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Table 5: Dwelling Units, Value of Residential and Non-residential Building Permits, Provinces and Territories, Seasonally Adjusted, 2001

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                  
    MarchR
 7,657 4,788 12,445 1,677,236 339,207 732,839 299,397 1,371,443 3,048,679
    AprilP
 7,202 4,713 11,915 1,596,028 308,210 903,589 386,808 1,598,607 3,194,635
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 32,106 21,591 53,697 7,201,142 1,415,371 3,573,513 1,324,406 6,313,290 13,514,432
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 32,005 17,677 49,682 6,645,423 1,158,902 3,029,421 1,021,713 5,210,036 11,855,459
Newfoundland                  
    MarchR
 61 9 70 8,344 14 6,391 3,064 9,469 17,813
    AprilP
 74 10 84 10,025 213 8,618 1,097 9,928 19,953
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 347 42 389 47,844 228 22,470 4,235 26,933 74,777
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 462 38 500 63,556 387 19,645 1,768 21,800 85,356
Prince Edward Island                  
    MarchR
 27 10 37 3,821 - 2,853 189 3,042 6,863
    AprilP
 35 12 47 4,883 379 2,802 181 3,362 8,245
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 180 29 209 18,200 551 11,378 780 12,709 30,909
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 171 35 206 21,611 3,206 9,335 1,930 14,471 36,082
Nova Scotia                  
    MarchR
 203 22 225 29,502 1,726 8,476 1,237 11,439 40,941
    AprilP
 215 28 243 29,303 5,390 15,623 5,959 26,972 56,275
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 837 82 919 119,529 15,368 54,003 11,428 80,799 200,328
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 1,114 408 1,522 180,045 15,947 93,530 66,408 175,885 355,930
New Brunswick                  
    MarchR
 142 67 209 19,102 1,021 8,282 2,077 11,380 30,482
    AprilP
 132 53 185 16,814 1,957 13,362 3,001 18,320 35,134
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 609 227 836 80,543 25,210 39,688 9,241 74,139 154,682
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 753 151 904 95,390 17,607 23,655 9,753 51,015 146,405
Québec                  
    MarchR
 1,170 779 1,949 256,713 99,248 163,694 48,731 311,673 568,386
    AprilP
 1,094 921 2,015 244,483 98,536 234,750 43,506 376,792 621,275
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 5,112 3,822 8,934 1,176,543 465,823 885,798 189,650 1,541,271 2,717,814
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 5,069 2,992 8,061 1,060,339 289,865 499,455 170,924 960,244 2,020,583
Ontario                  
    MarchR
 3,569 2,625 6,194 844,073 111,805 231,748 149,896 493,449 1,337,522
    AprilP
 3,210 1,799 5,009 768,717 132,947 312,596 151,541 597,084 1,365,801
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 14,909 10,598 25,507 3,643,786 584,617 1,357,520 676,179 2,618,316 6,262,102
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 14,631 8,187 22,818 3,278,055 521,754 1,131,942 390,741 2,044,437 5,322,492
Manitoba                  
    MarchR
 184 13 197 28,568 14,132 21,231 1,629 36,992 65,560
    AprilP
 128 13 141 20,236 16,850 25,784 4,688 47,322 67,558
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 697 46 743 103,363 38,530 86,514 12,167 137,211 240,574
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 766 88 854 118,427 38,170 102,908 48,998 190,076 308,503
Saskatchewan                  
    MarchR
 120 14 134 17,271 4,068 24,158 15,681 43,907 61,178
    AprilP
 101 55 156 18,039 2,629 16,875 34,912 54,416 72,455
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 507 97 604 72,032 22,030 87,855 82,019 191,904 263,936
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 657 142 799 90,046 23,357 118,494 36,467 178,318 268,364
Alberta                  
    MarchR
 1,538 497 2,035 239,366 61,275 162,097 40,856 264,228 503,594
    AprilP
 1,581 720 2,301 248,842 25,150 122,493 42,827 190,470 439,312
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 6,263 3,636 9,899 1,008,545 152,274 505,150 120,694 778,118 1,786,663
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 5,861 3,454 9,315 1,009,346 159,271 484,393 160,860 804,524 1,813,870
British Columbia                  
    MarchR
 624 752 1,376 227,793 45,037 103,221 35,866 184,124 411,917
    AprilP
 613 1,102 1,715 232,079 24,129 148,227 94,240 266,596 498,675
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 2,564 3,011 5,575 918,768 109,461 516,085 212,905 838,451 1,757,219
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 2,455 2,083 4,538 710,402 89,138 541,413 131,813 762,364 1,472,766
Yukon                  
    MarchR
 15 - 15 1,589 - 327 140 467 2,056
    AprilP
 10 - 10 1,089 - 70 4,751 4,821 5,910
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 64 1 65 8,102 34 3,042 4,972 8,048 16,150
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 55 2 57 5,479 200 854 2,003 3,057 8,536
Northwest Territories                  
    MarchR
 - - - 378 881 361 31 1,273 1,651
    AprilP
 6 - 6 977 30 2,129 105 2,264 3,241
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 6 - 6 1,914 1,245 3,750 136 5,131 7,045
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 7 5 12 1,424 - 1,821 48 1,869 3,293
Nunavut                  
    MarchR
 4 - 4 716 - - - - 716
    AprilP
 3 - 3 541 - 260 - 260 801
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 11 - 11 1,973 - 260 - 260 2,233
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 4 92 96 11,303 - 1,976 - 1,976 13,279

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