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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2014
Table Summary
This table displays seasonally adjusted data on the total number of dwelling units authorized by Canadian municipalities and the estimated value of residential and non-residential building construction at the Canada level and by province and territory. The row headers provide information for the current and preceding reference month, as well as cumulative totals for the current and preceding reference year at the Canada level and by province and territory. The column headers provide information on the number of dwellings for single, multiples, total dwellings and the estimated value of construction, in thousands of dollars, for the residential sector and the industrial, commercial as well as institutional and governmental non-residential sub-sectors followed by the non-residential sector and the two sector total.
  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  
April r 5,919 9,660 15,579 3,777,241 359,942 1,302,394 665,489 2,327,825 6,105,066
May p 6,085 11,330 17,415 4,134,301 440,532 1,815,913 554,800 2,811,245 6,945,546
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 30,051 51,378 81,429 19,813,400 1,744,039 7,624,047 2,970,366 12,338,452 32,151,852
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 31,908 52,352 84,260 19,890,121 2,201,070 7,097,212 3,191,793 12,490,075 32,380,196
Newfoundland and Labrador  
April r 117 50 167 39,760 700 18,516 142 19,358 59,118
May p 129 103 232 48,743 5,074 15,651 8,462 29,187 77,930
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 539 346 885 195,431 44,831 62,918 17,248 124,997 320,428
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 743 379 1,122 265,143 25,743 54,746 21,607 102,096 367,239
Prince Edward Island  
April r 23 32 55 8,950 1,278 2,512 0 3,790 12,740
May p 35 30 65 9,402 1,497 5,599 746 7,842 17,244
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 141 91 232 40,915 5,507 31,280 4,924 41,711 82,626
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 183 102 285 49,603 1,650 30,798 25,265 57,713 107,316
Nova Scotia  
April r 102 301 403 76,682 6,670 19,605 26,227 52,502 129,184
May p 127 108 235 53,251 6,287 30,439 8,605 45,331 98,582
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 573 869 1,442 282,169 23,242 102,029 44,825 170,096 452,265
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 832 1,282 2,114 403,013 16,476 95,586 32,626 144,688 547,701
New Brunswick  
April r 83 85 168 22,399 422 9,016 5,800 15,238 37,637
May p 108 221 329 33,803 1,117 27,381 4,718 33,216 67,019
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 530 439 969 183,120 19,258 85,286 25,167 129,711 312,831
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 653 828 1,481 207,204 7,276 77,810 158,279 243,365 450,569
Quebec  
April r 934 2,568 3,502 689,907 49,823 231,783 219,263 500,869 1,190,776
May p 947 2,226 3,173 679,479 104,311 233,959 104,928 443,198 1,122,677
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 4,576 13,417 17,993 3,738,528 375,751 1,184,250 719,235 2,279,236 6,017,764
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 5,427 11,928 17,355 3,790,325 466,435 1,401,297 542,559 2,410,291 6,200,616
Ontario  
April r 2,248 2,948 5,196 1,416,563 162,552 406,801 218,292 787,645 2,204,208
May p 2,318 3,403 5,721 1,521,274 151,791 668,771 200,708 1,021,270 2,542,544
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 10,669 15,339 26,008 7,082,751 661,793 2,917,367 1,101,683 4,680,843 11,763,594
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 10,420 18,128 28,548 7,061,467 836,408 2,407,511 977,255 4,221,174 11,282,641
Manitoba  
April r 269 279 548 122,225 13,953 44,868 14,469 73,290 195,515
May p 270 756 1,026 166,771 8,606 190,922 17,947 217,475 384,246
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 1,369 1,581 2,950 607,584 33,316 346,539 72,041 451,896 1,059,480
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 1,537 1,346 2,883 629,360 33,093 202,676 93,628 329,397 958,757
Saskatchewan  
April r 256 342 598 126,025 12,073 46,400 65,945 124,418 250,443
May p 259 532 791 165,725 12,804 70,858 16,843 100,505 266,230
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 1,490 1,580 3,070 661,879 33,745 296,770 114,946 445,461 1,107,340
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 1,704 1,917 3,621 738,769 117,683 258,175 123,621 499,479 1,238,248
Alberta  
April r 1,307 1,937 3,244 801,283 82,856 385,822 71,653 540,331 1,341,614
May p 1,292 1,901 3,193 845,729 97,150 407,705 122,947 627,802 1,473,531
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 7,192 9,546 16,738 4,220,056 374,744 1,801,801 507,787 2,684,332 6,904,388
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 7,578 7,621 15,199 3,850,300 518,080 1,909,235 835,921 3,263,236 7,113,536
British Columbia  
April r 570 1,112 1,682 468,970 27,727 136,638 43,421 207,786 676,756
May p 582 2,042 2,624 605,413 50,908 163,515 64,485 278,908 884,321
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 2,921 8,127 11,048 2,776,038 160,507 786,180 356,562 1,303,249 4,079,287
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 2,766 8,682 11,448 2,845,169 177,421 629,923 316,156 1,123,500 3,968,669
Yukon  
April r 7 6 13 2,762 184 234 205 623 3,385
May p 15 8 23 3,684 972 768 4,411 6,151 9,835
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 38 27 65 14,659 5,581 3,715 5,830 15,126 29,785
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 48 62 110 15,884 516 11,410 2,185 14,111 29,995
Northwest Territories  
April r 3 0 3 1,715 1,704 199 72 1,975 3,690
May p 3 0 3 1,027 15 345 0 360 1,387
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 11 0 11 4,220 1,764 3,512 118 5,394 9,614
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 14 10 24 12,249 279 15,242 51,091 66,612 78,861
Nunavut  
April r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumulative Jan. to May 2014 2 16 18 6,050 4,000 2,400 0 6,400 12,450
Cumulative Jan. to May 2013 3 67 70 21,635 10 2,803 11,600 14,413 36,048
Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.
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