Table 6
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, census metropolitan areas, seasonally adjusted, 2016

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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, census metropolitan areas, seasonally adjusted, 2016
Table summary
This table displays seasonally adjusted data on the total number of dwelling units authorized by Canadian municipalities and the estimated value of building construction for Canada's census metropolitan area. The row headers provide information for the current and preceding reference month as well as cumulative totals for the current and preceding reference year for each of Canada's census metropolitan areas. The column headers provide information on the number of dwellings for single, multiples, total dwellings and the estimated value of building 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
Abbotsford-Mission, British Columbia  
August r 25 145 170 37,667 1,750 103 0 1,853 39,520
September p 35 69 104 23,242 2,379 2,957 403 5,739 28,981
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 254 511 765 147,433 19,426 27,739 822 47,987 195,420
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 263 398 661 110,355 16,336 39,344 18,105 73,785 184,140
Barrie, Ontario  
August r 80 41 121 39,863 219 9,216 456 9,891 49,754
September p 31 36 67 22,356 346 3,790 543 4,679 27,035
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 465 339 804 244,965 32,493 56,181 12,162 100,836 345,801
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 366 156 522 153,647 11,561 122,463 24,823 158,847 312,494
Brantford, Ontario  
August r 9 1 10 4,078 3,927 2,492 272 6,691 10,769
September p 11 17 28 6,841 518 1,019 202 1,739 8,580
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 211 121 332 90,677 48,163 18,360 2,818 69,341 160,018
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 265 384 649 142,876 35,723 13,577 9,239 58,539 201,415
Calgary, Alberta  
August r 318 244 562 200,031 31,955 102,376 43,739 178,070 378,101
September p 329 563 892 312,877 6,182 109,154 58,043 173,379 486,256
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 2,612 3,104 5,716 1,882,301 77,311 937,103 384,794 1,399,208 3,281,509
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 2,881 7,389 10,270 2,943,720 137,085 1,091,006 746,855 1,974,946 4,918,666
Edmonton, Alberta  
August r 428 422 850 248,109 13,858 78,279 31,985 124,122 372,231
September p 342 575 917 231,918 15,524 70,642 47,500 133,666 365,584
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 3,044 5,502 8,546 2,189,200 198,099 1,340,649 391,100 1,929,848 4,119,048
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 4,274 9,482 13,756 3,178,153 167,452 1,186,771 323,693 1,677,916 4,856,069
Greater Sudbury, Ontario  
August r 18 13 31 9,500 1,155 1,274 1,267 3,696 13,196
September p 14 12 26 8,448 880 4,534 2,340 7,754 16,202
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 119 133 252 78,938 5,078 59,810 12,668 77,556 156,494
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 113 100 213 63,754 27,368 33,670 27,565 88,603 152,357
Guelph, Ontario  
August r 31 57 88 26,649 749 2,626 56 3,431 30,080
September p 14 182 196 35,772 5,243 18,831 181 24,255 60,027
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 189 843 1,032 205,754 20,708 70,775 15,085 106,568 312,322
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 294 839 1,133 262,180 48,203 50,651 9,672 108,526 370,706
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
August r 42 278 320 48,482 325 12,562 243 13,130 61,612
September p 49 64 113 25,320 1,043 9,240 456 10,739 36,059
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 470 1,127 1,597 266,591 3,532 91,406 26,090 121,028 387,619
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 310 1,987 2,297 402,760 8,779 127,856 21,218 157,853 560,613
Hamilton, Ontario  
August r 77 223 300 90,313 2,069 9,221 23,138 34,428 124,741
September p 123 582 705 203,793 1,016 42,260 4,229 47,505 251,298
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 734 2,195 2,929 891,625 16,591 175,388 130,858 322,837 1,214,462
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 1,035 1,330 2,365 752,388 97,376 161,317 315,340 574,033 1,326,421
Kelowna, British Columbia  
August r 50 71 121 42,133 846 19,138 43 20,027 62,160
September p 74 450 524 84,922 2,541 13,746 1,000 17,287 102,209
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 452 1,432 1,884 468,133 20,766 111,747 40,617 173,130 641,263
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 353 536 889 267,891 12,691 102,817 53,890 169,398 437,289
