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| Year | Permits (millions of dollars) | Housing starts (all areas) | Change (%) | ||||||
| Total | Change (%) | Non-residential | Residential | '000 units | |||||
| Total | Industrial | Commercial | Institutional and government | ||||||
| 4661 | 4661 | 4663 | 4664 | 4665 | 4666 | 4662 | 730390 | 730390 | |
| 1948 | 647 | .. | 267 | 51 | 135 | 77 | 380 | .. | .. |
| 1949 | 745 | 15.1 | 300 | 40 | 150 | 103 | 445 | .. | .. |
| 1950 | 958 | 28.5 | 427 | 64 | 241 | 110 | 531 | .. | .. |
| 1951 | 861 | -10.2 | 416 | 114 | 148 | 148 | 445 | .. | .. |
| 1952 | 1,062 | 23.5 | 453 | 101 | 181 | 164 | 610 | .. | .. |
| 1953 | 1,422 | 33.9 | 613 | 201 | 191 | 213 | 810 | .. | .. |
| 1954 | 1,521 | 6.9 | 638 | 176 | 187 | 265 | 884 | .. | .. |
| 1955 | 1,805 | 18.6 | 774 | 196 | 254 | 311 | 1,031 | .. | .. |
| 1956 | 1,828 | 1.3 | 854 | 222 | 326 | 296 | 974 | .. | .. |
| 1957 | 1,827 | 0.0 | 875 | 219 | 342 | 309 | 952 | .. | .. |
| 1958 | 2,357 | 29.0 | 976 | 180 | 367 | 426 | 1,381 | .. | .. |
| 1959 | 2,379 | 0.9 | 1,124 | 193 | 509 | 419 | 1,255 | .. | .. |
| 1960 | 2,025 | -14.9 | 1,080 | 184 | 433 | 460 | 944 | .. | .. |
| 1961 | 2,244 | 10.8 | 1,068 | 198 | 438 | 431 | 1,176 | .. | .. |
| 1962 | 2,517 | 12.1 | 1,307 | 218 | 469 | 620 | 1,209 | .. | .. |
| 1963 | 2,823 | 12.2 | 1,361 | 281 | 460 | 620 | 1,462 | .. | .. |
| 1964 | 3,268 | 15.7 | 1,653 | 381 | 598 | 674 | 1,615 | .. | .. |
| 1965 | 3,810 | 16.6 | 2,053 | 430 | 783 | 840 | 1,757 | .. | .. |
| 1966 | 3,715 | -2.5 | 2,123 | 474 | 737 | 913 | 1,592 | .. | .. |
| 1967 | 4,068 | 9.5 | 2,144 | 425 | 677 | 1,042 | 1,924 | .. | .. |
| 1968 | 4,776 | 17.4 | 2,370 | 531 | 696 | 1,143 | 2,406 | .. | .. |
| 1969 | 4,896 | 2.5 | 2,466 | 567 | 839 | 1,060 | 2,429 | .. | .. |
| 1970 | 4,700 | -4.0 | 2,389 | 498 | 807 | 1,084 | 2,312 | .. | .. |
| 1971 | 5,730 | 21.9 | 2,527 | 461 | 1,070 | 996 | 3,203 | .. | .. |
| 1972 | 6,464 | 12.8 | 2,825 | 520 | 1,412 | 893 | 3,638 | .. | .. |
| 1973 | 8,559 | 32.4 | 3,796 | 854 | 1,970 | 972 | 4,763 | .. | .. |
| 1974 | 9,280 | 8.4 | 4,704 | 1,316 | 2,293 | 1,096 | 4,576 | .. | .. |
| 1975 | 10,598 | 14.2 | 4,469 | 876 | 2,251 | 1,342 | 6,129 | .. | .. |
| 1976 | 12,199 | 15.1 | 4,724 | 1,010 | 2,546 | 1,168 | 7,476 | .. | .. |
| 1977 | 12,420 | 1.8 | 4,807 | 1,012 | 2,444 | 1,351 | 7,613 | 246 | .. |
| 1978 | 13,135 | 5.8 | 5,568 | 1,054 | 3,140 | 1,374 | 7,567 | 228 | -7.5 |
