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Table 11.3-3
Provincial building and housing — Housing starts in urban areas

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Housing starts in urban areas: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
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  thousands of units
2008 187.4 2.2 0.5 3.3 3.1 41.6
2009 130.4 2.0 0.7 2.8 2.6 37.0
April 2008 201.4 1.3 0.6 3.5 2.4 39.4
May 2008 202.6 2.3 0.6 2.9 4.4 45.4
June 2008 198.7 1.9 0.5 3.6 3.8 41.8
July 2008 167.6 2.2 0.4 4.4 3.6 40.3
August 2008 191.2 2.9 0.5 2.9 2.4 38.0
September 2008 202.5 2.4 0.3 4.0 3.6 43.2
October 2008 195.7 2.4 0.5 3.5 3.9 43.8
November 2008 146.9 2.0 0.6 2.8 2.7 41.3
December 2008 132.7 2.6 0.5 2.2 1.7 32.9
January 2009 114.3 2.9 0.3 1.7 2.4 35.3
February 2009 97.3 2.1 0.3 2.3 1.9 28.8
March 2009 122.8 2.5 0.1 2.5 2.0 34.2
April 2009 96.5 1.8 0.3 1.6 2.3 32.8
May 2009 108.3 2.0 0.7 2.6 3.3 35.7
June 2009 125.5 2.1 1.0 2.1 2.8 33.6
July 2009 123.0 2.5 0.6 2.8 3.2 42.1
August 2009 145.2 1.7 1.0 4.0 2.7 44.0
September 2009 147.3 1.8 0.8 4.9 2.3 38.9
October 2009 164.0 1.8 1.1 3.9 2.9 34.9
November 2009 152.6 2.1 0.9 2.2 2.7 38.0
December 2009 158.0 2.7 0.8 2.5 2.5 44.8
January 2010 167.5 2.5 0.3 2.6 3.4 48.9
February 2010 182.0 2.9 0.2 5.5 1.4 41.4
March 2010 173.6 3.4 0.2 3.1 2.4 46.8
April 2010 181.5 2.4 0.3 3.2 2.9 46.3
Housing starts in urban areas: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
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  thousands of units
2008 71.9  3.8  4.7  25.4  30.9 
2009 47.9  2.8  2.9  17.7  13.8 
April 2008 82.0  3.8  3.9  27.7  36.8 
May 2008 68.9  5.3  5.7  31.1  36.0 
June 2008 87.6  3.5  7.8  18.2  30.0 
July 2008 51.2  3.5  5.5  24.0  32.5 
August 2008 90.6  3.7  3.7  18.7  27.8 
September 2008 83.5  3.8  4.7  20.6  36.4 
October 2008 85.1  3.9  2.9  21.7  28.0 
November 2008 54.7  4.0  4.5  17.0  17.3 
December 2008 51.3  4.2  2.8  15.5  19.0 
January 2009 42.4  2.1  1.3  13.6  12.3 
February 2009 36.5  2.4  1.7  10.1  11.2 
March 2009 58.5  2.4  1.4  10.1  9.1 
April 2009 34.3  2.0  1.2  10.0  10.2 
May 2009 39.5  1.9  1.8  11.3  9.5 
June 2009 46.7  3.5  4.2  17.8  11.7 
July 2009 38.0  2.9  2.4  17.1  11.4 
August 2009 47.5  4.3  4.8  18.3  16.9 
September 2009 54.0  3.2  3.1  21.7  16.6 
October 2009 68.8  3.0  3.0  26.8  17.8 
November 2009 53.0  3.0  6.0  27.3  17.4 
December 2009 52.9  2.4  3.4  25.6  20.4 
January 2010 54.4  3.6  5.5  21.7  24.6 
February 2010 70.2  4.3  3.9  26.0  26.2 
March 2010 59.7  2.8  2.8  30.4  22.0 
April 2010 62.4  2.3  3.4  32.7  25.6 
Source(s):
CMHC Starts and Completions Survey, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, contact: L. Bourgon (613-748-2358). CANSIM tables: 027-0001 and 027-0051.