Table 5
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2015

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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2015
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  
May r 5,700 9,794 15,494 3,941,034 414,419 1,519,503 868,203 2,802,125 6,743,159
June p 5,824 11,785 17,609 4,568,660 534,950 1,499,289 1,136,386 3,170,625 7,739,285
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 34,847 64,680 99,527 25,734,336 2,606,443 8,412,405 4,871,207 15,890,055 41,624,391
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 36,489 62,031 98,520 24,321,590 2,600,291 9,345,722 4,526,585 16,472,598 40,794,188
Newfoundland and Labrador  
May r 105 36 141 35,684 221 12,662 520 13,403 49,087
June p 109 58 167 41,536 607 18,565 755 19,927 61,463
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 581 197 778 225,027 38,843 71,587 13,991 124,421 349,448
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 696 430 1,126 268,052 48,076 117,750 19,488 185,314 453,366
Prince Edward Island  
May r 32 12 44 7,279 735 3,954 3,340 8,029 15,308
June p 37 7 44 9,471 1,178 5,085 1,001 7,264 16,735
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 160 39 199 49,211 3,495 18,198 11,146 32,839 82,050
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 184 105 289 52,294 6,711 37,716 5,141 49,568 101,862
Nova Scotia  
May r 112 171 283 61,891 5,198 25,035 4,046 34,279 96,170
June p 120 516 636 121,420 4,925 23,220 2,623 30,768 152,188
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 596 1,984 2,580 476,732 31,006 114,343 23,634 168,983 645,715
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 699 1,306 2,005 375,009 30,587 126,361 46,757 203,705 578,714
New Brunswick  
May r 104 149 253 34,291 4,116 39,834 12,019 55,969 90,260
June p 143 125 268 47,580 6,503 10,282 44,381 61,166 108,746
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 525 344 869 201,448 36,386 86,604 63,772 186,762 388,210
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 683 592 1,275 212,236 22,978 102,764 30,763 156,505 368,741
Quebec  
May r 950 2,140 3,090 612,636 65,191 262,267 124,309 451,767 1,064,403
June p 928 2,845 3,773 858,678 138,509 183,537 111,364 433,410 1,292,088
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 5,063 14,484 19,547 4,230,305 488,021 1,446,092 910,233 2,844,346 7,074,651
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 5,509 15,559 21,068 4,377,411 698,859 1,342,028 1,737,111 3,777,998 8,155,409
Ontario  
May r 2,411 2,556 4,967 1,571,187 190,948 545,681 406,085 1,142,714 2,713,901
June p 2,481 2,975 5,456 1,700,679 252,299 559,746 419,512 1,231,557 2,932,236
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 14,297 19,243 33,540 9,854,409 1,225,395 3,122,398 2,107,775 6,455,568 16,309,977
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 12,885 19,077 31,962 8,847,793 994,088 3,326,702 1,466,581 5,787,371 14,635,164
Manitoba  
May r 176 177 353 94,947 9,841 19,103 54,304 83,248 178,195
June p 206 313 519 129,106 3,835 38,816 14,011 56,662 185,768
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 1,324 1,404 2,728 675,331 74,100 189,100 160,047 423,247 1,098,578
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 1,634 1,721 3,355 743,363 52,490 405,010 97,289 554,789 1,298,152
Saskatchewan  
May r 166 261 427 93,477 17,493 73,152 18,611 109,256 202,733
June p 171 303 474 101,186 13,145 31,792 47,952 92,889 194,075
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 1,160 1,738 2,898 632,924 100,945 313,059 133,169 547,173 1,180,097
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 1,682 2,109 3,791 784,612 50,687 374,289 124,963 549,939 1,334,551
Alberta  
May r 1,019 1,849 2,868 678,780 95,655 391,403 192,868 679,926 1,358,706
June p 1,022 2,060 3,082 810,436 58,002 378,580 413,406 849,988 1,660,424
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 7,101 11,509 18,610 4,935,836 385,725 1,904,144 1,008,834 3,298,703 8,234,539
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 8,889 11,364 20,253 5,308,301 504,296 2,461,591 573,173 3,539,060 8,847,361
British Columbia  
May r 614 2,424 3,038 743,028 19,921 144,282 52,023 216,226 959,254
June p 593 2,555 3,148 741,806 54,097 247,330 78,660 380,087 1,121,893
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 3,959 13,649 17,608 4,417,533 212,093 1,131,375 431,362 1,774,830 6,192,363
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 3,529 9,672 13,201 3,307,335 180,119 1,035,133 418,109 1,633,361 4,940,696
Yukon  
May r 8 9 17 3,256 5,100 2,130 0 7,230 10,486
June p 12 11 23 3,185 1,250 1,036 2,443 4,729 7,914
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 65 44 109 15,337 6,385 5,014 6,336 17,735 33,072
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 71 29 100 16,374 5,631 6,113 6,712 18,456 34,830
Northwest Territories  
May r 2 0 2 220 0 0 78 78 298
June p 2 17 19 3,513 600 100 278 978 4,491
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 12 17 29 12,026 4,049 8,774 908 13,731 25,757
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 26 2 28 11,323 1,769 7,850 148 9,767 21,090
Nunavut  
May r 1 10 11 4,358 0 0 0 0 4,358
June p 0 0 0 64 0 1,200 0 1,200 1,264
Cumulative Jan. to June 2015 4 28 32 8,217 0 1,717 0 1,717 9,934
Cumulative Jan. to June 2014 2 65 67 17,487 4,000 2,415 350 6,765 24,252
Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.
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