Table 5
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2014

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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  
July r 6,375 14,002 20,377 4,933,591 535,717 1,821,339 1,855,409 4,212,465 9,146,056
August p 6,200 10,320 16,520 4,150,876 454,418 1,601,401 445,526 2,501,345 6,652,221
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 49,189 86,189 135,378 33,143,143 3,505,731 12,873,388 6,722,798 23,101,917 56,245,060
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 50,539 86,849 137,388 32,003,910 3,753,353 12,451,110 5,405,420 21,609,883 53,613,793
Newfoundland and Labrador  
July r 139 98 237 57,390 3,724 17,219 2,368 23,311 80,701
August p 110 200 310 46,254 4,487 67,079 1,588 73,154 119,408
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 911 720 1,631 348,764 55,912 195,322 23,444 274,678 623,442
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 1,191 746 1,937 438,541 28,521 108,422 32,277 169,220 607,761
Prince Edward Island  
July r 36 11 47 8,882 755 1,754 184 2,693 11,575
August p 27 12 39 8,205 245 3,002 4,652 7,899 16,104
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 238 128 366 66,904 7,711 42,472 9,977 60,160 127,064
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 300 167 467 82,136 9,800 34,188 29,756 73,744 155,880
Nova Scotia  
July r 128 220 348 69,687 16,088 11,754 4,473 32,315 102,002
August p 121 67 188 47,472 22,232 18,394 3,745 44,371 91,843
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 957 1,544 2,501 494,953 65,625 150,384 54,971 270,980 765,933
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 1,311 1,712 3,023 580,348 45,983 183,460 58,436 287,879 868,227
New Brunswick  
July r 114 256 370 45,529 4,029 20,205 24,411 48,645 94,174
August p 118 71 189 33,767 7,111 22,457 6,483 36,051 69,818
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 896 911 1,807 301,431 33,919 146,158 61,257 241,334 542,765
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 1,088 1,243 2,331 330,452 19,406 164,167 208,733 392,306 722,758
Quebec  
July r 915 2,263 3,178 683,685 106,073 277,901 998,171 1,382,145 2,065,830
August p 994 2,216 3,210 706,339 43,014 235,114 94,633 372,761 1,079,100
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 7,415 20,353 27,768 5,835,886 843,140 1,902,788 2,728,608 5,474,536 11,310,422
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 8,747 18,539 27,286 5,919,345 737,562 2,241,629 845,885 3,825,076 9,744,421
Ontario  
July r 2,194 6,155 8,349 2,126,590 190,978 601,555 337,110 1,129,643 3,256,233
August p 2,102 2,172 4,274 1,336,071 205,504 504,294 148,377 858,175 2,194,246
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 17,384 27,153 44,537 12,233,540 1,311,080 4,500,806 1,951,103 7,762,989 19,996,529
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 16,015 31,513 47,528 11,566,804 1,423,181 4,381,251 1,877,817 7,682,249 19,249,053
Manitoba  
July r 269 250 519 118,589 21,989 67,479 209,319 298,787 417,376
August p 254 433 687 130,200 10,702 69,057 11,970 91,729 221,929
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 2,167 2,439 4,606 978,792 81,508 535,015 318,536 935,059 1,913,851
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 2,391 2,404 4,795 1,026,076 69,923 384,239 314,899 769,061 1,795,137
Saskatchewan  
July r 271 304 575 136,158 10,993 83,743 32,034 126,770 262,928
August p 222 685 907 192,487 6,027 61,385 15,420 82,832 275,319
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 2,235 3,093 5,328 1,116,987 66,645 509,837 172,417 748,899 1,865,886
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 2,756 3,222 5,978 1,217,919 205,035 417,298 279,215 901,548 2,119,467
Alberta  
July r 1,690 1,896 3,586 917,288 150,147 518,580 137,938 806,665 1,723,953
August p 1,573 2,623 4,196 1,043,609 122,728 497,045 107,217 726,990 1,770,599
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 12,077 15,674 27,751 7,050,703 777,251 3,513,588 818,328 5,109,167 12,159,870
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 12,092 12,638 24,730 6,198,638 875,999 3,273,788 1,119,510 5,269,297 11,467,935
British Columbia  
July r 606 2,497 3,103 755,309 30,355 215,842 108,282 354,479 1,109,788
August p 656 1,818 2,474 598,921 30,844 122,203 47,812 200,859 799,780
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 4,798 14,013 18,811 4,655,028 249,430 1,357,617 572,199 2,179,246 6,834,274
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 4,513 14,468 18,981 4,558,774 327,337 1,196,094 542,118 2,065,549 6,624,323
Yukon  
July r 7 20 27 3,668 370 2,441 1,119 3,930 7,598
August p 14 20 34 4,344 220 1,271 3,629 5,120 9,464
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 70 69 139 24,576 6,221 9,825 11,460 27,506 52,082
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 92 84 176 26,279 2,327 13,002 4,543 19,872 46,151
Northwest Territories  
July r 5 2 7 2,579 215 1,066 0 1,281 3,860
August p 9 3 12 3,172 1,304 100 0 1,404 4,576
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 38 7 45 14,797 3,288 5,376 148 8,812 23,609
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 36 25 61 27,450 662 21,979 51,131 73,772 101,222
Nunavut  
July r 1 30 31 8,237 1 1,800 0 1,801 10,038
August p 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 35
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2014 3 85 88 20,782 4,001 4,200 350 8,551 29,333
Cumulative Jan. to Aug. 2013 7 88 95 31,148 7,617 31,593 41,100 80,310 111,458
Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.
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