Building Permits, Housing Starts and Sales

Building Permits

Building Permits by type (Development Regions and Regional Districts) [PDF]
Building Permits by type (Detailed to Community level) [PDF]

CSV files: (Note: latest data will be on the right when opened in Excel)

Total ($)

Residential ($)

Industrial ($)

Institutional & Government ($)

Commercial ($)

Residential Units (Total, all types)

Residential Units (Singles)

Residential Units (Row)

Residential Units (Apartments)

Historical, all types, 1986-2003

Excel file, monthly from 2003: UPDATED March 2013 (Note: latest data will be on the right when opened in Excel; updated infrequently - use csv files for monthly data after December 2012)

All Types, All Areas

Housing Starts and House Sales

Housing Starts, Urban Areas and Communities [PDF] [XLS]
Housing Sales, BC Multiple Listings Statistics [PDF] [XLS]
Major Projects Inventory

Source: Data tables on Statistics Canada's CANSIM site - Select Table Link to access data:

Title	Table Link
Building Permits, on CANSIM	Tables
Housing Starts (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp), on CANSIM	Many Tables

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