,779 3,635 3,478 3,633 2,939 3,656 3,627 3,821 4,109 3,900 3,888 ..
                             
'000 units                              
Housing starts (at annual rates)                              
                             
All areas (730390) 224 228 208 225 229 213 253 199 214 219 235 225 225 236 281
    Annual % change
 -3.7 2.0 -11.4 6.1 0.7 -9.4 2.6 -16.3 -13.5 -1.8 5.3 -4.9 -4.6 9.8 35.3
Urban centres (730040) 192 196 176 194 198 182 217 163 178 186 203 193 188 199 244
    Singles (730041)
 94 95 94 93 89 87 92 81 85 88 90 92 93 94 90
    Multiples (730047)
 99 101 81 101 109 95 126 83 93 98 112 100 95 104 154
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.
National Income and Expenditure Accounts, quarterly estimates (Catalogue no.13-001-XIB), Information Officer (613-951-3640).
CANSIM tables: 026-0008, 027-0007, 027-0002 and 380-0010