Table 5
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, seasonally adjusted, 2016

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Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, provinces and territories, 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 residential and non-residential building construction at the Canada level and by province and territory. The row headers provide information for the current and preceding reference month, as well as cumulative totals for the current and preceding reference year at the Canada level and by province and territory. The column headers provide information on the number of dwellings for single, multiples, total dwellings and the estimated value of 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
Canada  
January r 5,526 10,141 15,667 4,011,352 527,672 1,284,821 572,604 2,385,097 6,396,449
February p 6,105 9,900 16,005 4,211,104 483,258 2,012,104 679,776 3,175,138 7,386,242
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 11,631 20,041 31,672 8,222,456 1,010,930 3,296,925 1,252,380 5,560,235 13,782,691
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 12,108 21,051 33,159 8,453,103 954,361 2,830,263 1,297,617 5,082,241 13,535,344
Newfoundland and Labrador  
January r 86 12 98 33,954 30 5,988 1,138 7,156 41,110
February p 90 18 108 37,316 10 13,303 72 13,385 50,701
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 176 30 206 71,270 40 19,291 1,210 20,541 91,811
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 205 12 217 73,907 3,831 22,156 9,484 35,471 109,378
Prince Edward Island  
January r 17 0 17 5,948 5 870 68 943 6,891
February p 38 19 57 12,649 312 1,138 0 1,450 14,099
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 55 19 74 18,597 317 2,008 68 2,393 20,990
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 55 5 60 20,038 897 4,264 2,568 7,729 27,767
Nova Scotia  
January r 121 361 482 72,405 4,547 20,628 4,472 29,647 102,052
February p 141 104 245 50,080 5,000 19,975 816 25,791 75,871
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 262 465 727 122,485 9,547 40,603 5,288 55,438 177,923
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 222 467 689 140,572 11,090 38,663 1,099 50,852 191,424
New Brunswick  
January r 82 58 140 35,995 3,179 21,165 11,651 35,995 71,990
February p 86 69 155 33,573 2,161 12,052 8,956 23,169 56,742
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 168 127 295 69,568 5,340 33,217 20,607 59,164 128,732
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 145 157 302 71,498 10,850 18,394 10,818 40,062 111,560
Quebec  
January r 918 2,220 3,138 715,291 88,228 154,168 22,902 265,298 980,589
February p 847 2,602 3,449 722,268 93,068 210,956 145,704 449,728 1,171,996
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 1,765 4,822 6,587 1,437,559 181,296 365,124 168,606 715,026 2,152,585
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 1,591 4,773 6,364 1,394,612 181,200 624,343 423,348 1,228,891 2,623,503
Ontario  
January r 1,993 3,432 5,425 1,480,352 249,928 463,824 342,529 1,056,281 2,536,633
February p 2,733 2,787 5,520 1,766,652 240,031 617,259 201,945 1,059,235 2,825,887
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 4,726 6,219 10,945 3,247,004 489,959 1,081,083 544,474 2,115,516 5,362,520
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 4,698 6,789 11,487 3,063,116 447,876 991,105 445,698 1,884,679 4,947,795
Manitoba  
January r 241 252 493 120,384 27,106 31,851 13,014 71,971 192,355
February p 262 262 524 111,380 37,912 35,075 14,188 87,175 198,555
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 503 514 1,017 231,764 65,018 66,926 27,202 159,146 390,910
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 478 453 931 233,955 30,740 87,143 43,943 161,826 395,781
Saskatchewan  
January r 252 201 453 100,690 8,551 41,365 26,262 76,178 176,868
February p 193 127 320 81,673 11,636 30,212 56,625 98,473 180,146
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 445 328 773 182,363 20,187 71,577 82,887 174,651 357,014
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 406 813 1,219 240,142 29,637 120,870 83,326 233,833 473,975
Alberta  
January r 1,068 1,336 2,404 596,900 108,957 324,209 77,007 510,173 1,107,073
February p 937 1,735 2,672 620,416 37,208 802,107 175,122 1,014,437 1,634,853
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 2,005 3,071 5,076 1,217,316 146,165 1,126,316 252,129 1,524,610 2,741,926
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 2,867 3,742 6,609 1,767,346 166,096 617,121 159,284 942,501 2,709,847
British Columbia  
January r 733 2,256 2,989 840,322 37,141 220,741 65,214 323,096 1,163,418
February p 764 2,177 2,941 770,732 55,869 269,015 53,517 378,401 1,149,133
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 1,497 4,433 5,930 1,611,054 93,010 489,756 118,731 701,497 2,312,551
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 1,415 3,819 5,234 1,436,167 71,192 297,188 114,017 482,397 1,918,564
Yukon  
January r 11 3 14 1,833 0 12 9 21 1,854
February p 11 0 11 2,220 0 685 22,806 23,491 25,711
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 22 3 25 4,053 0 697 22,815 23,512 27,565
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 21 3 24 4,126 0 1,712 3,813 5,525 9,651
Northwest Territories  
January r 4 0 4 3,778 0 0 8,338 8,338 12,116
February p 3 0 3 2,145 23 327 0 350 2,495
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 7 0 7 5,923 23 327 8,338 8,688 14,611
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 5 0 5 5,124 952 7,304 219 8,475 13,599
Nunavut  
January r 0 10 10 3,500 0 0 0 0 3,500
February p 0 0 0 0 28 0 25 53 53
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2016 0 10 10 3,500 28 0 25 53 3,553
Cumulative Jan. to Feb. 2015 0 18 18 2,500 0 0 0 0 2,500
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Included in this category are the following types of dwellings: single-detached, mobile home and cottage.
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