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Table 20
Real investment in residential structures

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seasonally adjusted data at annual rates, millions of chained (2002) dollars

Source: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts: Data tables, catalogue number 13-019-X.

Value of new housing construction

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Renovations

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,102 12,352 11,828 12,010 12,436 12,018 11,995 12,490 12,072 12,460 13,478 13,363 13,531 13,577 14,504 14,625 14,291 14,040 14,253 15,067 14,581 14,665 14,839 14,623 15,173 15,999 16,297 16,452 16,596 17,295 17,599 17,743 17,977 18,257 18,329 18,323 17,157 17,851 17,761 16,572 15,018 14,970 14,959 15,096 15,144 15,401 15,609 15,847 15,664 15,491 15,575 15,570 15,293 15,486 15,288 15,050 14,896 14,326 13,924 14,054 14,524 15,333 15,858 15,828 15,832 15,961 16,120 16,450 16,411 15,644 15,901 15,571 16,214 16,231 15,858 16,536 16,964 17,428 18,478 19,653 20,511 20,811 21,369 21,660 21,804 21,984 22,120 22,448 23,196 23,608 23,764 23,804 24,424 24,604 25,280 26,456 26,776 27,440 27,932 28,900 29,280 29,400 29,828 30,604 31,356 31,604 31,972 32,436 33,336 33,228 33,120 31,728 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,073 12,235 12,843 14,059 14,413 14,677 15,980 17,308 18,222 17,335 15,011 15,500 15,575 15,279 14,300 15,386 16,091 15,882 16,210 18,131 21,088 22,089 23,593 25,191 27,762 29,778 31,842 32,853

Ownership transfer costs

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Total investment in residential structures

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43,155 45,003 41,662 38,056 37,273 33,176 32,753 35,865 37,889 42,052 42,115 40,075 40,104 40,042 40,870 41,115 40,918 41,917 45,191 48,006 47,386 48,996 50,080 51,061 53,947 56,020 58,445 57,798 57,224 58,024 57,508 58,455 61,170 58,900 59,206 61,102 59,483 55,872 52,166 48,106 44,803 45,492 46,509 47,721 49,144 48,522 50,003 49,505 47,297 47,281 47,436 47,621 49,690 50,645 49,506 47,216 43,932 41,480 41,048 41,208 42,506 44,768 47,525 49,106 49,054 49,678 49,987 50,217 48,887 48,163 47,653 47,169 47,944 49,683 50,233 50,894 51,176 50,762 53,133 54,091 55,405 56,695 58,223 60,741 64,468 65,052 66,242 67,941 67,958 67,778 70,347 71,811 73,053 73,932 75,097 76,682 75,822 77,095 77,859 78,431 80,413 79,355 78,066 78,025 80,063 81,119 81,901 82,164 80,982 80,172 79,709 74,839 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41,969 34,767 40,533 40,533 44,008 49,381 56,553 57,803 60,095 53,907 46,131 49,294 47,409 49,264 41,917 45,976 49,734 47,968 49,689 52,291 57,766 65,926 69,474 74,691 77,302 78,965 81,312 78,926

Of which:

Business residential construction

16,780 17,218 17,846 17,249 17,183 17,407 18,432 17,932 17,336 18,055 18,116 20,049 21,018 20,329 20,829 22,681 22,237 21,936 22,273 21,844 21,972 22,563 20,110 19,712 20,447 20,845 22,329 22,431 22,721 24,665 24,241 26,261 27,057 28,449 27,954 27,495 26,679 23,660 24,644 26,710 26,720 28,908 30,050 30,810 31,351 31,968 32,065 31,688 33,631 34,329 33,784 34,860 37,879 35,288 33,585 32,733 32,361 32,646 35,283 36,767 38,124 41,286 41,888 40,327 40,720 41,036 41,266 40,791 41,169 41,771 41,230 41,179 41,016 40,440 41,409 41,230 40,093 36,298 38,609 40,521 42,449 44,325 40,922 37,266 36,308 32,300 31,978 35,045 37,014 41,132 41,246 39,336 39,580 39,592 40,430 40,726 40,522 41,506 44,749 47,531 46,963 48,549 49,661 50,674 53,564 55,660 58,055 57,395 56,742 57,593 57,051 57,988 60,738 58,493 58,818 60,698 59,009 55,350 51,652 47,572 44,254 44,901 45,823 47,012 48,513 47,940 49,462 49,010 46,943 46,937 47,092 47,282 49,413 50,374 49,234 46,944 43,732 41,281 40,848 41,009 42,257 44,504 47,270 48,856 48,747 49,398 49,707 49,956 48,680 47,861 47,342 46,926 47,723 49,350 49,890 50,645 50,937 50,451 52,776 53,824 55,191 56,436 57,932 60,538 64,245 64,760 65,918 67,681 67,686 67,441 70,027 71,519 72,737 73,573 74,753 76,387 75,482 76,653 77,409 78,104 80,107 78,930 77,661 77,708 79,768 80,682 81,506 81,879 80,718 79,777 79,344 74,549 17,273 17,739 18,389 21,214 22,073 21,089 21,513 24,472 27,739 25,423 29,122 31,768 34,151 34,871 34,264 40,406 40,953 41,337 41,024 38,880 41,241 33,908 39,682 40,082 43,577 48,962 56,169 57,344 59,687 53,396 45,498 48,731 47,064 48,991 41,718 45,722 49,452 47,702 49,402 51,997 57,524 65,651 69,168 74,363 76,912 78,602 80,959 78,597

