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Year	Single Detached Starts #		Semi-Detached Starts #		Row Housing Starts #		Apartment and Other Starts #		Total Residential Housing Starts #		Value of Residential Building Permits $		Value of Total Building Permits $

1948							53,076,000
1949							75,487,000
1950							86,667,000
1951							73,753,000
1952							99,194,000
1953							135,164,000
1954							147,666,000
1955							176,683,000
1956							188,104,000
1957					9,707		172,851,000
1958					15,071		258,409,000
1959					13,536		270,252,000
1960					8,042		199,121,000
1961					12,730		232,378,000
1962					13,714		284,169,000
1963					12,550		275,275,000
1964					11,600		288,813,000
1965					10,630		348,063,000
1966					9,091		330,276,000
1967					13,233		391,353,000
1968					21,416		466,879,000
1969					21,001		476,316,000
1970					19,293		420,797,000
1971					23,535		545,084,000
1972					24,426		635,269,000
1973					23,742		762,927,000
1974					20,155		1,069,927,000
1975					29,614		1,271,397,000
1976					39,784		1,831,106,000
1977					47,274		2,374,824,000
1978					45,697		3,033,824,000
1979					39,025		3,354,566,000
1980					35,306		4,015,037,000
1981					50,531		5,130,940,000
1982					22,380		2,911,003,000
1983					14,528		1,870,959,000
1984					7,443		1,386,289,000
1985					9,534		1,798,079,000
1986					8,848		1,840,743,000
1987					11,021		1,859,962,000
1988					11,176		2,440,072,000
1989					15,443		2,647,282,000
1990					17,238		3,016,783,000
1991					13,993		2,639,274,000
1992					19,594		3,105,582,000
1993					19,559		2,713,485,000
1994					18,006		2,740,536,000
1995					14,203		2,506,576,000
1996					17,393		2,883,111,000
1997					24,743		4,446,316,000
1998					27,964		5,552,208,000
1999	16,688	1,570	1,424	5,765	25,447		4,801,885,000
2000	16,835	1,518	1,545	6,368	26,266		5,296,414,000
2001	19,769	1,957	1,779	5,669	29,174		5,911,698,000
2002	24,520	2,869	2,531	8,834	38,754		6,846,547,000
2003	21,918	2,567	2,859	8,827	36,171	9,010,200,000	6,667,181,000
2004	22,487	2,916	2,401	8,466	36,270	8,139,700,000	7,327,058,000
2005	26,684	3,012	2,951	8,200	40,847	6,047,200,000	10,201,740,000
2006	31,835	3,807	2,935	10,385	48,962	8,139,700,000	13,875,698,000
2007	28,105	3,699	4,377	12,155	48,336	9,010,200,000	15,729,694,000
2008	14,716	2,125	2,210	10,133	29,184	6,174,700,000	13,141,200,000
2009	14,344	2,267	1,654	2,033	20,298	5,445,600,000	11,276,900,000

References and Related Online Materials

Single Detached Starts:	See reference for "Total Residential Housing Starts."
Semi-Detached Starts:	See reference for "Total Residential Housing Starts."
Row Housing Starts:	See reference for "Total Residential Housing Starts."
Apartment and Other Starts:	See reference for "Total Residential Housing Starts."
Total Residential Housing Starts:	1999-2009: Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. (2010). Dwelling Starts by Type, by Region and Province, 1999-2009. CHS - Residential Building Activity: Dwelling Starts, Completions, Under Construction and Newly Completed and Unabsorbed Dwellings - 2009. https://www03.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/?lang=en&cat=55&itm=1 (accessed July 8, 2010). Before 1999: Statistics Canada, Housing Starts by Province
Value of Residential Building Permits:	2006-2009: Statistics Canada (no date). Value of building permits, by province and territory. Canadian Statistics. Last modified May 6, 2010. http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/manuf15a-eng.htm (accessed May 21, 2010). Prior to 2006: Statistics Canada, Housing Characteristics, 1948-2008.
Value of Total Building Permits:	2007-2008: Statistics Canada (no date). Value of building permits, by province and territory. Canadian Statistics. Last modified May 6, 2010. http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/manuf15a-eng.htm (accessed May 21, 2010). Prior to 2007: Statistics Canada, Housing Characteristics, 1948-2008.

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