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Table 12.3-1
Provincial building and housing — Building permits

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Building permits: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
v42061 v42094 v42106 v42112 v42118 v42163
  millions of dollars
2007 74,380 660 164 1,289 965 12,973
2008 70,437 802 217 1,327 1,114 13,807
2007  
April 5,688 44 12 146 77 1,056
May 6,992 49 14 111 99 1,158
June 6,891 48 11 129 78 1,201
July 6,100 55 13 125 89 1,106
August 6,360 71 13 141 98 1,127
September 6,221 63 10 104 73 1,031
October 6,783 50 25 126 94 1,177
November 6,113 59 17 115 86 1,146
December 6,150 98 12 74 48 1,015
2008  
January 5,904 45 8 75 74 995
February 5,925 45 11 92 56 1,029
March 5,624 45 17 98 56 1,036
April 6,584 72 19 130 79 1,156
May 6,668 59 43 130 127 1,153
June 6,291 70 13 133 110 1,169
July 6,416 81 16 120 88 1,349
August 5,673 94 16 94 130 1,131
September 6,458 68 23 141 114 1,202
October 5,426 75 18 103 106 1,283
November 4,821 66 18 108 79 1,105
December 4,647 83 16 102 95 1,198
2009  
January 4,370 49 13 88 75 934
February 3,679 61 46 83 117 767
March 4,577 94 12 60 60 1,017
April 4,327 58 15 147 101 997
Building permits: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
v42199 v42124 v42130 v42136 v42142
  millions of dollars
2007 26,710 1,480 1,646 15,730 12,545
2008 25,415 1,637 2,186 13,141 10,577
2007  
April 1,945 108 95 1,214 968
May 2,097 154 132 1,819 1,337
June 2,227 151 183 1,529 1,308
July 2,070 122 145 1,352 1,004
August 2,203 122 188 1,324 1,060
September 2,612 135 137 1,228 813
October 2,486 114 129 1,446 1,129
November 2,329 113 121 1,204 912
December 2,365 100 217 1,129 1,077
2008  
January 2,448 107 118 1,193 839
February 2,015 122 114 1,494 942
March 2,118 116 149 1,008 957
April 2,398 144 227 1,267 1,081
May 2,386 138 176 1,303 1,139
June 2,211 123 199 1,184 1,057
July 2,250 202 280 1,122 886
August 2,047 142 159 908 939
September 2,428 178 329 1,032 913
October 1,846 143 140 831 861
November 1,498 102 155 1,045 605
December 1,771 120 139 755 357
2009  
January 2,009 109 181 573 332
February 1,247 117 99 519 615
March 1,818 88 118 700 598
April 1,533 125 119 743 380
Source(s):
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.