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Table 11  Building permits, 2008
  Total
residential
and non-
residential
Residential Non-
residential
  $ millions
Canada 70,425.8 40,888.2 29,537.6
Newfoundland and Labrador 802.5 579.4 223.1
Prince Edward Island 217.0 118.3 98.7
Nova Scotia 1,333.3 793.7 539.6
New Brunswick 1,102.4 589.6 512.8
Quebec 13,834.6 8,911.6 4,923.0
Ontario 25,434.4 14,515.4 10,918.9
Manitoba 1,638.4 1,104.8 533.7
Saskatchewan 2,186.8 1,103.8 1,083.0
Alberta 13,129.7 6,170.0 6,959.7
British Columbia 10,557.6 6,902.2 3,655.4
Yukon 64.8 47.7 17.1
Northwest Territories 67.5 13.1 54.4
Nunavut 57.0 38.8 18.2
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 026-0003 and 026-0008.

 

Table 12  Housing tenure, 2007
  Owned
dwelling with
mortgage
Owned
dwelling
without
mortgage
Rented
  percent
Canada 36.7 30.6 32.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 31.3 45.8 22.9
Prince Edward Island 37.4 34.9 27.7
Nova Scotia 36.2 36.0 27.7
New Brunswick 37.8 37.8 24.5
Quebec 32.9 25.8 41.3
Ontario 38.9 30.3 30.7
Manitoba 38.2 33.1 28.8
Saskatchewan 33.8 41.0 25.2
Alberta 41.2 31.7 27.1
British Columbia 34.8 32.9 32.2
Yukon 39.2 22.9 37.9
Northwest Territories 38.1 21.0 40.9
Nunavut F F 76.8
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 203-0019.

 


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Chart 8 housing starts
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Chart 9 New Housing Price Index
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