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Table 14  Building permits, 2007
  Total residential and non-residential Residential Non-residential
  $ millions
Canada 74,264.3 45,565.4 28,698.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 660.7 422.5 238.2
Prince Edward Island 163.4 113.7 49.7
Nova Scotia 1,286.5 842.4 444.1
New Brunswick 964.3 559.0 405.4
Quebec 12,976.1 8,410.8 4,565.3
Ontario 26,708.6 15,624.1 11,084.5
Manitoba 1,476.2 963.0 513.2
Saskatchewan 1,620.1 859.5 760.6
Alberta 15,653.3 9,044.9 6,608.3
British Columbia 12,540.3 8,612.4 3,927.9
Yukon 76.9 40.1 36.8
Northwest Territories 74.2 19.4 54.8
Nunavut 63.6 53.7 9.9

Table 15  Housing tenure, 2006
  Owned dwelling with mortgage Owned dwelling without mortgage Rented
  %
Canada 35.7 30.0 34.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 32.5 46.4 21.1
Prince Edward Island 37.4 33.1 29.5
Nova Scotia 34.4 34.8 30.8
New Brunswick 38.1 38.5 23.4
Quebec 31.1 25.8 43.2
Ontario 37.3 29.5 33.3
Manitoba 34.3 34.8 30.8
Saskatchewan 31.4 41.1 27.5
Alberta 43.3 30.8 25.9
British Columbia 36.0 31.1 33.0

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Chart 6 Housing starts
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Chart 7 New Housing Price Index
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