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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                  
    Novemberr
 10,309 8,406 18,715 2,771,530 231,407 704,891 360,329 1,296,627 4,068,157
    Decemberp
 11,799 7,596 19,395 2,953,386 324,788 884,991 426,180 1,635,959 4,589,345
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 124,315 101,420 225,735 32,145,108 3,736,421 9,547,108 5,872,096 19,155,625 51,300,733
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 127,356 87,973 215,329 29,586,872 3,277,341 8,642,009 5,755,901 17,675,251 47,262,123
Newfoundland and Labrador                  
    Novemberr
 191 27 218 29,730 1,959 8,743 944 11,646 41,376
    Decemberp
 204 58 262 35,206 36 8,602 2,320 10,958 46,164
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 1,834 420 2,254 294,669 10,365 93,100 22,518 125,983 420,652
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 1,751 333 2,084 244,122 18,224 89,031 31,929 139,184 383,306
Prince Edward Island                  
    Novemberr
 27 3 30 4,041 15 3,017 0 3,032 7,073
    Decemberp
 51 13 64 8,695 7,964 2,825 40 10,829 19,524
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 602 293 895 87,697 15,637 60,022 13,160 88,819 176,516
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 743 270 1,013 96,361 7,477 27,599 14,731 49,807 146,168
Nova Scotia                  
    Novemberr
 263 269 532 69,871 3,455 18,289 2,917 24,661 94,532
    Decemberp
 286 82 368 54,379 4,721 16,252 562 21,535 75,914
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 3,181 1,997 5,178 656,684 66,594 230,140 59,153 355,887 1,012,571
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 3,548 1,528 5,076 623,914 54,140 167,767 31,481 253,388 877,302
New Brunswick                  
    Novemberr
 202 188 390 39,759 9,351 13,947 1,437 24,735 64,494
    Decemberp
 296 28 324 39,786 993 6,423 3,142 10,558 50,344
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 2,689 1,471 4,160 410,921 49,286 184,368 51,682 285,336 696,257
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 2,502 1,197 3,699 372,855 61,265 176,853 52,834 290,952 663,807
Quebec                  
    Novemberr
 2,446 2,054 4,500 636,934 58,605 119,454 52,584 230,643 867,577
    Decemberp
 2,489 2,237 4,726 685,437 38,647 173,585 41,238 253,470 938,907
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 25,627 27,092 52,719 6,697,919 833,479 1,932,294 877,866 3,643,639 10,341,558
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 22,276 18,546 40,822 5,216,115 720,510 1,684,662 1,007,081 3,412,253 8,628,368
Ontario                  
    Novemberr
 3,756 3,957 7,713 1,196,185 114,375 260,195 220,815 595,385 1,791,570
    Decemberp
 4,651 2,147 6,798 1,168,179 206,838 403,410 295,330 905,578 2,073,757
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 49,763 38,531 88,294 14,157,714 2,035,011 3,945,808 3,180,869 9,161,688 23,319,402
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 54,533 36,017 90,550 13,714,386 1,563,300 3,662,532 3,341,243 8,567,075 22,281,461
Manitoba                  
    Novemberr
 253 20 273 40,918 1,730 25,586 3,439 30,755 71,673
    Decemberp
 332 64 396 51,143 5,388 24,606 2,943 32,937 84,080
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 3,130 1,290 4,420 539,015 87,920 282,265 176,686 546,871 1,085,886
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 2,629 556 3,185 440,763 125,605 205,561 117,016 448,182 888,945
Saskatchewan                  
    Novemberr
 153 61 214 29,082 2,134 11,834 8,436 22,404 51,486
    Decemberp
 165 3 168 26,329 5,900 34,160 3,155 43,215 69,544
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 1,752 1,646 3,398 359,812 35,421 251,068 150,783 437,272 797,084
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 1,622 939 2,561 276,424 88,852 196,209 147,130 432,191 708,615
Alberta                  
    Novemberr
 1,729 1,005 2,734 356,526 18,777 125,996 31,943 176,716 533,242
    Decemberp
 2,034 1,358 3,392 406,932 42,124 117,921 43,521 203,566 610,498
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 22,299 14,267 36,566 4,292,000 353,344 1,371,191 750,103 2,474,638 6,766,638
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 25,878 14,912 40,790 4,607,278 400,851 1,295,728 542,694 2,239,273 6,846,551
British Columbia                  
    Novemberr
 1,254 777 2,031 358,099 20,296 116,443 27,024 163,763 521,862
    Decemberp
 1,264 1,584 2,848 468,950 11,427 91,912 33,101 136,440 605,390
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 13,071 14,126 27,197 4,559,546 244,511 1,139,859 506,910 1,891,280 6,450,826
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 11,509 13,263 24,772 3,888,151 230,119 1,116,741 424,408 1,771,268 5,659,419
Yukon                  
    Novemberr
 10 0 10 994 0 100 195 295 1,289
    Decemberp
 0 0 0 2,749 0 922 35 957 3,706
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 142 15 157 25,351 562 15,997 6,998 23,557 48,908
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 173 15 188 22,045 1,405 4,086 3,729 9,220 31,265
Northwest Territories                  
    Novemberr
 21 20 41 5,316 710 1,287 0 1,997 7,313
    Decemberp
 26 10 36 4,844 750 4,193 0 4,943 9,787
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 197 196 393 51,429 4,281 22,725 8,748 35,754 87,183
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 156 231 387 53,803 4,409 7,252 26,099 37,760 91,563
Nunavut                  
    Novemberr
 4 25 29 4,075 0 0 10,595 10,595 14,670
    Decemberp
 1 12 13 757 0 180 793 973 1,730
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2003 28 76 104 12,351 10 18,271 66,620 84,901 97,252
Cumulative Jan. - Dec. 2002 36 166 202 30,655 1,184 7,988 15,526 24,698 55,353

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