Table 8.3-1
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
v5406 v5407 v5439 v5446 v5453 v5460
  millions of dollars
1948 647 .. 1 13 13 155
1949 745 .. 1 13 9 170
1950 958 6 1 27 15 236
1951 861 5 1 16 10 171
1952 1,062 9 1 15 11 243
1953 1,422 7 1 24 17 301
1954 1,521 8 2 18 15 302
1955 1,805 9 4 20 21 384
1956 1,828 9 1 23 22 398
1957 1,827 9 1 18 23 391
1958 2,357 19 4 26 19 491
1959 2,379 13 3 32 27 547
1960 2,025 10 2 36 23 465
1961 2,244 20 8 45 30 521
1962 2,517 19 3 45 27 647
1963 2,823 22 8 66 36 722
1964 3,268 22 8 79 54 788
1965 3,810 40 8 86 73 899
1966 3,715 36 5 78 46 742
1967 4,068 33 5 111 60 774
1968 4,776 36 4 104 75 1,067
1969 4,896 29 5 148 84 921
1970 4,700 26 7 89 62 929
1971 5,712 36 8 104 101 1,224
1972 6,464 41 7 162 130 1,287
1973 8,559 88 14 181 145 1,699
1974 9,280 69 40 302 168 2,021
1975 10,598 65 70 341 232 2,031
1976 12,199 107 49 310 251 2,803
1977 12,420 128 69 317 178 2,459
1978 13,135 109 90 361 237 2,406
1979 14,144 126 79 365 250 2,464
1980 15,452 143 46 328 202 2,513
1981 18,735 148 43 377 224 2,864
1982 12,789 102 49 324 180 2,128
1983 14,571 145 74 469 277 3,069
1984 15,502 154 78 561 293 3,611
1985 19,524 184 87 668 373 4,475
1986 24,690 207 107 756 461 5,887
1987 30,981 235 124 774 517 8,102
1988 34,829 273 173 833 502 7,748
1989 40,014 347 149 881 596 8,665
1990 32,265 313 159 783 494 7,145
1991 28,474 275 121 635 415 6,245
1992 26,957 242 132 605 454 5,207
1993 25,586 255 112 595 427 5,376
1994 27,637 263 113 669 440 5,898
1995 24,589 202 95 620 488 4,947
1996 26,155 224 96 689 441 4,938
1997 30,838 214 110 631 459 5,133
1998 33,341 253 116 637 481 5,897
1999 35,736 297 141 907 481 5,940
2000 36,950 283 99 878 485 6,272
2001 40,856 298 217 700 535 7,571
2002 47,262 383 146 877 664 8,628
2003 50,772 421 178 1,014 696 10,091
2004 55,579 501 224 1,126 797 11,630
2005 60,751 494 244 1,188 829 11,288
2006 66,266 538 207 1,291 933 11,878
2007 74,380 660 164 1,289 965 12,973
2008 70,437 802 217 1,327 1,114 13,807
2009 61,049 766 179 1,369 1,148 12,930
2010 72,445 1,205 260 1,634 1,133 14,842
Building permits: Part 2
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
v5467 v5474 v5481 v5488 v5414
  millions of dollars
1948 269 32 14 53 97
1949 334 32 19 75 93
1950 434 38 23 87 92
1951 444 34 17 74 87
1952 503 54 34 99 94
1953 668 56 65 135 150
1954 731 76 56 148 165
1955 801 100 58 177 231
1956 810 75 54 188 247
1957 829 74 66 173 245
1958 1,098 95 84 258 264
1959 1,021 111 101 270 255
1960 906 115 75 199 194
1961 988 105 88 232 207
1962 1,065 99 91 284 237
1963 1,207 120 92 275 274
1964 1,434 121 112 289 359
1965 1,661 122 149 348 423
1966 1,793 122 144 330 418
1967 1,886 126 163 391 518
1968 2,151 181 143 467 548
1969 2,302 183 98 476 650
1970 2,302 200 60 421 604
1971 2,600 194 115 545 786
1972 2,988 224 108 635 870
1973 4,021 224 184 763 1,227
1974 3,827 273 238 1,070 1,260
1975 4,309 291 430 1,271 1,540
1976 4,074 433 516 1,831 1,806
1977 4,175 399 540 2,375 1,751
1978 4,241 471 487 3,034 1,655
1979 4,326 339 667 3,355 2,134
1980 4,405 267 546 4,015 2,951
1981 5,430 341 575 5,131 3,556
1982 4,211 266 430 2,911 2,161
1983 5,350 433 613 1,871 2,238
1984 6,274 529 570 1,386 2,004
1985 8,393 696 548 1,798 2,190
1986 11,359 810 741 1,841 2,420
1987 14,834 863 666 1,860 2,906
1988 17,281 789 524 2,440 4,150
1989 20,031 846 511 2,647 5,221
1990 14,064 732 460 3,017 4,983
1991 11,999 561 327 2,639 5,132
1992 9,963 541 323 3,106 6,256
1993 8,775 529 327 2,713 6,389
1994 10,001 685 372 2,741 6,318
1995 9,192 525 478 2,507 5,401
1996 9,598 592 543 2,883 6,053
1997 12,889 690 627 4,446 5,544
1998 13,840 1,032 673 5,552 4,740
1999 16,733 879 722 4,802 4,696
2000 17,557 854 609 5,296 4,492
2001 19,069 739 703 5,912 4,955
2002 22,281 889 709 6,847 5,659
2003 23,235 1,065 773 6,667 6,394
2004 23,905 1,150 770 7,327 7,939
2005 24,130 1,129 906 10,202 10,183
2006 23,292 1,379 1,139 13,876 11,542
2007 26,710 1,480 1,646 15,730 12,545
2008 25,415 1,637 2,186 13,141 10,577
2009 21,880 1,561 1,890 11,277 7,630
2010 28,139 1,757 2,077 11,425 9,724
Source(s):
Building Permits (Catalogue no. 64-001-XIE), Client services (1-800-579-8533). CANSIM tables: 026-0006and 026-0003.