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Construction: Part 1
  Permits Housing starts (all areas) Percentage change
Total Percentage change Non-residential Residential
Total Industrial Commercial Institutional and government
v4667 v4667 v4669 v4670 v4671 v4672 v4668 v52300157 v52300157
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars thousands of units percent
2008 70,437 -5.3 29,559 5,069 16,681 7,809 40,878 212 -7.5
2009 61,049 -13.3 26,341 3,871 13,845 8,625 34,708 149 -29.6
April 2008 6,597 15.8 2,569 337 1,669 563 4,028 223 -1.3
May 2008 6,687 -4.8 2,961 560 1,732 670 3,726 228 -3.8
June 2008 6,252 -9.0 2,713 394 1,510 809 3,540 224 -3.0
July 2008 6,437 5.3 2,734 487 1,483 764 3,704 193 -12.9
August 2008 5,664 -10.7 2,243 404 1,374 466 3,421 215 -5.4
September 2008 6,428 3.1 3,200 660 1,525 1,015 3,228 230 -20.1
October 2008 5,315 -20.4 2,383 338 1,288 757 2,932 220 -6.4
November 2008 4,762 -21.4 2,075 321 1,143 611 2,688 170 -28.3
December 2008 4,552 -24.9 1,979 423 1,047 509 2,573 149 -13.1
January 2009 4,273 -28.3 2,239 209 1,196 834 2,035 136 -35.2
February 2009 3,607 -41.4 1,545 209 966 371 2,062 115 -51.2
March 2009 4,557 -19.0 2,342 188 1,432 722 2,215 146 -39.9
April 2009 4,506 -31.7 2,160 448 1,097 615 2,346 112 -49.8
May 2009 5,255 -21.4 2,546 395 1,167 984 2,709 128 -44.1
June 2009 5,254 -16.0 2,504 324 1,257 923 2,750 143 -35.9
July 2009 4,791 -25.6 2,068 279 1,050 739 2,723 139 -27.9
August 2009 5,160 -8.9 2,086 293 1,059 734 3,074 162 -24.6
September 2009 5,333 -17.0 1,921 367 954 600 3,411 166 -27.6
October 2009 6,229 17.2 2,663 626 1,120 917 3,566 188 -14.5
November 2009 6,123 28.6 2,143 298 1,179 667 3,980 176 3.5
December 2009 5,961 30.9 2,123 234 1,370 519 3,838 176 17.7
January 2010 5,680 32.9 1,689 258 989 441 3,991 193 42.6
February 2010 5,641 56.4 1,956 270 1,243 443 3,685 204 77.2
March 2010 6,335 39.0 2,121 436 1,167 519 4,214 199 36.7
April 2010 6,680 48.2 2,803 415 1,506 882 3,876 201 79.2
Construction: Part 2
  Urban centres starts
Total Singles Multiples
v52299896 v52299897 v52299901
  thousands of units
2008 189  75  113 
2009 130  60  70 
April 2008 201 79 122
May 2008 203 82 120
June 2008 199 75 124
July 2008 168 74 93
August 2008 191 76 115
September 2008 202 68 135
October 2008 196 69 126
November 2008 147 65 82
December 2008 133 60 73
January 2009 114 50 64
February 2009 97 44 53
March 2009 123 44 78
April 2009 96 43 53
May 2009 108 50 59
June 2009 126 55 71
July 2009 123 58 66
August 2009 145 61 84
September 2009 147 72 76
October 2009 164 76 88
November 2009 153 79 73
December 2009 158 86 72
January 2010 168 91 77
February 2010 182 90 92
March 2010 174 96 78
April 2010 182 84 98
Construction: Part 3
  Investment
Structures House sales
Total New housing Renovations Transfer costs Total Singles Multiples
v1992123 v1992120 v1992121 v1992122 v1992126 v1992127 v1992128
  millions of chained 2002 dollars
2008 78,092 36,450 32,758 9,965 50,647   34,221   16,437  
2009 71,804 29,028 33,141 10,736 45,180   28,532   16,652  
Second quarter 2007 81,119 37,156 32,124 12,348 49,887  36,968  12,940 
Third quarter 2007 81,137 37,525 32,508 11,752 49,239  36,100  13,160 
Fourth quarter 2007 81,620 37,329 32,932 12,024 50,359  37,080  13,300 
First quarter 2008 80,423 36,641 33,292 11,380 48,942  34,768  14,192 
Second quarter 2008 79,693 37,147 33,060 10,500 50,793  34,276  16,528 
Third quarter 2008 78,777 36,688 33,048 10,140 50,456  34,712  15,760 
Fourth quarter 2008 73,477 35,323 31,632 7,840 52,398  33,128  19,268 
First quarter 2009 69,214 31,248 31,360 7,992 44,451  29,200  15,252 
Second quarter 2009 70,243 28,372 32,344 10,612 46,481  29,368  17,116 
Third quarter 2009 71,757 27,347 33,636 11,756 44,564  27,972  16,596 
Fourth quarter 2009 76,000 29,144 35,224 12,584 45,226  27,588  17,644 
First quarter 2010 80,090 32,216 37,436 11,864 46,856  29,208  17,652 
Second quarter 2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Source(s):
Building Permits (Catalogue no. 64-001-XIE), Client services (1-800-579-8533). Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, contact: L. Bourgon (613-748-2358). Client services (613-951-3640). CANSIM tables : 026-0008, 027-0054, 027-0051 and 380-0010.
Date Modified: 2010-06-10

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