Kingston, Ontario  
August r 34 9 43 10,737 552 1,113 1,739 3,404 14,141
September p 23 133 156 24,109 476 3,042 21,433 24,951 49,060
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 242 220 462 96,946 14,666 26,727 46,500 87,893 184,839
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 213 504 717 124,061 4,624 27,223 36,675 68,522 192,583
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario  
August r 134 79 213 66,984 7,821 24,022 18,904 50,747 117,731
September p 128 94 222 68,729 5,648 14,096 10,964 30,708 99,437
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 1,111 2,328 3,439 786,834 64,602 192,190 181,334 438,126 1,224,960
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 759 2,432 3,191 636,993 117,730 179,272 109,592 406,594 1,043,587
London, Ontario  
August r 114 206 320 107,247 15,511 39,086 27,636 82,233 189,480
September p 107 73 180 59,281 11,808 10,726 16,548 39,082 98,363
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 992 1,581 2,573 739,610 55,643 161,721 204,962 422,326 1,161,936
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 802 559 1,361 433,295 49,434 120,002 168,099 337,535 770,830
Moncton, New Brunswick  
August r 25 83 108 23,835 3,373 4,929 1,609 9,911 33,746
September p 21 9 30 8,752 630 9,238 755 10,623 19,375
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 224 199 423 104,282 15,774 113,813 21,910 151,497 255,779
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 217 221 438 81,598 16,194 48,650 46,161 111,005 192,603
Montréal, Quebec  
August r 248 1,785 2,033 391,953 44,577 159,919 261,045 465,541 857,494
September p 224 1,051 1,275 314,702 33,601 127,599 68,919 230,119 544,821
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 2,117 12,083 14,200 3,057,921 273,332 1,305,646 752,490 2,331,468 5,389,389
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 2,036 11,825 13,861 3,070,426 323,035 1,331,801 726,200 2,381,036 5,451,462
Oshawa, Ontario  
August r 51 28 79 34,185 1,252 9,096 30,225 40,573 74,758
September p 32 61 93 28,894 1,368 8,343 903 10,614 39,508
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 804 1,025 1,829 544,697 23,873 69,583 86,917 180,373 725,070
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 1,072 1,088 2,160 664,522 48,005 58,435 31,910 138,350 802,872
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part, Ontario/Quebec  
August r 134 626 760 165,526 10,147 74,938 7,920 93,005 258,531
September p 166 383 549 140,550 2,465 33,698 15,370 51,533 192,083
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 1,460 3,929 5,389 1,259,572 119,482 568,885 176,465 864,832 2,124,404
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 1,277 2,197 3,474 936,885 30,530 473,681 252,379 756,590 1,693,475
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec  
August r 31 37 68 17,180 2 8,233 1,948 10,183 27,363
September p 45 201 246 41,710 6,561 20,095 19,426 46,082 87,792
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 289 1,311 1,600 262,802 11,224 63,844 54,152 129,220 392,022
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 375 1,127 1,502 272,117 28,047 72,292 10,525 110,864 382,981
Peterborough, Ontario  
August r 42 24 66 17,358 922 854 112 1,888 19,246
September p 22 26 48 13,757 85 4,092 25 4,202 17,959
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 230 162 392 98,017 3,477 14,470 6,127 24,074 122,091
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 207 126 333 96,695 11,307 13,874 26,140 51,321 148,016
Québec, Quebec  
August r 62 322 384 71,057 405 19,737 11,343 31,485 102,542
September p 77 379 456 77,817 2,930 21,355 7,189 31,474 109,291
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 641 3,419 4,060 739,724 43,439 205,683 88,870 337,992 1,077,716
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 659 3,450 4,109 704,617 39,683 201,511 92,964 334,158 1,038,775
Regina, Saskatchewan  
August r 55 42 97 23,238 2,996 3,295 16,291 22,582 45,820
September p 67 102 169 31,535 1,886 8,152 6,395 16,433 47,968
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 532 769 1,301 248,815 16,997 101,308 172,233 290,538 539,353
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 398 878 1,276 219,443 74,120 235,459 129,759 439,338 658,781
Saguenay, Quebec  
August r 29 13 42 14,140 52 4,039 850 4,941 19,081
September p 27 13 40 12,114 923 11,472 0 12,395 24,509
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 214 262 476 108,663 14,857 49,456 20,770 85,083 193,746
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 241 185 426 110,804 21,577 39,220 43,748 104,545 215,349
Saint John, New Brunswick  
August r 14 1 15 4,149 2,836 17,373 8 20,217 24,366
