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Table 5: Dwelling Units, Value of Residential and Non-residential Building Permits, Provinces and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted, 2002

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                  
    Februaryr
 11,131 7,511 18,642 2,420,471 307,003 587,064 400,996 1,295,063 3,715,534
    Marchp
 10,683 6,357 17,040 2,392,323 197,291 695,280 374,897 1,267,468 3,659,791
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 33,446 19,545 52,991 7,198,856 752,222 2,084,280 1,179,568 4,016,070 11,214,926
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 24,534 16,321 40,855 5,538,633 1,058,674 2,574,484 917,254 4,550,412 10,089,045
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Februaryr
 103 23 126 15,619 961 6,879 741 8,581 24,200
    Marchp
 117 78 195 19,233 610 6,628 0 7,238 26,471
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 369 106 475 51,327 2,438 15,802 1,704 19,944 71,271
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 289 29 318 38,636 15 14,824 1,126 15,965 54,601
Prince Edward Island                  
    Februaryr
 51 0 51 5,474 90 415 100 605 6,079
    Marchp
 70 14 84 10,472 677 1,042 425 2,144 12,616
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 176 44 220 21,498 964 3,781 525 5,270 26,768
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 138 6 144 13,224 172 8,284 841 9,297 22,521
Nova Scotia                  
    Februaryr
 322 91 413 54,148 1,155 14,996 514 16,665 70,813
    Marchp
 303 48 351 48,053 1,718 10,732 1,407 13,857 61,910
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 992 285 1,277 159,100 4,474 38,942 4,290 47,706 206,806
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 630 54 684 93,110 8,334 34,733 5,469 48,536 141,646
New Brunswick                  
    Februaryr
 260 202 462 46,665 1,470 5,922 670 8,062 54,727
    Marchp
 307 261 568 43,698 472 8,926 823 10,221 53,919
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 823 494 1,317 122,211 2,953 27,067 2,311 32,331 154,542
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 482 176 658 64,404 8,540 26,074 6,237 40,851 105,255
Quebec                  
    Februaryr
 2,045 1,473 3,518 440,776 65,192 120,018 66,707 251,917 692,693
    Marchp
 1,940 1,431 3,371 461,928 62,558 129,298 67,382 259,238 721,166
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 5,929 4,322 10,251 1,335,744 212,280 503,225 184,677 900,182 2,235,926
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 3,876 2,872 6,748 916,864 317,680 627,794 172,747 1,118,221 2,035,085
Ontario                  
    Februaryr
 4,419 2,740 7,159 1,034,008 195,469 212,374 210,564 618,407 1,652,415
    Marchp
 4,328 2,572 6,900 1,042,567 72,914 307,136 222,595 602,645 1,645,212
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 13,801 7,266 21,067 3,193,151 348,089 746,383 727,368 1,821,840 5,014,991
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 11,528 8,542 20,070 2,833,641 479,438 1,011,765 494,294 1,985,497 4,819,138
Manitoba                  
    Februaryr
 231 4 235 34,369 3,666 22,358 41,104 67,128 101,497
    Marchp
 195 27 222 33,992 15,427 13,539 1,727 30,693 64,685
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 682 53 735 105,562 23,760 59,779 47,845 131,384 236,946
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 559 33 592 80,989 16,351 58,764 7,479 82,594 163,583
Saskatchewan                  
    Februaryr
 111 56 167 18,112 1,354 22,725 32,764 56,843 74,955
    Marchp
 127 35 162 18,877 595 21,332 1,016 22,943 41,820
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 355 243 598 61,171 3,685 67,972 44,887 116,544 177,715
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 378 42 420 50,182 19,401 63,822 32,900 116,123 166,305
Alberta                  
    Februaryr
 2,581 1,407 3,988 421,270 26,993 109,172 19,011 155,176 576,446
    Marchp
 2,349 1,091 3,440 380,728 30,141 130,338 34,305 194,784 575,512
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 7,402 3,592 10,994 1,179,762 118,563 356,468 67,410 542,441 1,722,203
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 4,698 2,692 7,390 754,324 127,169 361,156 77,244 565,569 1,319,893
British Columbia                  
    Februaryr
 987 1,515 2,502 347,924 10,653 71,623 28,726 111,002 458,926
    Marchp
 931 798 1,729 330,680 12,179 66,119 45,174 123,472 454,152
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 2,863 3,138 6,001 963,560 34,618 263,764 89,040 387,422 1,350,982
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 1,900 1,874 3,774 685,097 80,325 362,675 118,665 561,665 1,246,762
Yukon                  
    Februaryr
 9 0 9 1,448 0 66 95 161 1,609
    Marchp
 7 2 9 1,425 0 68 43 111 1,536
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 25 2 27 4,351 75 422 164 661 5,012
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 48 1 49 5,793 34 2,972 221 3,227 9,020
Northwest Territories                  
    Februaryr
 12 0 12 549 0 516 0 516 1,065
    Marchp
 7 0 7 212 0 122 0 122 334
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 27 0 27 852 323 675 9,347 10,345 11,197
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 0 0 0 937 1,215 1,621 31 2,867 3,804
Nunavut                  
    Februaryr
 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 109
    Marchp
 2 0 2 458 0 0 0 0 458
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 2 0 2 567 0 0 0 0 567
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2001 8 0 8 1,432 0 0 0 0 1,432

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