| 1979 | 14,144 | 7.7 | 6,377 | 1,316 | 3,727 | 1,334 | 7,767 | 197 | -13.5 |
| 1980 | 15,452 | 9.2 | 7,984 | 1,911 | 4,322 | 1,751 | 7,468 | 159 | -19.4 |
| 1981 | 18,735 | 21.2 | 8,921 | 1,731 | 5,230 | 1,960 | 9,815 | 178 | 12.3 |
| 1982 | 12,789 | -31.7 | 6,656 | 1,096 | 3,485 | 2,074 | 6,133 | 126 | -29.3 |
| 1983 | 14,571 | 13.9 | 5,712 | 940 | 2,761 | 2,012 | 8,859 | 162 | 28.9 |
| 1984 | 15,502 | 6.4 | 6,988 | 1,367 | 3,715 | 1,906 | 8,513 | 135 | -16.7 |
| 1985 | 19,524 | 25.9 | 8,641 | 1,885 | 4,640 | 2,116 | 10,883 | 166 | 22.6 |
| 1986 | 24,690 | 26.5 | 10,471 | 1,899 | 6,152 | 2,420 | 14,219 | 200 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 30,981 | 25.5 | 12,148 | 2,806 | 7,039 | 2,303 | 18,832 | 246 | 23.2 |
| 1988 | 34,829 | 12.4 | 14,710 | 3,046 | 8,756 | 2,908 | 20,119 | 222 | -9.6 |
| 1989 | 40,014 | 14.9 | 18,307 | 5,545 | 9,794 | 2,968 | 21,707 | 215 | -3.2 |
| 1990 | 32,265 | -19.4 | 14,751 | 3,400 | 8,004 | 3,347 | 17,515 | 182 | -15.5 |
| 1991 | 28,474 | -11.8 | 11,837 | 2,120 | 5,906 | 3,811 | 16,637 | 156 | -14.1 |
| 1992 | 26,957 | -5.3 | 9,796 | 1,605 | 4,918 | 3,273 | 17,161 | 168 | 7.5 |
| 1993 | 25,586 | -5.1 | 9,154 | 1,756 | 4,268 | 3,130 | 16,433 | 155 | -7.5 |
| 1994 | 27,637 | 8.0 | 10,047 | 2,250 | 4,993 | 2,803 | 17,590 | 154 | -0.9 |
| 1995 | 24,589 | -11.0 | 11,350 | 2,822 | 5,439 | 3,089 | 13,239 | 113 | -26.9 |
| 1996 | 26,155 | 6.4 | 10,437 | 2,643 | 5,567 | 2,227 | 15,718 | 123 | 9.6 |
| 1997 | 30,838 | 17.9 | 12,521 | 3,455 | 6,520 | 2,546 | 18,317 | 148 | 20.2 |
| 1998 | 33,341 | 8.1 | 15,395 | 4,261 | 8,115 | 3,019 | 17,945 | 138 | -6.7 |
| 1999 | 35,736 | 7.2 | 15,779 | 3,630 | 8,463 | 3,686 | 19,957 | 149 | 8.0 |
| 2000 | 36,950 | 3.4 | 16,608 | 3,976 | 8,907 | 3,726 | 20,342 | 153 | 2.3 |
| 2001 | 40,856 | 10.6 | 18,237 | 3,665 | 9,307 | 5,265 | 22,619 | 163 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 47,262 | 15.7 | 17,675 | 3,277 | 8,642 | 5,756 | 29,587 | 205 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 50,772 | 7.4 | 18,801 | 3,618 | 9,323 | 5,859 | 31,971 | 220 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | 55,579 | 9.5 | 18,745 | 3,471 | 10,137 | 5,137 | 36,833 | 233 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | 60,751 | 9.3 | 22,028 | 3,995 | 12,015 | 6,017 | 38,723 | 224 | -3.7 |
| 2006 | 66,266 | 9.1 | 25,213 | 4,533 | 14,431 | 6,250 | 41,053 | 229 | 2.3 |
| 2007 | 74,380 | 12.2 | 28,832 | 4,987 | 16,966 | 6,879 | 45,547 | 228 | -0.7 |