September p 13 3 16 4,668 103 3,383 1,136 4,622 9,290
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 136 87 223 55,709 5,766 41,982 17,038 64,786 120,495
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 146 36 182 58,536 7,741 20,929 5,739 34,409 92,945
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  
August r 106 48 154 40,852 1,770 26,657 2,892 31,319 72,171
September p 96 79 175 40,493 622 18,992 4,278 23,892 64,385
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 786 672 1,458 347,015 24,197 173,403 109,572 307,172 654,187
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 765 1,502 2,267 459,659 43,505 281,473 101,401 426,379 886,038
Sherbrooke, Quebec  
August r 33 66 99 18,938 8,375 4,879 2,922 16,176 35,114
September p 38 115 153 22,475 2,727 4,481 3,633 10,841 33,316
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 296 597 893 176,912 35,262 54,746 24,365 114,373 291,285
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 335 669 1,004 204,338 14,494 47,672 52,569 114,735 319,073
St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario  
August r 89 58 147 43,745 2,736 5,373 7,654 15,763 59,508
September p 118 118 236 65,698 3,405 6,251 17,735 27,391 93,089
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 951 639 1,590 458,764 22,044 60,994 46,995 130,033 588,797
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 870 562 1,432 390,137 25,109 67,069 47,960 140,138 530,275
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador  
August r 35 11 46 12,663 110 3,465 46 3,621 16,284
September p 40 25 65 15,542 179 6,078 280 6,537 22,079
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 362 280 642 164,901 2,538 64,447 16,175 83,160 248,061
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 465 210 675 187,276 38,242 100,318 22,349 160,909 348,185
Thunder Bay, Ontario  
August r 20 6 26 6,683 112 680 648 1,440 8,123
September p 14 1 15 4,849 1,424 5,502 8,100 15,026 19,875
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 115 60 175 40,400 4,676 20,419 14,483 39,578 79,978
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 145 83 228 53,040 900 36,140 36,251 73,291 126,331
Toronto, Ontario  
August r 1,004 2,110 3,114 1,039,652 93,735 461,882 64,847 620,464 1,660,116
September p 910 2,665 3,575 1,117,784 40,026 233,329 82,951 356,306 1,474,090
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 8,038 16,478 24,516 8,255,096 654,731 2,665,580 971,934 4,292,245 12,547,341
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 9,062 20,006 29,068 8,650,844 882,744 2,892,934 1,108,933 4,884,611 13,535,455
Trois-Rivières, Quebec  
August r 9 26 35 13,190 2,037 10,872 1,776 14,685 27,875
September p 22 68 90 18,572 137 5,408 2,031 7,576 26,148
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 150 356 506 130,768 14,899 47,242 13,615 75,756 206,524
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 145 280 425 117,657 18,034 35,733 18,026 71,793 189,450
Vancouver, British Columbia  
August r 242 1,659 1,901 521,481 8,203 102,772 19,115 130,090 651,571
September p 222 1,045 1,267 390,817 33,107 75,064 22,166 130,337 521,154
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 2,515 13,152 15,667 4,473,754 131,781 1,133,598 307,362 1,572,741 6,046,495
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 2,285 15,970 18,255 4,667,640 147,512 1,244,788 404,600 1,796,900 6,464,540
Victoria, British Columbia  
August r 77 153 230 67,407 736 6,954 25,937 33,627 101,034
September p 56 163 219 64,251 1,503 8,698 17,910 28,111 92,362
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 559 1,720 2,279 612,301 34,521 128,183 84,879 247,583 859,884
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 483 1,379 1,862 437,826 16,108 93,979 51,939 162,026 599,852
Windsor, Ontario  
August r 65 27 92 34,022 1,184 2,587 16,414 20,185 54,207
September p 57 21 78 28,268 2,232 6,863 3,297 12,392 40,660
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 658 326 984 325,458 40,211 35,490 36,309 112,010 437,468
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 548 302 850 257,337 46,170 52,532 58,071 156,773 414,110
Winnipeg, Manitoba  
August r 148 239 387 77,848 58,602 44,651 24,154 127,407 205,255
September p 170 126 296 74,577 5,751 42,219 18,846 66,816 141,393
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2016 1,387 2,063 3,450 736,106 163,410 472,791 167,823 804,024 1,540,130
Cumulative Jan. to Sept. 2015 1,185 2,036 3,221 724,503 32,151 263,935 143,789 439,875 1,164,378
Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.
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