Table 5
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2011

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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2011
  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 6,729 10,472 17,201 3,980,382 306,865 1,197,621 1,288,687 2,793,173 6,773,555
April p 7,075 8,342 15,417 3,480,758 316,507 1,069,548 479,357 1,865,412 5,346,170
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 27,935 36,100 64,035 14,089,338 1,785,879 4,514,968 2,814,461 9,115,308 23,204,646
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 35,451 34,701 70,152 15,271,174 1,395,951 4,976,614 2,256,798 8,629,363 23,900,537
Newfoundland and Labrador  
March r 181 25 206 48,694 532 6,473 5,465 12,470 61,164
April p 163 165 328 64,776 31 13,009 1,488 14,528 79,304
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 841 268 1,109 257,217 956 42,459 13,616 57,031 314,248
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 972 187 1,159 281,321 1,218 39,878 27,350 68,446 349,767
Prince Edward Island  
March r 33 49 82 10,579 5,220 2,204 4,033 11,457 22,036
April p 34 28 62 10,083 71 1,465 2,585 4,121 14,204
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 153 81 234 36,881 6,589 17,223 7,647 31,459 68,340
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 149 125 274 40,082 4,195 15,699 6,018 25,912 65,994
Nova Scotia  
March r 198 149 347 74,693 1,723 43,353 8,419 53,495 128,188
April p 197 268 465 85,073 2,081 20,556 4,780 27,417 112,490
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 826 720 1,546 310,312 5,238 121,863 15,248 142,349 452,661
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 998 720 1,718 329,949 22,821 62,264 214,964 300,049 629,998
New Brunswick  
March r 146 69 215 38,917 2,678 12,508 30,784 45,970 84,887
April p 170 126 296 46,722 5,486 27,164 9,429 42,079 88,801
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 578 219 797 148,056 11,808 58,686 52,134 122,628 270,684
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 837 488 1,325 199,623 18,206 51,798 52,156 122,160 321,783
Quebec  
March r 1,350 3,345 4,695 862,501 76,432 160,478 73,589 310,499 1,173,000
April p 1,321 2,322 3,643 757,490 91,756 188,740 89,442 369,938 1,127,428
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 5,937 12,847 18,784 3,461,742 238,265 780,431 275,813 1,294,509 4,756,251
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 7,508 12,782 20,290 3,643,890 187,358 858,249 401,664 1,447,271 5,091,161
Ontario  
March r 2,279 4,202 6,481 1,717,983 104,211 420,955 977,695 1,502,861 3,220,844
April p 2,460 2,120 4,580 1,142,277 114,349 375,575 240,108 730,032 1,872,309
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 9,221 11,516 20,737 5,052,685 567,336 1,607,127 1,959,988 4,134,451 9,187,136
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 11,202 12,472 23,674 5,356,945 682,025 2,245,756 1,008,326 3,936,107 9,293,052
Manitoba  
March r 291 98 389 88,264 8,676 19,419 31,178 59,273 147,537
April p 291 120 411 87,703 8,223 10,747 12,637 31,607 119,310
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 1,288 672 1,960 387,537 26,849 68,187 46,639 141,675 529,212
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,410 415 1,825 395,341 13,927 85,955 38,553 138,435 533,776
Saskatchewan  
March r 305 109 414 100,718 3,989 78,675 5,731 88,395 189,113
April p 317 214 531 116,997 9,550 38,778 21,311 69,639 186,636
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 1,243 562 1,805 422,703 21,660 246,875 51,576 320,111 742,814
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1,339 585 1,924 378,668 26,799 188,151 38,040 252,990 631,658
Alberta  
March r 1,255 1,213 2,468 564,733 67,647 163,036 79,388 310,071 874,804
April p 1,325 1,352 2,677 629,802 58,038 242,169 29,365 329,572 959,374
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 4,958 3,525 8,483 2,092,207 816,422 939,091 166,769 1,922,282 4,014,489
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 6,771 2,299 9,070 2,488,413 358,006 922,728 267,805 1,548,539 4,036,952
British Columbia  
March r 671 1,191 1,862 461,200 35,207 288,050 70,822 394,079 855,279
April p 773 1,571 2,344 521,805 21,872 150,520 67,521 239,913 761,718
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 2,787 5,608 8,395 1,876,229 84,260 627,950 222,516 934,726 2,810,955
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 4,198 4,605 8,803 2,136,445 71,819 460,451 201,022 733,292 2,869,737
Yukon  
March r 19 1 20 3,872 500 2,078 1,583 4,161 8,033
April p 21 12 33 4,916 4,900 455 586 5,941 10,857
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 98 13 111 20,752 6,107 3,196 2,410 11,713 32,465
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 57 23 80 16,751 8,445 20,517 836 29,798 46,549
Northwest Territories  
March r 1 1 2 228 50 392 0 442 670
April p 2 0 2 1,612 50 370 105 525 2,137
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 4 3 7 2,915 289 1,879 105 2,273 5,188
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 9 0 9 3,367 872 7,048 64 7,984 11,351
Nunavut  
March r 0 20 20 8,000 0 0 0 0 8,000
April p 1 44 45 11,502 100 0 0 100 11,602
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2011 1 66 67 20,102 100 1 0 101 20,203
Cumulative Jan. to Apr. 2010 1 0 1 379 260 18,120 0 18,380 18,759
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Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.