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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                  
    Novemberr
 8,598 6,615 15,213 1,984,266 394,796 658,510 435,381 1,488,687 3,472,953
    Decemberp
 9,182 5,198 14,380 1,880,871 143,352 656,960 455,723 1,256,035 3,136,906
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 99,877 66,536 166,413 22,155,935 3,706,508 9,103,270 4,979,280 17,789,058 39,944,993
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 93,410 58,699 152,109 20,342,089 3,975,658 8,906,654 3,725,755 16,608,067 36,950,156
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Novemberr
 123 45 168 18,611 26 4,768 1,108 5,902 24,513
    Decemberp
 116 48 164 19,939 8 2,369 0 2,377 22,316
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 1,277 239 1,516 182,987 7,113 87,808 21,199 116,120 299,107
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 1,224 130 1,354 168,071 7,416 51,717 55,702 114,835 282,906
Prince Edward Island                  
    Novemberr
 39 14 53 5,061 548 5,659 76 6,283 11,344
    Decemberp
 36 27 63 4,238 1,519 6,761 1,970 10,250 14,488
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 462 157 619 60,491 28,871 67,491 52,398 148,760 209,251
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 429 86 515 54,928 12,822 25,204 5,803 43,829 98,757
Nova Scotia                  
    Novemberr
 276 62 338 38,552 2,011 3,802 2,019 7,832 46,384
    Decemberp
 367 225 592 60,941 478 15,283 1,990 17,751 78,692
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 3,022 1,056 4,078 469,051 37,983 168,239 38,871 245,093 714,144
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 3,010 1,694 4,704 505,383 54,043 207,100 111,953 373,096 878,479
New Brunswick                  
    Novemberr
 182 151 333 28,261 774 6,084 3,940 10,798 39,059
    Decemberp
 205 26 231 25,556 3,892 10,193 2,431 16,516 42,072
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 2,020 868 2,888 283,868 49,188 140,465 67,230 256,883 540,751
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 1,995 639 2,634 265,351 43,726 119,547 55,938 219,211 484,562
Quebec                  
    Novemberr
 1,463 1,305 2,768 347,680 56,638 164,654 116,028 337,320 685,000
    Decemberp
 1,611 1,111 2,722 368,012 28,319 241,732 50,969 321,020 689,032
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 16,502 12,100 28,602 3,700,414 997,467 2,301,654 733,660 4,032,781 7,733,195
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 14,772 9,987 24,759 3,194,352 932,835 1,559,171 585,629 3,077,635 6,271,987
Ontario                  
    Novemberr
 3,517 3,437 6,954 955,287 174,505 208,484 215,560 598,549 1,553,836
    Decemberp
 3,840 1,767 5,607 775,524 67,394 178,589 294,377 540,360 1,315,884
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 43,880 30,255 74,135 10,621,172 1,451,287 3,272,826 2,506,994 7,231,107 17,852,279
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 43,646 26,921 70,567 10,226,009 1,864,830 3,755,133 1,710,543 7,330,506 17,556,515
Manitoba                  
    Novemberr
 217 5 222 35,898 18,233 16,069 3,627 37,929 73,827
    Decemberp
 189 18 207 30,250 9,888 20,164 1,495 31,547 61,797
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 2,202 469 2,671 351,213 116,766 225,155 59,428 401,349 752,562
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 2,266 328 2,594 345,057 127,279 264,739 116,830 508,848 853,905
Saskatchewan                  
    Novemberr
 114 96 210 21,676 32,256 16,882 18,802 67,940 89,616
    Decemberp
 125 45 170 17,890 1,242 17,074 2,131 20,447 38,337
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 1,360 731 2,091 230,486 98,421 231,840 190,659 520,920 751,406
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 1,637 747 2,384 251,006 50,906 207,766 99,277 357,949 608,955
Alberta                  
    Novemberr
 1,925 970 2,895 333,036 94,379 170,708 44,297 309,384 642,420
    Decemberp
 1,847 1,197 3,044 316,758 20,206 109,868 70,434 200,508 517,266
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 20,474 10,923 31,397 3,366,020 677,466 1,360,879 539,597 2,577,942 5,943,962
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 16,807 9,703 26,510 2,879,949 584,361 1,381,801 450,306 2,416,468 5,296,417
British Columbia                  
    Novemberr
 716 526 1,242 196,328 15,253 59,844 28,268 103,365 299,693
    Decemberp
 827 730 1,557 260,131 10,402 53,153 29,766 93,321 353,452
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 8,431 9,568 17,999 2,833,670 235,204 1,210,648 732,527 2,178,379 5,012,049
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 7,441 8,298 15,739 2,403,136 295,524 1,297,268 496,062 2,088,854 4,491,990
Yukon                  
    Novemberr
 11 0 11 1,082 0 406 1,396 1,802 2,884
    Decemberp
 8 0 8 1,014 4 397 160 561 1,575
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 143 7 150 18,598 856 15,730 17,055 33,641 52,239
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 108 10 118 14,354 659 18,187 22,328 41,174 55,528
Northwest Territories                  
    Novemberr
 15 4 19 2,678 173 1,135 0 1,308 3,986
    Decemberp
 10 4 14 540 0 1,377 0 1,377 1,917
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 69 114 183 24,701 4,904 15,890 18,597 39,391 64,092
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 47 8 55 10,534 972 10,838 630 12,440 22,974
Nunavut                  
    Novemberr
 0 0 0 116 0 15 260 275 391
    Decemberp
 1 0 1 78 0 0 0 0 78
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2001 35 49 84 13,264 982 4,645 1,065 6,692 19,956
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2000 28 148 176 23,959 285 8,183 14,754 23,222 47,181

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