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Table 5: Dwelling Units, Value of Residential and Non-residential Building Permits, Provinces and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted, 2004

Month Number of dwelling units Estimated value of construction
Singles1 Multiples Total dwellings Residential Non-residential Total
Industrial Commercial Institutional and governmental Total
units units units thousands of dollars thousands of dollars thousands of dollars thousands of dollars thousands of dollars thousands of dollars
Canada                  
    Januaryr
 10,533 9,354 19,887 2,928,437 220,500 840,003 317,742 1,378,245 4,306,682
    Februaryp
 10,108 8,604 18,712 2,788,512 254,054 882,132 450,718 1,586,904 4,375,416
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 20,641 17,958 38,599 5,716,949 474,554 1,722,135 768,460 2,965,149 8,682,098
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 20,793 15,279 36,072 5,086,768 698,707 1,652,369 955,849 3,306,925 8,393,693
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Januaryr
 205 10 215 29,735 395 8,576 935 9,906 39,641
    Februaryp
 193 43 236 35,157 94 5,660 220 5,974 41,131
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 398 53 451 64,892 489 14,236 1,155 15,880 80,772
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 275 30 305 40,042 379 14,594 3,918 18,891 58,933
Prince Edward Island                  
    Januaryr
 81 3 84 8,944 0 91 5,006 5,097 14,041
    Februaryp
 64 8 72 10,561 50 949 10 1,009 11,570
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 145 11 156 19,505 50 1,040 5,016 6,106 25,611
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 106 22 128 13,036 0 1,353 875 2,228 15,264
Nova Scotia                  
    Januaryr
 244 69 313 43,505 977 32,390 1,295 34,662 78,167
    Februaryp
 238 81 319 44,343 1,593 16,549 5,659 23,801 68,144
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 482 150 632 87,848 2,570 48,939 6,954 58,463 146,311
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 506 289 795 100,216 2,656 26,941 2,093 31,690 131,906
New Brunswick                  
    Januaryr
 282 18 300 54,396 868 3,571 1,539 5,978 60,374
    Februaryp
 260 4 264 34,803 2,728 4,747 355 7,830 42,633
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 542 22 564 89,199 3,596 8,318 1,894 13,808 103,007
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 421 64 485 57,879 3,017 19,155 2,137 24,309 82,188
Quebec                  
    Januaryr
 2,273 4,248 6,521 728,124 39,216 191,300 55,280 285,796 1,013,920
    Februaryp
 2,241 2,029 4,270 622,292 78,406 195,744 137,058 411,208 1,033,500
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 4,514 6,277 10,791 1,350,416 117,622 387,044 192,338 697,004 2,047,420
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 4,194 4,786 8,980 1,053,786 80,212 317,504 105,154 502,870 1,556,656
Ontario                  
    Januaryr
 3,975 2,450 6,425 1,143,165 145,536 315,096 189,978 650,610 1,793,775
    Februaryp
 3,671 3,814 7,485 1,134,260 114,571 377,415 273,194 765,180 1,899,440
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 7,646 6,264 13,910 2,277,425 260,107 692,511 463,172 1,415,790 3,693,215
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 8,111 6,758 14,869 2,315,877 487,368 730,396 682,028 1,899,792 4,215,669
Manitoba                  
    Januaryr
 320 14 334 48,544 3,592 9,533 9,801 22,926 71,470
    Februaryp
 296 56 352 48,317 6,826 24,514 5,964 37,304 85,621
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 616 70 686 96,861 10,418 34,047 15,765 60,230 157,091
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 569 10 579 84,399 5,816 43,094 6,693 55,603 140,002
Saskatchewan                  
    Januaryr
 156 41 197 28,119 3,398 8,355 7,783 19,536 47,655
    Februaryp
 182 8 190 29,838 2,116 15,024 3,221 20,361 50,199
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 338 49 387 57,957 5,514 23,379 11,004 39,897 97,854
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 335 348 683 65,512 5,791 58,214 10,692 74,697 140,209
Alberta                  
    Januaryr
 1,701 1,067 2,768 323,797 19,450 90,887 23,482 133,819 457,616
    Februaryp
 1,696 1,097 2,793 347,597 22,523 126,475 14,194 163,192 510,789
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 3,397 2,164 5,561 671,394 41,973 217,362 37,676 297,011 968,405
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 4,077 1,864 5,941 725,171 83,141 234,819 73,337 391,297 1,116,468
British Columbia                  
    Januaryr
 1,276 1,434 2,710 516,123 6,975 178,911 22,549 208,435 724,558
    Februaryp
 1,247 1,452 2,699 478,070 24,863 107,324 9,945 142,132 620,202
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 2,523 2,886 5,409 994,193 31,838 286,235 32,494 350,567 1,344,760
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 2,167 1,104 3,271 626,888 29,890 204,458 68,637 302,985 929,873
Yukon Territory                  
    Januaryr
 10 0 10 1,877 36 417 11 464 2,341
    Februaryp
 0 0 0 607 0 69 0 69 676
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 10 0 10 2,484 36 486 11 533 3,017
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 0 4 4 1,601 3 749 285 1,037 2,638
Northwest Territories                  
    Januaryr
 10 0 10 2,108 57 846 83 986 3,094
    Februaryp
 19 0 19 2,123 284 7,632 3 7,919 10,042
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 29 0 29 4,231 341 8,478 86 8,905 13,136
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 32 0 32 2,361 434 1,092 0 1,526 3,887
Nunavut                  
    Januaryr
 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 30
    Februaryp
 1 12 13 544 0 30 895 925 1,469
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2004 1 12 13 544 0 60 895 955 1,499
Cumulative Jan. - Feb. 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.