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Table 5
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2010

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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2010
  Number of dwelling units Estimated value of construction
Singles 1 Multiples Total dwellings Residential Non-residential Total
Industrial Commercial Institutional and governmental Total
  units thousands of dollars
Canada  
March r 9,462 10,061 19,523 4,213,777 435,544 1,166,905 518,871 2,121,320 6,335,097
April p 8,852 9,237 18,089 3,876,177 414,906 1,506,305 882,179 2,803,390 6,679,567
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 36,754 35,718 72,472 15,766,201 1,378,617 4,905,192 2,285,084 8,568,893 24,335,094
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 21,223 22,382 43,605 8,658,173 1,053,654 4,689,590 2,542,561 8,285,805 16,943,978
Newfoundland and Labrador  
March r 310 47 357 103,090 167 8,118 2,820 11,105 114,195
April p 270 84 354 79,919 207 9,198 14,421 23,826 103,745
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,135 187 1,322 332,551 1,218 39,777 27,350 68,345 400,896
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 751 192 943 198,280 3,170 31,672 18,857 53,699 251,979
Prince Edward Island  
March r 43 27 70 10,573 294 7,459 5,120 12,873 23,446
April p 37 25 62 9,754 2,646 3,237 150 6,033 15,787
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 141 125 266 38,697 4,195 15,699 6,018 25,912 64,609
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 124 50 174 29,427 6,710 17,938 482 25,130 54,557
Nova Scotia  
March r 253 119 372 76,183 8,217 16,778 6,195 31,190 107,373
April p 261 304 565 94,145 1,358 11,212 187,383 199,953 294,098
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,042 723 1,765 336,471 22,435 61,927 214,966 299,328 635,799
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 706 472 1,178 221,180 24,953 80,781 50,107 155,841 377,021
New Brunswick  
March r 244 201 445 63,969 9,606 8,402 3,170 21,178 85,147
April p 206 173 379 57,531 3,152 26,309 36,755 66,216 123,747
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 867 489 1,356 207,773 18,130 52,267 52,456 122,853 330,626
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 693 345 1,038 152,775 24,343 60,689 105,878 190,910 343,685
Quebec  
March r 2,061 3,080 5,141 964,764 59,086 202,973 112,865 374,924 1,339,688
April p 1,848 2,976 4,824 863,352 67,850 241,713 124,908 434,471 1,297,823
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 7,750 13,533 21,283 3,748,474 188,761 850,142 431,207 1,470,110 5,218,584
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 5,301 8,035 13,336 2,390,574 139,800 779,970 381,148 1,300,918 3,691,492
Ontario  
March r 3,049 3,850 6,899 1,515,582 171,748 504,927 208,086 884,761 2,400,343
April p 2,938 3,687 6,625 1,406,843 270,955 583,583 405,963 1,260,501 2,667,344
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 11,842 12,784 24,626 5,586,812 695,467 2,215,999 1,005,998 3,917,464 9,504,276
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 6,464 8,915 15,379 3,004,911 395,680 2,066,567 1,035,581 3,497,828 6,502,739
Manitoba  
March r 371 69 440 90,901 3,232 33,532 15,194 51,958 142,859
April p 352 191 543 125,773 6,428 19,910 12,267 38,605 164,378
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,454 414 1,868 406,784 14,709 85,467 38,774 138,950 545,734
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 1,064 331 1,395 264,723 17,277 103,812 51,317 172,406 437,129
Saskatchewan  
March r 337 331 668 125,457 8,764 62,358 7,804 78,926 204,383
April p 372 107 479 107,825 5,065 69,858 8,681 83,604 191,429
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,391 575 1,966 386,898 26,784 187,771 38,050 252,605 639,503
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 749 459 1,208 243,171 58,577 125,538 80,706 264,821 507,992
Alberta  
March r 1,686 599 2,285 603,557 153,429 169,740 79,365 402,534 1,006,091
April p 1,559 756 2,315 645,329 32,733 391,119 50,173 474,025 1,119,354
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 6,840 2,291 9,131 2,546,786 328,846 873,371 269,421 1,471,638 4,018,424
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 3,551 1,415 4,966 1,150,828 290,556 876,977 397,188 1,564,721 2,715,549
British Columbia  
March r 1,101 1,738 2,839 653,601 19,112 125,811 78,016 222,939 876,540
April p 995 931 1,926 481,815 17,652 135,635 41,017 194,304 676,119
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 4,257 4,594 8,851 2,156,549 67,986 468,069 200,058 736,113 2,892,662
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 1,800 2,095 3,895 973,324 82,176 539,039 329,103 950,318 1,923,642
Yukon  
March r 3 0 3 4,303 610 18,561 172 19,343 23,646
April p 10 0 10 2,407 6,760 357 448 7,565 9,972
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 27 0 27 14,313 8,442 19,785 696 28,923 43,236
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 8 20 28 12,711 4,342 1,569 1,979 7,890 20,601
Northwest Territories  
March r 3 0 3 1,381 869 4,140 64 5,073 6,454
April p 3 3 6 1,364 100 2,673 13 2,786 4,150
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 6 3 9 3,528 994 11,051 90 12,135 15,663
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 7 4 11 3,854 6,070 5,038 90,214 101,322 105,176
Nunavut  
March r 1 0 1 416 410 4,106 0 4,516 4,932
April p 1 0 1 120 0 11,501 0 11,501 11,621
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 2 0 2 565 650 23,867 0 24,517 25,082
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2009 5 49 54 12,415 0 0 1 1 12,416
Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.