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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                  
    Octoberr
 11,605 7,426 19,031 2,600,551 278,708 656,149 535,341 1,470,198 4,070,749
    Novemberp
 10,199 7,751 17,950 2,396,778 263,064 706,937 593,146 1,563,147 3,959,925
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 118,551 80,321 198,872 26,981,755 2,969,298 7,643,106 4,877,544 15,489,948 42,471,703
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 89,631 59,571 149,202 20,083,097 3,442,256 8,193,382 4,582,323 16,217,961 36,301,058
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Octoberr
 163 11 174 20,808 369 6,713 6,068 13,150 33,958
    Novemberp
 137 22 159 17,559 6,197 4,352 811 11,360 28,919
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 1,566 343 1,909 216,006 18,185 85,137 31,485 134,807 350,813
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 1,190 185 1,375 165,478 7,140 85,517 17,547 110,204 275,682
Prince Edward Island                  
    Octoberr
 49 11 60 5,971 595 2,576 3,451 6,622 12,593
    Novemberp
 58 16 74 8,071 931 2,100 0 3,031 11,102
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 674 244 918 87,918 6,997 25,571 11,832 44,400 132,318
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 459 128 587 60,171 27,600 64,299 50,670 142,569 202,740
Nova Scotia                  
    Octoberr
 333 56 389 49,186 2,395 17,207 2,044 21,646 70,832
    Novemberp
 315 404 719 65,698 2,042 11,597 1,176 14,815 80,513
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 3,368 1,369 4,737 563,747 54,846 152,183 30,782 237,811 801,558
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 2,671 834 3,505 405,223 33,120 142,404 36,881 212,405 617,628
New Brunswick                  
    Octoberr
 193 205 398 32,126 18,137 18,341 3,294 39,772 71,898
    Novemberp
 178 239 417 31,493 5,455 13,660 1,718 20,833 52,326
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 2,472 1,376 3,848 366,805 57,931 167,506 50,800 276,237 643,042
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 1,821 859 2,680 258,836 40,502 129,673 64,876 235,051 493,887
Quebec                  
    Octoberr
 2,056 1,601 3,657 468,311 77,325 128,803 47,136 253,264 721,575
    Novemberp
 1,914 2,127 4,041 471,785 62,004 135,415 120,890 318,309 790,094
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 20,945 18,112 39,057 4,935,039 713,923 1,654,131 739,644 3,107,698 8,042,737
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 14,524 11,058 25,582 3,273,921 833,991 2,005,079 754,204 3,593,274 6,867,195
Ontario                  
    Octoberr
 5,066 2,314 7,380 1,131,046 120,885 254,923 380,036 755,844 1,886,890
    Novemberp
 4,036 2,621 6,657 1,011,511 136,646 290,259 380,384 807,289 1,818,800
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 50,713 30,953 81,666 12,194,763 1,370,068 2,911,952 2,835,838 7,117,858 19,312,621
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 39,464 27,640 67,104 9,749,411 1,416,667 3,014,767 2,192,387 6,623,821 16,373,232
Manitoba                  
    Octoberr
 255 72 327 44,480 8,485 19,842 13,426 41,753 86,233
    Novemberp
 225 22 247 34,298 2,958 16,783 2,421 22,162 56,460
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 2,471 545 3,016 414,847 111,413 189,474 106,014 406,901 821,748
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 1,941 450 2,391 311,411 111,349 197,130 60,618 369,097 680,508
Saskatchewan                  
    Octoberr
 135 134 269 28,079 7,442 12,442 8,843 28,727 56,806
    Novemberp
 115 34 149 18,388 2,349 17,157 10,821 30,327 48,715
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 1,451 764 2,215 243,283 36,145 200,818 143,795 380,758 624,041
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 1,158 686 1,844 204,127 97,149 201,527 163,596 462,272 666,399
Alberta                  
    Octoberr
 2,310 1,375 3,685 422,978 23,342 87,389 32,018 142,749 565,727
    Novemberp
 2,108 1,067 3,175 388,490 22,530 116,985 41,398 180,913 569,403
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 24,059 13,318 37,377 4,247,467 369,896 1,213,007 512,809 2,095,712 6,343,179
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 18,629 9,106 27,735 3,033,066 656,990 1,198,887 485,311 2,341,188 5,374,254
British Columbia                  
    Octoberr
 1,012 1,645 2,657 392,061 19,578 106,268 35,024 160,870 552,931
    Novemberp
 1,066 1,197 2,263 345,035 21,592 97,166 33,440 152,198 497,233
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 10,519 12,953 23,472 3,616,418 223,662 1,031,284 382,980 1,637,926 5,254,344
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 7,554 8,402 15,956 2,563,601 210,482 1,120,054 702,546 2,033,082 4,596,683
Yukon                  
    Octoberr
 18 0 18 1,815 130 105 1,777 2,012 3,827
    Novemberp
 17 0 17 1,476 325 153 87 565 2,041
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 144 15 159 19,123 1,184 3,656 3,724 8,564 27,687
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 122 7 129 14,980 852 15,333 16,895 33,080 48,060
Northwest Territories                  
    Octoberr
 13 2 15 3,294 25 484 2,224 2,733 6,027
    Novemberp
 29 2 31 2,708 35 440 0 475 3,183
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 141 222 363 53,206 4,348 5,666 12,818 22,832 76,038
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 63 155 218 27,340 4,904 14,393 27,727 47,024 74,364
Nunavut                  
    Octoberr
 2 0 2 396 0 1,056 0 1,056 1,452
    Novemberp
 1 0 1 266 0 870 0 870 1,136
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2002 28 107 135 23,133 700 2,721 15,023 18,444 41,577
Cumulative Jan. - Nov. 2001 35 61 96 15,532 1,510 4,319 9,065 14,894 30,426

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