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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
2008 70,437 802 217 1,327 1,114 13,807
2009 61,049 766 179 1,369 1,148 12,930
August 2008 5,664 97 16 94 130 1,137
September 2008 6,428 69 23 136 114 1,204
October 2008 5,315 76 18 103 104 1,239
November 2008 4,762 66 18 106 78 1,072
December 2008 4,552 75 16 102 93 1,170
January 2009 4,273 49 12 88 67 904
February 2009 3,607 55 13 80 115 754
March 2009 4,557 90 12 60 60 996
April 2009 4,506 57 17 150 101 1,038
May 2009 5,255 55 14 130 73 1,086
June 2009 5,254 61 12 135 93 1,187
July 2009 4,791 74 20 139 124 1,141
August 2009 5,160 63 20 108 82 1,091
September 2009 5,333 52 21 125 137 1,209
October 2009 6,229 67 14 106 90 1,270
November 2009 6,123 75 11 138 98 1,130
December 2009 5,961 67 12 112 108 1,126
January 2010 5,680 86 11 135 58 1,229
February 2010 5,641 97 15 100 64 1,352
March 2010 6,335 114 23 107 85 1,340
April 2010 6,708 103 16 293 123 1,300
May 2010 6,161 61 29 121 106 1,287
June 2010 6,587 202 24 141 127 1,333
July 2010 6,372 76 17 128 116 1,283
August 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Building permits: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
v42199 v42124 v42130 v42136 v42142
  millions of dollars
2008 25,415  1,637  2,186  13,141  10,577 
2009 21,880  1,561  1,890  11,277  7,630 
August 2008 2,054  141  157  893  931 
September 2008 2,428  178  329  1,013  907 
October 2008 1,815  140  135  811  853 
November 2008 1,493  100  151  1,041  596 
December 2008 1,713  114  139  768  350 
January 2009 1,963  107  174  573  330 
February 2009 1,214  116  95  541  615 
March 2009 1,813  88  117  713  597 
April 2009 1,512  127  122  889  381 
May 2009 1,818  137  189  1,191  494 
June 2009 1,888  142  137  912  645 
July 2009 1,367  172  221  861  627 
August 2009 1,729  131  141  835  925 
September 2009 1,886  108  143  952  677 
October 2009 2,091  136  276  1,464  676 
November 2009 2,437  192  125  1,120  779 
December 2009 2,162  107  151  1,226  884 
January 2010 2,332  124  121  892  679 
February 2010 2,105  114  123  1,001  661 
March 2010 2,400  143  204  1,006  877 
April 2010 2,661  164  192  1,150  674 
May 2010 2,403  154  230  1,007  747 
June 2010 2,405  152  130  1,189  850 
July 2010 2,585  157  161  966  869 
August 2010 .. .. .. .. ..
Source(s):
Building Permits (Catalogue no. 64-001-XIE), Client services (1-800-579-8533). CANSIM tables: 026-0006and 026-0003.