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Table 5: Dwelling Units, Value of Residential and Non-residential Building Permits, Provinces and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted, 2003

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
 10,123 6,023 16,146 2,301,712 349,774 635,256 526,018 1,511,048 3,812,760
    Marchp
 9,511 6,930 16,441 2,374,074 288,978 685,061 296,137 1,270,176 3,644,250
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 30,869 21,972 52,841 7,454,894 905,255 2,236,620 1,178,596 4,320,471 11,775,365
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 32,896 18,532 51,428 6,987,793 729,504 2,073,331 1,251,575 4,054,410 11,042,203
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Februaryr
 114 14 128 17,930 117 7,000 1,107 8,224 26,154
    Marchp
 108 6 114 15,177 0 7,887 313 8,200 23,377
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 364 32 396 54,574 379 22,906 4,231 27,516 82,090
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 395 100 495 55,490 2,438 14,531 1,704 18,673 74,163
Prince Edward Island                  
    Februaryr
 55 8 63 6,687 0 439 0 439 7,126
    Marchp
 52 27 79 7,735 31 3,732 740 4,503 12,238
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 155 97 252 20,217 31 5,087 1,615 6,733 26,950
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 187 45 232 21,671 964 3,781 525 5,270 26,941
Nova Scotia                  
    Februaryr
 262 169 431 52,049 3,167 13,295 1,892 18,354 70,403
    Marchp
 244 59 303 40,381 21,736 19,158 1,481 42,375 82,756
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 750 343 1,093 135,517 27,592 47,543 3,574 78,709 214,226
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 950 272 1,222 147,294 5,116 35,536 4,290 44,942 192,236
New Brunswick                  
    Februaryr
 179 104 283 24,951 1,989 13,714 530 16,233 41,184
    Marchp
 217 493 710 37,086 2,819 9,672 2,458 14,949 52,035
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 645 623 1,268 94,172 5,836 28,827 4,595 39,258 133,430
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 810 364 1,174 111,545 3,425 27,016 2,306 32,747 144,292
Quebec                  
    Februaryr
 2,082 1,702 3,784 508,535 62,889 131,197 67,496 261,582 770,117
    Marchp
 1,669 1,791 3,460 462,970 89,335 135,455 55,835 280,625 743,595
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 6,117 6,723 12,840 1,570,214 205,666 446,072 152,693 804,431 2,374,645
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 5,759 4,169 9,928 1,270,815 209,049 480,700 206,487 896,236 2,167,051
Ontario                  
    Februaryr
 3,878 2,103 5,981 965,888 239,688 228,397 337,308 805,393 1,771,281
    Marchp
 4,106 1,617 5,723 994,969 148,260 230,428 184,812 563,500 1,558,469
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 12,339 7,253 19,592 3,197,606 513,647 840,947 745,933 2,100,527 5,298,133
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 13,906 7,152 21,058 3,190,879 336,379 780,304 760,582 1,877,265 5,068,144
Manitoba                  
    Februaryr
 247 8 255 42,187 3,555 27,664 4,382 35,601 77,788
    Marchp
 218 86 304 36,785 947 46,028 2,063 49,038 85,823
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 778 96 874 125,721 6,735 89,957 8,756 105,448 231,169
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 666 53 719 100,087 24,116 61,724 47,925 133,765 233,852
Saskatchewan                  
    Februaryr
 177 164 341 32,690 4,445 30,350 1,245 36,040 68,730
    Marchp
 108 48 156 17,819 502 15,847 3,740 20,089 37,908
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 433 396 829 84,093 6,293 87,089 14,432 107,814 191,907
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 357 243 600 62,788 3,685 62,642 45,117 111,444 174,232
Alberta                  
    Februaryr
 2,026 1,045 3,071 355,509 22,777 117,956 79,417 220,150 575,659
    Marchp
 1,748 1,080 2,828 319,141 13,520 135,327 14,286 163,133 482,274
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 5,960 3,228 9,188 1,071,509 96,921 380,398 143,442 620,761 1,692,270
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 7,023 3,361 10,384 1,139,953 118,081 331,374 70,756 520,211 1,660,164
British Columbia                  
    Februaryr
 1,086 702 1,788 293,940 11,044 64,194 32,484 107,722 401,662
    Marchp
 1,003 1,709 2,712 437,126 11,816 79,218 27,529 118,563 555,689
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 3,246 3,163 6,409 1,092,656 41,706 283,644 96,160 421,510 1,514,166
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 2,786 2,755 5,541 879,553 25,849 272,906 89,050 387,805 1,267,358
Yukon                  
    Februaryr
 0 4 4 628 3 414 157 574 1,202
    Marchp
 9 0 9 1,954 0 1,729 2,851 4,580 6,534
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 9 4 13 3,322 3 2,478 3,136 5,617 8,939
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 30 2 32 4,405 75 422 164 661 5,066
Northwest Territories                  
    Februaryr
 17 0 17 718 100 636 0 736 1,454
    Marchp
 28 0 28 2,052 8 407 24 439 2,491
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 72 0 72 4,414 442 1,499 24 1,965 6,379
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 25 0 25 868 323 1,507 22,669 24,499 25,367
Nunavut                  
    Februaryr
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Marchp
 1 14 15 879 4 173 5 182 1,061
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2003 1 14 15 879 4 173 5 182 1,061
Cumulative Jan. - Mar. 2002 2 16 18 2,445 4 888 0 892 3,337

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