Building permits, residential dwelling units authorized (new dwellings), Canada, monthly, unadjusted data tables

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Building permits, residential dwelling units authorized (new dwellings), Canada, monthly, unadjusted

Canada · monthly · dwelling units per month · Not seasonally adjusted

Published issuer series; native reference periods are retained. Missing observations remain missing. Starts and completions are gross dwelling flows; under construction is a stock. Permits authorize work, not completed homes. Monthly completions cover centres with at least 10,000 people; quarterly all-area counts have different coverage. Exact issuer dimensions: Geography: Canada; Type of building: Total residential; Type of work: New dwelling units total; Variables: Number of dwelling-units created; Seasonal adjustment, value type: Unadjusted, current.

Countability page snapshot: 2026-11-11. Issuer observations retain their published precision after conversion to the stated base units; no interpolation or missing-value replacement.

Published Countability table. Adapted from Statistics Canada — Building permits, by type of structure and type of work (34-10-0292-01); reference periods 2018-08 to 2026-08. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Statistics Canada — Building permits, by type of structure and type of work. Input captured: 2026-10-15. Table release: 2026-10-14.

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Building permits, residential dwelling units authorized (new dwellings), Canada, monthly, unadjusted — dwelling units per month
Reference periodValue (dwelling units per month)
2018-0818097.0
2018-0919397.0
2018-1022514.0
2018-1118980.0
2018-1218934.0
2019-0117640.0
2019-0213566.0
2019-0316868.0
2019-0422117.0
2019-0524210.0
2019-0621209.0
2019-0721682.0
2019-0820931.0
2019-0919503.0
2019-1021343.0
2019-1117049.0
2019-1218063.0
2020-0118446.0
2020-0215038.0
2020-0317342.0
2020-0415823.0
2020-0522683.0
2020-0623851.0
2020-0721411.0
2020-0823788.0
2020-0925788.0
2020-1024669.0
2020-1123087.0
2020-1222303.0
2021-0121430.0
2021-0217505.0
2021-0330200.0
2021-0426590.0
2021-0525661.0
2021-0629542.0
2021-0727810.0
2021-0823379.0
2021-0927076.0
2021-1024692.0
2021-1126868.0
2021-1224379.0
2022-0116890.0
2022-0218311.0
2022-0325411.0
2022-0423843.0
2022-0527678.0
2022-0632345.0
2022-0723249.0
2022-0827054.0
2022-0921963.0
2022-1018484.0
2022-1123740.0
2022-1218627.0
2023-0114323.0
2023-0217665.0
2023-0324972.0
2023-0418102.0
2023-0526154.0
2023-0632132.0
2023-0723683.0
2023-0821230.0
2023-0924565.0
2023-1021744.0
2023-1124541.0
2023-1213875.0
2024-0113165.0
2024-0217984.0
2024-0321494.0
2024-0430485.0
2024-0528789.0
2024-0625913.0
2024-0726689.0
2024-0824419.0
2024-0926200.0
2024-1025990.0
2024-1123519.0
2024-1224931.0
2025-0119609.0
2025-0219780.0
2025-0331563.0
2025-0426552.0
2025-0528362.0
2025-0627329.0
2025-0729940.0
2025-0821774.0
2025-0926749.0
2025-1030260.0
2025-1122711.0
2025-1223112.0
2026-0117460.0
2026-0219988.0
2026-0331089.0
2026-0425595.0
2026-0525466.0
2026-0628862.0
2026-0723470.0
2026-0824705.0