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Table 10
Value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, unadjusted, 2008

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Value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, unadjusted, 2008
  Value of construction
Residential Non-residential Total
Industrial Commercial Institutional and governmental
                    thousands of dollars
Canada  
September r 3,504,155 671,598 1,670,403 1,014,580 6,860,736
October p 3,236,728 390,416 1,414,549 745,566 5,787,259
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 36,377,490 4,396,375 14,470,633 6,681,907 61,926,405
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 39,043,364 4,180,363 14,640,148 5,746,871 63,610,746
Newfoundland and Labrador  
September r 58,633 2,128 15,214 3,950 79,925
October p 55,056 1,009 25,501 2,183 83,749
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 503,175 24,417 129,457 45,660 702,709
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 379,817 23,520 80,867 45,759 529,963
Prince Edward Island  
September r 12,858 482 3,100 8,421 24,861
October p 9,616 645 5,777 2,203 18,241
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 105,523 6,639 37,231 43,642 193,035
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 99,640 10,146 26,272 5,136 141,194
Nova Scotia  
September r 67,473 5,702 33,419 40,628 147,222
October p 70,811 5,162 23,282 15,557 114,812
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 725,767 43,598 215,826 165,398 1,150,589
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 755,673 58,394 248,400 71,107 1,133,574
New Brunswick  
September r 78,277 26,828 17,696 2,502 125,303
October p 48,832 5,713 32,410 18,854 105,809
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 533,228 118,705 199,237 112,497 963,667
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 505,418 106,507 197,171 55,040 864,136
Quebec  
September r 835,087 81,094 246,295 128,365 1,290,841
October p 863,319 172,912 251,478 197,278 1,484,987
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 7,655,071 853,549 2,229,305 1,008,039 11,745,964
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 7,205,258 724,206 2,040,969 1,126,301 11,096,734
Ontario  
September r 1,150,737 285,699 683,557 532,831 2,652,824
October p 1,120,697 118,482 479,744 230,896 1,949,819
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 12,802,874 1,632,041 4,934,662 3,109,820 22,479,397
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 13,115,864 2,048,105 4,789,641 2,661,515 22,615,125
Manitoba  
September r 125,701 10,124 47,260 5,356 188,441
October p 96,770 7,005 25,988 15,400 145,163
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 998,786 76,528 307,438 82,810 1,465,562
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 851,898 53,775 237,603 174,055 1,317,331
Saskatchewan  
September r 97,498 65,535 59,421 124,885 347,339
October p 91,716 9,952 28,406 11,276 141,350
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 1,008,392 258,712 386,982 288,903 1,942,989
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 747,175 75,389 426,463 110,640 1,359,667
Alberta  
September r 463,123 171,044 328,153 91,749 1,054,069
October p 435,678 41,107 231,619 151,693 860,097
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 5,469,290 1,125,914 3,714,056 1,134,163 11,443,423
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 7,849,645 798,139 4,265,193 685,518 13,598,495
British Columbia  
September r 596,251 22,639 235,335 69,796 924,021
October p 432,691 27,479 307,713 100,170 868,053
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 6,490,100 250,721 2,276,721 679,254 9,696,796
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 7,427,686 265,754 2,288,967 778,232 10,760,639
Yukon  
September r 6,383 323 623 312 7,641
October p 3,062 950 691 56 4,759
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 38,121 3,931 7,244 4,529 53,825
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 38,250 13,546 7,047 14,950 73,793
Northwest Territories  
September r 796 0 0 4,500 5,296
October p 3,869 0 1,849 0 5,718
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 12,107 568 21,983 4,565 39,223
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 17,310 2,861 27,689 12,772 60,632
Nunavut  
September r 11,338 0 330 1,285 12,953
October p 4,611 0 91 0 4,702
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2008 35,056 1,052 10,491 2,627 49,226
Cumulative Jan. to Oct. 2007 49,730 21 3,866 5,846 59,463