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Table 2 Value of building permits, by province and territory

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Value of building permits, by province and territory
  September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008r January 2009p December 2008 to January 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change
Canada 6,458.2 5,426.1 4,820.8 4,647.1 4,432.7 -4.6
Residential 3,244.6 3,036.8 2,748.7 2,630.2 2,169.1 -17.5
Non-residential 3,213.7 2,389.2 2,072.0 2,016.8 2,263.6 12.2
Newfoundland and Labrador 67.9 75.1 66.4 83.0 51.7 -37.7
Residential 46.6 46.3 56.1 69.8 49.1 -29.7
Non-residential 21.3 28.8 10.4 13.1 2.6 -80.4
Prince Edward Island 23.5 17.8 17.6 16.2 22.8 41.0
Residential 11.5 9.0 8.5 14.2 16.2 13.8
Non-residential 12.0 8.7 9.1 2.0 6.6 236.8
Nova Scotia 141.1 103.1 107.6 102.4 88.4 -13.6
Residential 61.5 59.0 48.2 47.5 50.2 5.7
Non-residential 79.6 44.1 59.4 54.9 38.2 -30.4
New Brunswick 114.2 105.9 78.9 94.9 75.6 -20.3
Residential 67.1 48.1 49.6 41.9 42.9 2.5
Non-residential 47.1 57.8 29.3 53.0 32.7 -38.3
Quebec 1,202.5 1,283.3 1,104.6 1,197.8 960.3 -19.8
Residential 770.3 754.4 750.6 685.9 650.7 -5.1
Non-residential 432.2 529.0 354.0 511.9 309.5 -39.5
Ontario 2,428.3 1,845.7 1,497.8 1,770.5 2,003.2 13.1
Residential 1,051.3 1,078.1 914.1 1,065.3 766.8 -28.0
Non-residential 1,377.0 767.6 583.8 705.2 1,236.4 75.3
Manitoba 178.4 142.5 101.7 119.8 114.2 -4.7
Residential 115.9 93.9 71.8 83.6 74.6 -10.8
Non-residential 62.6 48.6 29.9 36.1 39.6 9.5
Saskatchewan 329.2 140.4 154.8 138.8 183.7 32.4
Residential 79.3 90.7 75.0 71.0 100.4 41.5
Non-residential 249.9 49.7 79.8 67.8 83.3 22.8
Alberta 1,031.8 830.6 1,045.2 754.6 585.4 -22.4
Residential 439.4 429.3 438.7 361.0 225.0 -37.7
Non-residential 592.4 401.3 606.6 393.5 360.4 -8.4
British Columbia 913.5 861.1 604.9 357.3 345.4 -3.3
Residential 585.7 413.7 326.1 187.0 191.6 2.4
Non-residential 327.8 447.4 278.9 170.3 153.9 -9.6
Yukon 5.3 6.7 7.0 2.7 1.4 -46.6
Residential 4.0 4.4 6.3 2.7 1.3 -53.4
Non-residential 1.3 2.3 0.8 0.0 0.2 1,627.3
Northwest Territories 9.7 9.1 26.9 9.1 0.4 -95.1
Residential 0.8 5.4 0.8 0.3 0.3 9.8
Non-residential 9.0 3.8 26.1 8.9 0.2 -98.2
Nunavut 13.0 4.7 7.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Residential 11.3 4.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Non-residential 1.6 0.1 4.1 0.0 0.0 ...
revised
preliminary
not applicable
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.