Table 9.9
Construction

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Construction: Part 1
  Permits Housing starts at annual rates (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
2009 61,049 -13.3 26,341 3,871 13,845 8,625 34,708 149 -29.4
2010 72,445 18.7 28,974 5,131 15,359 8,484 43,471 190 27.4
August 2009 5,239 -8.6 2,120 282 1,101 737 3,119 162 -24.7 
September 2009 5,325 -17.1 1,924 376 952 596 3,400 166 -27.6 
October 2009 6,248 17.3 2,680 625 1,139 915 3,569 189 -14.5 
November 2009 6,129 28.3 2,140 286 1,193 661 3,989 176 3.5 
December 2009 5,933 28.6 2,081 241 1,326 514 3,852 176 17.7 
January 2010 5,592 32.1 1,674 251 982 441 3,918 193 42.7 
February 2010 5,454 55.3 1,919 268 1,255 396 3,535 202 75.9 
March 2010 6,199 35.3 2,156 443 1,178 535 4,043 198 36.7 
April 2010 6,655 47.8 2,880 434 1,562 884 3,774 205 84.1 
May 2010 6,149 16.3 2,458 696 1,078 684 3,691 198 55.5 
June 2010 6,603 25.6 3,068 580 1,449 1,038 3,536 192 34.5 
July 2010 6,295 31.0 2,875 390 1,294 1,191 3,420 199 43.1 
August 2010 5,677 8.3 2,181 379 1,098 704 3,495 190 17.4 
September 2010 6,453 21.2 2,687 364 1,473 850 3,766 185 11.6 
October 2010 6,205 -0.7 2,785 420 1,664 701 3,420 172 -8.9 
November 2010 5,508 -10.1 2,379 450 1,300 630 3,129 195 10.4 
December 2010 5,654 -4.7 1,911 456 1,026 430 3,743 170 -3.9 
January 2011 5,283 -5.5 1,634 279 1,011 345 3,649 168 -12.7 
February 2011 5,802 6.4 2,822 884 1,237 702 2,979 180 -10.6 
March 2011 6,774 9.3 2,793 307 1,198 1,289 3,980 185 -6.8 
April 2011 5,317 -20.1 1,819 280 1,048 491 3,498 192 -6.7 
May 2011 6,429 4.6 2,750 344 1,880 526 3,680 190 -3.9 
June 2011 6,606 0.0 2,841 614 1,580 648 3,765 196 2.0 
July 2011 7,026 11.6 2,712 368 1,586 758 4,313 204 2.8 
August 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 185 -2.9 
Construction: Part 2
  Urban centres starts
Total Singles Multiples
v52299896 v52299897 v52299901
  thousands of units
2009 130  61  70 
2010 166  74  92 
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  77  89 
July 2010 176  72  104 
August 2010 168  69  99 
September 2010 163  64  99 
October 2010 147  62  85 
November 2010 171  66  105 
December 2010 150  66  84 
January 2011 148  65  83 
February 2011 164  68  96 
March 2011 164  62  102 
April 2011 175  67  108 
May 2011 170  63  107 
June 2011 176  70  106 
July 2011 185  65  120 
August 2011 166  64  101 
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 72,321 29,072 33,634 10,763 45,755   28,842   16,917  
2010 79,635 33,692 37,040 10,557 49,532   31,279   18,263  
Third quarter 2008 79,058 36,681 33,060 10,356 50,590  34,744  15,860 
Fourth quarter 2008 73,950 35,529 31,764 7,932 52,726  33,560  19,164 
First quarter 2009 69,579 31,218 31,608 8,124 45,658  30,008  15,652 
Second quarter 2009 70,636 28,318 32,768 10,668 47,471  29,560  17,916 
Third quarter 2009 72,325 27,356 34,200 11,804 44,516  27,928  16,592 
Fourth quarter 2009 76,743 29,398 35,960 12,456 45,375  27,872  17,508 
First quarter 2010 80,246 32,296 37,384 11,932 48,639  30,464  18,180 
Second quarter 2010 80,188 34,591 37,148 10,200 48,684  31,660  17,024 
Third quarter 2010 79,152 34,854 37,008 9,260 51,201  31,664  19,560 
Fourth quarter 2010 78,955 33,025 36,620 10,836 49,606  31,328  18,288 
First quarter 2011 80,374 32,656 37,592 11,580 47,018  29,448  17,584 
Second quarter 2011 80,549 34,001 37,592 10,672 46,586  28,584  18,028 
Third quarter 2011 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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.