Table 9.9
Construction

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Construction: Part 1
  Permits Housing starts (all areas) Percentage change
Total Percentage change Non-residential Residential
Total Industrial Commercial Institutional and government
v4667 v4667 v4669 v4670 v4671 v4672 v4668 v52300157 v52300157
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars thousands of units percent
2008 70,437 -5.3 29,559 5,069 16,681 7,809 40,878 212 -7.5
2009 61,049 -13.3 26,341 3,871 13,845 8,625 34,708 149 -29.6
October 2008 5,315 -20.4 2,522 344 1,421 756 3,296 220 -6.4
November 2008 4,762 -21.4 2,018 324 1,094 600 2,473 170 -28.3
December 2008 4,552 -24.9 1,966 413 1,058 495 1,957 149 -13.1
January 2009 4,273 -28.3 1,936 196 923 817 1,223 136 -35.2
February 2009 3,607 -41.4 1,354 196 801 357 1,413 115 -51.2
March 2009 4,557 -19.0 2,305 190 1,401 714 2,149 146 -39.9
April 2009 4,506 -31.7 2,229 445 1,167 617 2,627 112 -49.8
May 2009 5,255 -21.4 2,604 405 1,200 1,000 3,257 128 -44.1
June 2009 5,254 -16.0 2,695 328 1,436 930 3,391 143 -35.9
July 2009 4,791 -25.6 2,097 286 1,059 753 3,152 139 -27.9
August 2009 5,160 -8.9 2,153 289 1,112 752 3,217 162 -24.6
September 2009 5,333 -17.0 2,056 387 1,067 602 3,722 166 -27.6
October 2009 6,229 17.2 2,767 627 1,220 920 3,893 188 -14.5
November 2009 6,123 28.6 2,126 301 1,165 660 3,730 176 3.5
December 2009 5,961 30.9 2,019 222 1,294 502 2,934 176 17.7
January 2010 5,680 32.9 1,435 222 779 434 2,492 193 42.7
February 2010 5,641 56.4 1,609 246 970 393 2,437 202 75.8
March 2010 6,335 39.0 2,109 427 1,164 518 4,142 199 36.5
April 2010 6,708 48.8 2,948 445 1,622 880 4,272 206 83.6
May 2010 6,161 17.2 2,493 697 1,102 694 4,402 198 54.9
June 2010 6,587 25.4 3,281 578 1,706 996 4,332 192 33.9
July 2010 6,334 32.2 2,859 419 1,271 1,169 3,821 199 43.1
August 2010 5,732 11.1 2,208 389 1,115 704 3,774 191 17.8
September 2010 6,608 23.9 2,930 385 1,680 865 4,116 185 11.2
October 2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 168 -10.7
Construction: Part 2
  Urban centres starts
Total Singles Multiples
v52299896 v52299897 v52299901
  thousands of units
2008 189  75  113 
2009 130  60  70 
October 2008 196 69 126
November 2008 147 65 82
December 2008 133 60 73
January 2009 114 50 64
February 2009 97 44 53
March 2009 123 44 78
April 2009 96 43 53
May 2009 108 50 59
June 2009 126 55 71
July 2009 123 58 66
August 2009 145 61 84
September 2009 147 72 76
October 2009 164 76 88
November 2009 153 79 73
December 2009 158 86 72
January 2010 168 91 77
February 2010 180 89 91
March 2010 172 95 77
April 2010 182 93 88
May 2010 170 76 94
June 2010 166 76 89
July 2010 176 72 104
August 2010 168 69 99
September 2010 162 63 100
October 2010 142 58 85
Construction: Part 3
  Investment
Structures House sales
Total New housing Renovations Transfer costs Total Singles Multiples
v1992123 v1992120 v1992121 v1992122 v1992126 v1992127 v1992128
  millions of chained 2002 dollars
2009 71,804 29,028 33,141 10,736 45,180   28,532   16,652  
2010 .. .. .. .. ..   ..   ..  
Fourth quarter 2007 81,620 37,329 32,932 12,024 50,359  37,080  13,300 
First quarter 2008 80,423 36,641 33,292 11,380 48,942  34,768  14,192 
Second quarter 2008 79,693 37,147 33,060 10,500 50,793  34,276  16,528 
Third quarter 2008 78,777 36,688 33,048 10,140 50,456  34,712  15,760 
Fourth quarter 2008 73,477 35,323 31,632 7,840 52,398  33,128  19,268 
First quarter 2009 69,214 31,248 31,360 7,992 44,451  29,200  15,252 
Second quarter 2009 70,243 28,372 32,344 10,612 46,481  29,368  17,116 
Third quarter 2009 71,757 27,347 33,636 11,756 44,564  27,972  16,596 
Fourth quarter 2009 76,000 29,144 35,224 12,584 45,226  27,588  17,644 
First quarter 2010 79,502 31,994 37,036 11,844 47,112  29,820  17,296 
Second quarter 2010 79,692 34,352 36,648 10,368 48,257  31,400  16,860 
Third quarter 2010 78,626 34,533 36,764 9,296 50,646  31,488  19,164 
Fourth quarter 2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Source(s):
Building Permits (Catalogue no. 64-001-XIE), Client services (1-800-579-8533). Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, contact: L. Bourgon (613-748-2358). National Income and Expenditure Accounts. Client services (613-951-3640). CANSIM tables : 026-0008, 027-0054, 027-0051 and 380-0010.