Table 5.9
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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
v4661 v4661 v4663 v4664 v4665 v4666 v4662 v52300157 v52300157
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars thousands of units percent
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 .. ..
1978 13,135 5.8 5,568 1,054 3,140 1,374 7,567 .. ..
1979 14,144 7.7 6,377 1,316 3,727 1,334 7,767 .. ..
1980 15,452 9.2 7,984 1,911 4,322 1,751 7,468 .. ..
1981 18,735 21.2 8,921 1,731 5,230 1,960 9,815 .. ..
1982 12,789 -31.7 6,656 1,096 3,485 2,074 6,133 .. ..
1983 14,571 13.9 5,712 940 2,761 2,012 8,859 .. ..
1984 15,502 6.4 6,988 1,367 3,715 1,906 8,513 .. ..
1985 19,524 25.9 8,641 1,885 4,640 2,116 10,883 .. ..
1986 24,690 26.5 10,471 1,899 6,152 2,420 14,219 .. ..
1987 30,981 25.5 12,148 2,806 7,039 2,303 18,832 .. ..
1988 34,829 12.4 14,710 3,046 8,756 2,908 20,119 .. ..
1989 40,014 14.9 18,307 5,545 9,794 2,968 21,707 .. ..
1990 32,265 -19.4 14,751 3,400 8,004 3,347 17,515 190 ..
1991 28,474 -11.8 11,837 2,120 5,906 3,811 16,637 154 -18.9
1992 26,957 -5.3 9,796 1,605 4,918 3,273 17,161 172 11.2
1993 25,586 -5.1 9,154 1,756 4,268 3,130 16,433 156 -8.8
1994 27,637 8.0 10,047 2,250 4,993 2,803 17,590 152 -2.8
1995 24,589 -11.0 11,350 2,822 5,439 3,089 13,239 113 -25.9
1996 26,155 6.4 10,437 2,643 5,567 2,227 15,718 123 9.4
1997 30,838 17.9 12,521 3,455 6,520 2,546 18,317 147 19.3
1998 33,341 8.1 15,395 4,261 8,115 3,019 17,945 137 -6.6
1999 35,736 7.2 15,779 3,630 8,463 3,686 19,957 150 8.9
2000 36,950 3.4 16,608 3,976 8,907 3,726 20,342 152 1.9
2001 40,856 10.6 18,237 3,665 9,307 5,265 22,619 163 7.0
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 31,971 219 6.5
2004 55,579 9.5 18,745 3,471 10,137 5,137 36,833 233 6.6
2005 60,751 9.3 22,028 3,995 12,015 6,017 38,723 225 -3.5
2006 66,266 9.1 25,213 4,533 14,431 6,250 41,053 228 1.4
2007 74,380 12.2 28,832 4,987 16,966 6,879 45,547 229 0.2
2008 70,437 -5.3 29,559 5,069 16,681 7,809 40,878 212 -7.5
2009 61,049 -13.3 26,341 3,871 13,845 8,625 34,708 149 -29.7
2010 72,445 18.7 28,974 5,131 15,359 8,484 43,471 192 28.8
Construction: Part 2
  Urban centres starts
Total Singles Multiples
v52299896 v52299897 v52299901
  thousands of units
1990 158 83 75
1991 129 64 64
1992 141 71 71
1993 131 65 66
1994 126 66 60
1995 91 47 44
1996 100 57 43
1997 123 73 50
1998 117 69 49
1999 127 72 54
2000 132 75 57
2001 143 78 64
2002 179 103 76
2003 192 100 92
2004 204 103 101
2005 193 94 99
2006 196 95 101
2007 194 90 103
2008 189 75 113
2009 130 60 70
2010 168 77 91
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
1981 41,969 21,102 12,073 8,250 22,179 14,249 7,775
1982 34,767 15,554 12,235 6,611 17,887 8,673 9,573
1983 40,533 19,400 12,843 8,062 22,765 14,437 8,317
1984 40,533 17,955 14,059 8,201 22,719 14,885 7,744
1985 44,008 20,188 14,413 9,224 22,753 15,604 6,981
1986 49,381 24,516 14,677 10,062 27,546 19,366 7,928
1987 56,552 30,124 15,980 10,192 32,308 22,494 9,550
1988 57,803 29,088 17,308 11,282 32,810 22,188 10,440
1989 60,094 30,494 18,222 11,235 32,723 21,955 10,615
1990 53,907 27,881 17,335 8,471 31,850 20,702 11,100
1991 46,131 22,338 15,011 8,801 29,854 19,324 10,576
1992 49,294 24,410 15,500 9,380 30,856 20,865 10,002
1993 47,409 23,040 15,575 8,792 29,450 20,372 9,074
1994 49,264 25,045 15,279 8,942 31,637 22,862 8,750
1995 41,917 19,922 14,300 7,683 25,696 18,288 7,394
1996 45,976 21,270 15,386 9,433 27,881 20,011 7,858
1997 49,734 24,780 16,091 8,963 32,346 24,080 8,243
1998 47,968 23,900 15,882 8,225 30,450 23,022 7,402
1999 49,688 24,817 16,210 8,728 32,751 25,120 7,602
2000 52,290 25,526 18,131 8,613 33,642 25,494 8,126
2001 57,766 27,041 21,088 9,576 35,246 26,935 8,309
2002 65,926 33,242 22,089 10,595 42,568 32,351 10,217
2003 69,474 35,087 23,593 10,805 45,417 34,732 10,685
2004 74,691 38,039 25,191 11,490 48,733 36,709 12,028
2005 77,120 37,539 27,764 11,931 49,483 36,259 13,235
2006 78,818 37,503 29,773 11,862 49,552 35,466 14,110
2007 81,098 37,113 32,327 12,218 50,020 36,566 13,476
2008 78,397 36,499 32,754 10,164 51,154 34,509 16,655
2009 72,321 29,072 33,634 10,763 45,755 28,842 16,917
2010 79,635 33,692 37,040 10,557 49,532 31,279 18,263
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.