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Table 6: Dwelling Units, Value of Residential and Non-residential Building Permits, Census Metropolitan Areas, 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
Calgary                  
    MarchR
 572 171 743 97,237 1,263 73,153 14,050 88,466 185,703
    AprilP
 616 259 875 112,874 2,323 50,812 13,410 66,545 179,419
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 2,430 1,124 3,554 433,590 30,308 210,187 32,131 272,626 706,216
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 2,411 1,149 3,560 455,231 52,045 217,841 105,938 375,824 831,055
Chicoutimi-Jonquière                  
    MarchR
 19 11 30 3,819 393 15,702 18,431 34,526 38,345
    AprilP
 29 29 58 6,358 2,890 12,871 678 16,439 22,797
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 61 60 121 13,993 7,328 32,929 19,792 60,049 74,042
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 67 55 122 15,193 22,797 6,070 7,453 36,320 51,513
Edmonton                  
    MarchR
 389 180 569 61,102 6,502 24,367 17,188 48,057 109,159
    AprilP
 441 148 589 56,276 8,743 39,859 13,502 62,104 118,380
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 1,527 805 2,332 222,067 26,949 136,574 47,921 211,444 433,511
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 1,427 1,065 2,492 227,104 17,317 135,953 15,521 168,791 395,895
Halifax                  
    MarchR
 91 18 109 15,067 155 128 - 283 15,350
    AprilP
 104 21 125 15,468 240 4,249 4,255 8,744 24,212
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 399 55 454 63,853 1,359 16,700 4,337 22,396 86,249
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 539 332 871 99,684 6,281 73,123 54,594 133,998 233,682
Hamilton                  
    MarchR
 161 98 259 34,258 7,267 12,780 4,496 24,543 58,801
    AprilP
 102 124 226 30,128 17,632 7,792 1,696 27,120 57,248
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 560 610 1,170 145,846 39,260 50,934 55,563 145,757 291,603
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 594 323 917 125,543 13,734 37,364 45,131 96,229 221,772
Hull                  
    MarchR
 54 19 73 10,120 447 11,069 914 12,430 22,550
    AprilP
 68 184 252 20,010 760 5,172 1,141 7,073 27,083
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 262 241 503 54,527 6,709 81,780 5,947 94,436 148,963
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 164 101 265 32,696 972 32,674 5,919 39,565 72,261
Kitchener                  
    MarchR
 142 46 188 26,022 3,752 4,607 5,916 14,275 40,297
    AprilP
 170 72 242 36,526 11,578 45,225 13,110 69,913 106,439
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 674 216 890 125,456 26,750 95,744 22,558 145,052 270,508
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 733 587 1,320 138,328 47,803 41,842 19,677 109,322 247,650
London                  
    MarchR
 102 32 134 16,728 8,305 6,059 27,199 41,563 58,291
    AprilP
 121 37 158 23,608 2,071 48,692 8,914 59,677 83,285
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 418 121 539 73,785 12,805 84,783 59,397 156,985 230,770
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 455 293 748 82,194 18,288 38,787 4,685 61,760 143,954
Montréal                  
    MarchR
 536 444 980 128,859 69,078 61,329 7,613 138,020 266,879
    AprilP
 457 448 905 111,475 77,787 167,543 22,138 267,468 378,943
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 2,452 2,396 4,848 628,166 320,899 547,727 90,545 959,171 1,587,337
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 2,459 1,744 4,203 546,827 141,381 257,904 98,668 497,953 1,044,780
Oshawa                  
    MarchR
 125 42 167 21,177 7,019 1,361 3,523 11,903 33,080
    AprilP
 97 25 122 18,711 249 3,770 3,188 7,207 25,918
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 589 230 819 109,150 18,096 12,034 8,087 38,217 147,367
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 701 331 1,032 126,740 4,414 29,179 58,855 92,448 219,188
Ottawa                  
    MarchR
 509 244 753 92,894 7,119 44,871 701 52,691 145,585
    AprilP
 243 236 479 61,103 4,379 33,194 19,459 57,032 118,135
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 1,418 861 2,279 288,241 12,263 162,874 42,267 217,404 505,645
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 1,030 472 1,502 206,842 29,466 160,037 23,884 213,387 420,229
Québec                  
    MarchR
 132 41 173 21,436 3,914 14,706 7,111 25,731 47,167
    AprilP
 139 53 192 24,093 3,337 8,602 3,707 15,646 39,739
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 520 421 941 124,499 18,961 52,964 26,688 98,613 223,112
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 446 334 780 88,438 6,616 71,564 31,371 109,551 197,989
Regina                  
    MarchR
 35 2 37 4,379 2,341 3,377 755 6,473 10,852
    AprilP
 18 - 18 2,353 41 8,314 24,283 32,638 34,991
