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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                  
    Marchr
 9,671 7,289 16,960 2,456,060 298,996 679,512 278,287 1,256,795 3,712,855
    Aprilp
 9,245 7,257 16,502 2,288,883 239,284 702,899 500,095 1,442,278 3,731,161
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 40,274 29,588 69,862 9,825,763 1,154,557 2,933,970 1,660,841 5,749,368 15,575,131
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 43,518 27,893 71,411 9,622,238 1,032,775 2,720,190 1,518,805 5,271,770 14,894,008
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Marchr
 91 5 96 13,176 0 6,995 313 7,308 20,484
    Aprilp
 144 23 167 22,369 36 4,379 2,761 7,176 29,545
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 491 54 545 74,942 415 26,393 6,992 33,800 108,742
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 603 136 739 84,621 3,501 20,716 2,267 26,484 111,105
Prince Edward Island                  
    Marchr
 53 27 80 7,789 31 3,732 740 4,503 12,292
    Aprilp
 52 25 77 8,277 288 8,269 834 9,391 17,668
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 208 122 330 28,548 319 13,356 2,449 16,124 44,672
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 233 59 292 27,809 1,748 5,245 535 7,528 35,337
Nova Scotia                  
    Marchr
 244 59 303 40,548 22,030 19,492 1,481 43,003 83,551
    Aprilp
 221 138 359 43,746 4,733 21,739 17,013 43,485 87,231
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 971 481 1,452 179,430 32,619 69,616 20,587 122,822 302,252
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 1,273 313 1,586 194,807 11,378 48,304 7,147 66,829 261,636
New Brunswick                  
    Marchr
 208 515 723 35,694 2,792 9,150 2,424 14,366 50,060
    Aprilp
 221 118 339 39,324 3,968 11,750 1,889 17,607 56,931
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 857 763 1,620 132,104 9,777 40,055 6,450 56,282 188,386
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 1,027 417 1,444 142,349 10,299 51,050 11,947 73,296 215,645
Quebec                  
    Marchr
 1,766 1,829 3,595 473,238 90,578 138,995 55,235 284,808 758,046
    Aprilp
 1,640 1,869 3,509 451,865 38,144 201,263 86,943 326,350 778,215
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 7,854 8,630 16,484 2,032,347 245,053 650,875 239,036 1,134,964 3,167,311
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 7,448 5,273 12,721 1,652,758 276,972 630,683 241,631 1,149,286 2,802,044
Ontario                  
    Marchr
 4,209 1,759 5,968 1,061,071 157,975 228,273 169,889 556,137 1,617,208
    Aprilp
 3,826 2,255 6,081 985,469 110,656 210,979 157,882 479,517 1,464,986
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 16,268 9,650 25,918 4,249,177 634,018 1,049,771 888,892 2,572,681 6,821,858
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 18,608 11,863 30,471 4,516,723 466,184 1,024,130 897,183 2,387,497 6,904,220
Manitoba                  
    Marchr
 213 86 299 36,212 1,042 43,356 2,563 46,961 83,173
    Aprilp
 220 86 306 41,979 13,943 43,968 119,103 177,014 218,993
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 993 182 1,175 167,127 20,773 131,253 128,359 280,385 447,512
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 883 71 954 136,286 40,063 73,444 50,540 164,047 300,333
Saskatchewan                  
    Marchr
 106 48 154 17,860 502 16,195 3,736 20,433 38,293
    Aprilp
 136 445 581 47,620 1,323 16,973 23,697 41,993 89,613
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 567 841 1,408 131,754 7,616 104,410 38,125 150,151 281,905
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 484 256 740 81,470 10,636 79,960 64,165 154,761 236,231
Alberta                  
    Marchr
 1,748 1,139 2,887 325,648 13,253 133,595 12,269 159,117 484,765
    Aprilp
 1,791 1,335 3,126 327,269 29,312 111,387 34,947 175,646 502,915
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 7,751 4,622 12,373 1,405,285 125,966 490,053 176,372 792,391 2,197,676
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 9,100 4,993 14,093 1,524,476 144,409 419,490 101,464 665,363 2,189,839
British Columbia                  
    Marchr
 996 1,810 2,806 440,691 10,789 77,463 26,781 115,033 555,724
    Aprilp
 973 950 1,923 317,444 36,554 71,208 54,802 162,564 480,008
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 4,212 4,214 8,426 1,413,665 77,233 353,097 150,214 580,544 1,994,209
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 3,771 4,373 8,144 1,234,607 66,816 363,172 119,051 549,039 1,783,646
Yukon                  
    Marchr
 11 0 11 1,866 0 1,729 2,851 4,580 6,446
    Aprilp
 13 1 14 1,678 10 799 219 1,028 2,706
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 24 5 29 4,912 13 3,277 3,355 6,645 11,557
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 45 5 50 6,286 102 441 206 749 7,035
Northwest Territories                  
    Marchr
 25 0 25 1,723 0 364 0 364 2,087
    Aprilp
 7 0 7 1,345 313 71 0 384 1,729
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 76 0 76 5,430 747 1,527 0 2,274 7,704
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 40 114 154 16,724 423 2,667 22,669 25,759 42,483
Nunavut                  
    Marchr
 1 12 13 544 4 173 5 182 726
    Aprilp
 1 12 13 498 4 114 5 123 621
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2003 2 24 26 1,042 8 287 10 305 1,347
Cumulative Jan. - Apr. 2002 3 20 23 3,322 244 888 0 1,132 4,454

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