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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                  
    Septemberr
 10,945 6,698 17,643 2,476,907 263,432 652,712 388,643 1,304,787 3,781,694
    Octoberp
 11,626 7,290 18,916 2,594,574 274,936 643,574 528,549 1,447,059 4,041,633
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 108,373 72,434 180,807 24,579,000 2,702,462 6,923,594 4,277,606 13,903,662 38,482,662
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 81,110 53,152 134,262 18,103,986 3,050,895 7,530,215 4,141,733 14,722,843 32,826,829
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Septemberr
 154 30 184 20,292 818 6,750 4,039 11,607 31,899
    Octoberp
 164 11 175 21,109 369 6,692 6,068 13,129 34,238
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 1,430 321 1,751 198,748 11,988 80,764 30,674 123,426 322,174
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 1,067 150 1,217 146,739 7,114 81,052 15,759 103,925 250,664
Prince Edward Island                  
    Septemberr
 47 2 49 5,812 676 538 5,887 7,101 12,913
    Octoberp
 48 10 58 5,907 595 2,576 3,451 6,622 12,529
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 615 227 842 79,783 6,066 23,471 11,832 41,369 121,152
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 417 114 531 54,823 27,052 58,640 50,594 136,286 191,109
Nova Scotia                  
    Septemberr
 323 47 370 45,493 13,358 13,644 762 27,764 73,257
    Octoberp
 336 55 391 48,813 2,169 11,452 2,044 15,665 64,478
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 3,056 964 4,020 497,676 52,578 134,831 29,606 217,015 714,691
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 2,394 770 3,164 366,976 31,044 138,577 34,862 204,483 571,459
New Brunswick                  
    Septemberr
 185 127 312 30,505 7,517 13,107 2,546 23,170 53,675
    Octoberp
 191 180 371 31,953 18,137 18,453 3,294 39,884 71,837
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 2,292 1,112 3,404 335,139 52,476 153,958 49,082 255,516 590,655
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 1,640 725 2,365 230,420 39,741 123,641 60,936 224,318 454,738
Quebec                  
    Septemberr
 1,998 2,102 4,100 507,843 52,630 123,178 85,684 261,492 769,335
    Octoberp
 2,101 1,616 3,717 467,111 81,484 128,146 48,749 258,379 725,490
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 19,076 16,000 35,076 4,462,054 656,078 1,518,059 620,367 2,794,504 7,256,558
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 13,068 9,744 22,812 2,927,689 779,049 1,837,044 636,538 3,252,631 6,180,320
Ontario                  
    Septemberr
 4,705 2,054 6,759 1,063,535 99,083 197,181 181,575 477,839 1,541,374
    Octoberp
 5,052 2,235 7,287 1,132,571 116,446 245,565 373,864 735,875 1,868,446
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 46,663 28,253 74,916 11,184,777 1,228,983 2,612,335 2,449,282 6,290,600 17,475,377
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 35,992 24,236 60,228 8,793,620 1,241,161 2,800,367 1,965,441 6,006,969 14,800,589
Manitoba                  
    Septemberr
 207 69 276 37,217 11,993 15,648 8,118 35,759 72,976
    Octoberp
 254 72 326 44,410 8,466 20,352 13,401 42,219 86,629
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 2,245 523 2,768 380,479 108,436 173,201 103,568 385,205 765,684
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 1,736 445 2,181 276,366 96,001 181,601 56,991 334,593 610,959
Saskatchewan                  
    Septemberr
 139 80 219 23,552 3,805 15,522 4,480 23,807 47,359
    Octoberp
 141 134 275 28,563 7,442 12,105 8,843 28,390 56,953
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 1,342 730 2,072 225,379 33,796 183,324 132,974 350,094 575,473
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 1,045 590 1,635 182,563 64,893 186,133 155,556 406,582 589,145
Alberta                  
    Septemberr
 2,120 867 2,987 364,674 58,346 156,031 59,641 274,018 638,692
    Octoberp
 2,314 1,293 3,607 412,200 19,958 88,462 29,828 138,248 550,448
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 21,955 12,169 34,124 3,848,199 343,982 1,097,095 469,221 1,910,298 5,758,497
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 16,714 8,160 24,874 2,700,473 562,781 1,029,354 438,747 2,030,882 4,731,355
British Columbia                  
    Septemberr
 1,039 1,278 2,317 364,783 15,059 110,256 35,673 160,988 525,771
    Octoberp
 993 1,682 2,675 396,380 19,715 108,126 35,006 162,847 559,227
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 9,434 11,793 21,227 3,275,702 202,207 935,976 349,522 1,487,705 4,763,407
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 6,843 7,999 14,842 2,370,342 194,966 1,061,307 674,278 1,930,551 4,300,893
Yukon                  
    Septemberr
 11 0 11 1,680 42 721 88 851 2,531
    Octoberp
 18 0 18 1,867 130 105 1,777 2,012 3,879
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 127 15 142 17,699 859 3,503 3,637 7,999 25,698
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 109 7 116 13,793 852 14,927 15,499 31,278 45,071
Northwest Territories                  
    Septemberr
 15 23 38 7,562 105 80 150 335 7,897
    Octoberp
 12 2 14 3,294 25 484 2,224 2,733 6,027
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 111 220 331 50,498 4,313 5,226 12,818 22,357 72,855
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 50 151 201 24,764 4,731 13,258 27,727 45,716 70,480
Nunavut                  
    Septemberr
 2 19 21 3,959 0 56 0 56 4,015
    Octoberp
 2 0 2 396 0 1,056 0 1,056 1,452
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2002 27 107 134 22,867 700 1,851 15,023 17,574 40,441
Cumulative Jan. - Oct. 2001 35 61 96 15,418 1,510 4,314 8,805 14,629 30,047

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