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 129 2 131 15,329 2,882 25,520 43,387 71,789 87,118
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 199 34 233 24,837 1,821 35,026 3,310 40,157 64,994
Saint John                  
    MarchR
 21 - 21 2,665 158 2,392 127 2,677 5,342
    AprilP
 20 6 26 3,135 20 3,188 1,940 5,148 8,283
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 79 8 87 11,018 738 8,147 4,151 13,036 24,054
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 85 16 101 12,853 3,728 5,842 520 10,090 22,943
Saskatoon                  
    MarchR
 51 1 52 6,220 1,243 10,149 14,725 26,117 32,337
    AprilP
 41 37 78 8,144 604 3,188 7,662 11,454 19,598
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 195 64 259 28,429 16,218 26,051 22,992 65,261 93,690
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 224 93 317 32,309 19,897 50,796 24,737 95,430 127,739
Sherbrooke                  
    MarchR
 37 37 74 6,922 2,020 8,575 984 11,579 18,501
    AprilP
 25 23 48 5,389 23 1,489 3,731 5,243 10,632
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 117 92 209 23,229 2,933 14,468 4,920 22,321 45,550
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 121 63 184 23,605 3,943 6,577 1,250 11,770 35,375
St. Catharines-Niagara                  
    MarchR
 56 23 79 11,186 1,228 15,755 1,096 18,079 29,265
    AprilP
 70 19 89 14,586 2,726 5,569 11,908 20,203 34,789
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 234 91 325 47,299 9,267 53,059 16,966 79,292 126,591
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 368 80 448 55,785 10,158 49,321 5,733 65,212 120,997
St. John's                  
    MarchR
 41 5 46 5,759 - 2,749 3,064 5,813 11,572
    AprilP
 51 6 57 6,792 213 4,135 794 5,142 11,934
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 229 34 263 30,440 214 11,940 3,888 16,042 46,482
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 320 36 356 45,567 325 11,567 1,222 13,114 58,681
Sudbury                  
    MarchR
 15 - 15 2,131 141 1,541 475 2,157 4,288
    AprilP
 12 - 12 2,883 1,110 3,177 771 5,058 7,941
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 32 - 32 6,523 1,443 8,209 4,550 14,202 20,725
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 33 2 35 8,027 1,951 2,582 1,892 6,425 14,452
Thunder Bay                  
    MarchR
 4 - 4 850 4,294 783 8,501 13,578 14,428
    AprilP
 19 5 24 3,451 117 389 511 1,017 4,468
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 31 5 36 5,963 4,728 8,434 10,828 23,990 29,953
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 49 42 91 11,343 1,380 6,886 5,337 13,603 24,946
Toronto                  
    MarchR
 1,376 1,758 3,134 429,070 31,902 92,991 49,667 174,560 603,630
    AprilP
 1,250 958 2,208 362,029 70,463 121,222 40,776 232,461 594,490
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 6,431 6,988 13,419 1,967,557 273,937 666,795 269,101 1,209,833 3,177,390
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 5,831 5,078 10,909 1,674,871 203,175 537,903 122,882 863,960 2,538,831
Trois-Rivières                  
    MarchR
 21 7 28 3,471 313 969 343 1,625 5,096
    AprilP
 25 4 29 4,262 999 3,579 - 4,578 8,840
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 62 20 82 12,745 3,409 9,053 3,271 15,733 28,478
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 63 47 110 15,904 2,387 10,265 257 12,909 28,813
Vancouver                  
    MarchR
 254 594 848 153,195 24,468 53,379 15,823 93,670 246,865
    AprilP
 283 995 1,278 166,904 8,861 123,962 84,596 217,419 384,323
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 1,079 2,363 3,442 603,522 55,014 322,317 141,801 519,132 1,122,654
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 1,022 1,414 2,436 411,312 38,968 385,432 81,668 506,068 917,380
Victoria                  
    MarchR
 41 22 63 11,191 9,593 11,141 1,304 22,038 33,229
    AprilP
 47 26 73 13,587 1,662 8,546 69 10,277 23,864
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 200 110 310 56,173 15,930 35,981 11,239 63,150 119,323
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 206 104 310 53,237 2,172 29,042 11,256 42,470 95,707
Windsor                  
    MarchR
 126 26 152 22,799 8,054 7,943 2,469 18,466 41,265
    AprilP
 203 24 227 36,731 3,401 3,404 569 7,374 44,105
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 565 102 667 102,463 17,433 36,288 16,181 69,902 172,365
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 601 159 760 115,902 12,382 20,114 12,512 45,008 160,910
Winnipeg                  
    MarchR
 104 6 110 17,626 1,796 17,890 1,277 20,963 38,589
    AprilP
 63 5 68 11,591 457 17,485 3,221 21,163 32,754
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2001 371 26 397 59,058 7,179 65,614 8,376 81,169 140,227
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2000 386 58 444 66,583 15,821 69,774 36,199 121,794 188,377

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