Government residential construction

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Sales of new dwellings including land

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23,338 22,588 21,244 21,547 19,257 18,192 17,377 16,721 22,155 21,831 24,003 23,072 23,304 22,251 21,908 23,412 20,034 21,767 24,426 24,785 25,715 27,607 27,519 29,342 30,116 31,669 34,037 33,410 32,949 34,194 31,400 32,697 35,309 32,408 30,211 32,965 34,109 32,487 31,293 29,513 33,866 29,323 27,948 28,277 32,014 30,671 30,102 30,639 29,111 28,941 30,991 28,757 29,920 33,237 32,374 31,016 27,704 25,507 24,780 24,793 27,754 26,557 28,560 28,652 29,832 33,981 32,063 33,510 31,486 31,430 28,843 30,042 32,657 31,939 32,118 34,291 32,914 33,702 34,578 33,375 32,556 34,651 36,613 37,166 39,933 39,852 43,828 46,659 43,971 45,886 44,794 47,017 47,860 46,956 49,576 50,541 50,057 50,257 48,747 48,872 52,258 49,685 49,779 46,071 49,628 49,984 48,796 50,548 48,361 50,862 49,774 52,737 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22,179 17,887 22,765 22,719 22,753 27,546 32,308 32,810 32,723 31,851 29,854 30,857 29,450 31,637 25,696 27,881 32,347 30,450 32,751 33,642 35,247 42,568 45,417 48,733 49,483 49,448 49,739 50,434

Single dwellings

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15,719 14,826 13,755 12,696 10,034 8,425 7,567 8,667 11,773 14,340 16,447 15,187 14,939 14,696 14,891 15,015 13,370 14,826 16,654 17,566 18,147 19,200 19,274 20,845 21,325 22,113 23,504 23,032 22,845 22,863 20,417 22,625 22,969 22,068 21,155 21,629 22,118 21,651 20,440 18,598 20,642 17,730 18,581 20,344 20,878 20,729 20,614 21,239 20,776 20,129 20,487 20,095 21,349 24,457 23,237 22,406 19,856 18,369 17,418 17,507 19,435 19,034 20,887 20,689 22,024 24,377 24,767 25,154 24,022 23,569 21,704 22,792 24,559 24,803 24,794 26,326 24,759 25,358 26,117 25,744 25,123 26,335 27,138 29,145 30,156 31,048 33,624 34,576 34,484 34,496 34,464 35,484 36,536 35,308 37,340 37,652 36,736 36,900 35,432 35,968 36,912 35,748 35,332 33,492 35,696 36,656 36,128 37,256 34,624 34,208 34,120 33,656 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14,249 8,673 14,437 14,885 15,604 19,367 22,494 22,188 21,955 20,702 19,324 20,865 20,372 22,862 18,288 20,011 24,081 23,022 25,121 25,495 26,935 32,351 34,732 36,709 36,259 35,371 36,434 34,152

Multiple dwellings

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,330 7,552 7,324 8,895 9,485 10,191 10,288 8,328 10,704 7,406 7,372 7,787 8,314 7,455 6,873 8,335 6,555 6,790 7,601 6,977 7,326 8,178 8,002 8,204 8,498 9,288 10,280 10,135 9,847 11,176 10,920 9,815 12,267 10,142 8,793 11,258 11,947 10,718 10,793 10,944 13,321 11,684 9,388 7,909 11,166 9,954 9,492 9,396 8,314 8,804 10,523 8,654 8,554 8,744 9,116 8,587 7,830 7,120 7,351 7,274 8,310 7,509 7,658 7,953 7,791 9,592 7,259 8,331 7,435 7,836 7,115 7,223 8,070 7,106 7,295 7,935 8,133 8,322 8,439 7,611 7,413 8,313 9,489 8,020 9,776 8,804 10,204 12,084 9,484 11,392 10,328 11,536 11,324 11,652 12,240 12,896 13,332 13,368 13,328 12,912 15,380 13,956 14,476 12,596 13,952 13,348 12,688 13,312 13,756 16,668 15,672 19,084 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,775 9,573 8,317 7,744 6,981 7,928 9,550 10,440 10,615 11,101 10,576 10,002 9,074 8,750 7,394 7,858 8,243 7,402 7,602 8,126 8,309 10,217 10,685 12,028 13,235 14,102 13,325 16,295