Table 8.9
Construction

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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
2009 61,049 -13.3 26,341 3,871 13,845 8,625 34,708 149 -29.7
2010 72,299 18.4 28,828 5,108 15,365 8,356 43,471 192 28.7
January 2009 4,273 -28.3 1,936 196 923 817 1,223 135 -35.3 
February 2009 3,607 -41.4 1,354 196 801 357 1,413 115 -51.2 
March 2009 4,557 -19.0 2,305 190 1,401 714 2,149 145 -40.2 
April 2009 4,506 -31.7 2,229 445 1,167 617 2,627 112 -49.9 
May 2009 5,255 -21.4 2,604 405 1,200 1,000 3,257 127 -44.2 
June 2009 5,254 -16.0 2,695 328 1,436 930 3,391 143 -35.9 
July 2009 4,791 -25.6 2,097 286 1,059 753 3,152 139 -28.0 
August 2009 5,160 -8.9 2,153 289 1,112 752 3,217 162 -24.7 
September 2009 5,333 -17.0 2,056 387 1,067 602 3,722 166 -27.6 
October 2009 6,229 17.2 2,767 627 1,220 920 3,893 189 -14.5 
November 2009 6,123 28.6 2,126 301 1,165 660 3,730 176 3.5 
December 2009 5,961 30.9 2,019 222 1,294 502 2,934 176 17.7 
January 2010 5,680 32.9 1,435 222 779 434 2,492 193 42.7 
February 2010 5,641 56.4 1,609 246 970 393 2,437 202 75.9 
March 2010 6,335 39.0 2,109 427 1,164 518 4,142 198 36.7 
April 2010 6,708 48.8 2,948 445 1,622 880 4,272 205 84.1 
May 2010 6,161 17.2 2,493 697 1,102 694 4,402 198 55.5 
June 2010 6,587 25.4 3,281 578 1,706 996 4,332 192 34.5 
July 2010 6,334 32.2 2,859 419 1,271 1,169 3,821 199 43.1 
August 2010 5,732 11.1 2,208 389 1,115 704 3,774 190 17.4 
September 2010 6,589 23.6 2,918 375 1,675 869 4,113 185 11.6 
October 2010 6,180 -0.8 2,848 410 1,736 702 3,639 172 -8.8 
November 2010 5,531 -9.7 2,367 464 1,281 623 3,072 195 10.5 
December 2010 5,661 -5.0 1,753 437 943 374 2,976 169 -4.2 
January 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 170 -11.5 
Construction: Part 2
  Urban centres starts
Total Singles Multiples
v52299896 v52299897 v52299901
  thousands of units
2009 130  60  70 
2010 168  77  91 
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 180  89  91 
March 2010 172  95  77 
April 2010 182  93  88 
May 2010 170  76  94 
June 2010 166  77  89 
July 2010 176  72  104 
August 2010 168  69  99 
September 2010 163  64  99 
October 2010 148  62  85 
November 2010 171  66  105 
December 2010 150  65  84 
January 2011 147  64  83 
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
2009 71,804 29,028 33,141 10,736 45,180   28,532   16,652  
2010 .. .. .. .. ..   ..   ..  
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 79,502 31,994 37,036 11,844 47,112  29,820  17,296 
Second quarter 2010 79,692 34,352 36,648 10,368 48,257  31,400  16,860 
Third quarter 2010 78,626 34,533 36,764 9,296 50,646  31,488  19,164 
Fourth quarter 2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
First quarter 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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). National Income and Expenditure Accounts. Client services (613-951-3640). CANSIM tables : 026-0008, 027-0054, 027-0051 and 380-0010.