NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

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1 1 GOVERNMENT OF CANADA NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION JANUARY 1 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1951 fli THESIS A JOE TO II DONE IN 'SI Xf 'HELP CANADA COy T PUBLICATION M iun IN IIIMNIAL 9(% NE. "N S U S JUNI.

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3 DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS Department of Trade and Commerce Vol. 4 No. 2 NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING UNITS IN CANADA FROM JANUARY 1 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1951 (IN 1948 AND 1949, ISSUED AS HOUSING BULLETINS NO'S 1 TO 24) Published by Authority of the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe Minister of Trade and Commerce Prepared in the Special Surveys Division Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa Price $2 per annum Single copies 25 cents

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Sunimary... Table 1. Construction of dwelling units in Canada and the provinces... 4 Table 2. Construction of dwelling units in rural and urban areas by regions * Table 3. Construction of dwelling units in urban centres of 5,000 or more Table4. Monthlystartsbyregions i Table5. Monthlycompletionabyregions Table 6, Dwelling units completed during February, 1951, by time under construction for Canada and the provinces Table 7. Dwelling units completed during February, 1951, by time under construction as a percentage of total completions for Canada and regions Table 8. Completions by month by average time under construction Table 9 Completions during the first two months of 1951 by type of dwelling for Canada and the provinces l4 Table 10. Rental units completed during the first two months of 1951 under the management of Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Appendix 1. Definitions l5 Appendix2Reliabilityoftheestimates......l5 Appendix ' S Metropolitan

5 NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTrON From January 1 to February 28, it is estimated that 13,662 new dwelling units were completed in Canada, an increase of 2,367 over the first two months of New dwelling units started during the same period are estimated at 5,737 in 1951 as compared with 4,846 in An estimated 51,534 dwelling units were in various stages of construction at February 28, 1951 a decrease of about 1,400 from the corresponding date of last year. Completions in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia were substantially higher than a year ago, the opposite being true for the Maritimes and Prairies. Starts were up in Ontario and British Columbia, down somewhat in Quebec and about the same in the other regions. Dwelling units completed in February, required an average of 8.0 months to build, a somewhat longer period than the average of 7,2 months reported for February, From thu typus of Uwelling units being constructed in the first two months of 1951, it is estimated that about 29 percent were for rental purposes. In the same period last year about 22 percent were rental units. These estimates as well as other statistics contained in this bulletin are the results of a nationwide survey carried out each month by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics with the cooperation of the Central 1ortgage and Housing Corporation. All metropolitan areas and urban centres with a population of 5,000 or more are enumerated completely. Approximately 400 sample areas lying outside those municipalities are also chosen for complete enumeration. A column headed "Adjustments" appears in Table 1. These adjustments can arise in various ways. For example, after a start on dwelling has been made, construction may cease, or a structure when completed may contain more or less dwelling units than were reported when construction commenced.

6 4 Table 1, Construction of dwelling units in Canada and the provinces. Under construction January 1 Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 Startod Completed Adjustments Under constructi cr1 February Canada 59,443 5,737 13, Newfoundland ,859 Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec 14, , ,115 Ontario 24, , )1anitoba Saskatchewan 1, Alberta ,164 British Columbia W Canada 59, , ,910 Newfoundland 1, Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick 1, Quebec 14,984 1,715 3, Ontario 23, , ,098 Manitoba 2, ,336 Saskatchewan 1, ,241 Alberta 4, , ,280 British Columbia 7, , , Canada 56, , Newfoundland 0 Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia 2, New Brunswick 1, Quebec 13,848 1, Ontario 21 9,112 2, ,688 Manitoba 2 1, Saskatchewan 19, Alberta ,921 British Columbia 7, ,62 Note Newfoundland included only in 1950.

7 5 Table 2. Construction of dwelling units in rural and urban areas by regions Jan. :i Started to Feb. 28 Completed Under coni Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 struction Feb Started jcompleted Under con struction Feb. 28 Canada ur ban 5000 or more under 5000 rural nonfarm farm 5,737 4,855 4, ,662 11,616 11, ,046 1, I , ,434 13, , , , ,918 40,143 33,605 6,538 12,775 10,606 2,169 Newfoundland urban 5000 or more under 5000 rural nonfarm farm , , , ,262 1, iiaritime Provinces urban 5000 or more under 5000 rural nonfarm farm , , , , ,239 1,819 1, , Quebec urban 5000 or more under 5000 rural nonfarm farm 1,599 1,523 1, ,738 4,642 4, , , , ,776 11,072 10, ,704 1, Ontario urban 5000 or more under 5000 rural nonfarm farm 2, 339 2,230 2, ,21C 4,146 4, ,064 1, , ,849 2,839 15, , , ,098 15, 2 41 '.3,072 2,169 6,857 6,

8 Table 2. Construction of dwelling units in rural and urban urc y regions eor Jan. 1 to Fob. 28 U: Jm. 1 to Fob. 23 st;ructcn 1 Stirtcd Corn1ctod 23 trted Co; td J slr:tion Prairie Provinces 235 1,432 7, i 1 > 257 urban 257 1,239 5, , or more , under ,6io rural , nonfarm 132 1, farm British Columbia 729 1,368 5, ,017 6,498 urban 644 1,272 3, , or more 644 1,179 3, ,533 under rural nonfarm , farm 20 Table 3. Construction of dwelling units in urban centres of 5000 or more Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 Und.r con Jar. 1 to Feb. 28 Under construction struction Started Completed Feb. 28 Started Conp1uted Feb. 28 N owfound land Bell Island Corner Brook Grand Falls 1 28 St. John's Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Summerside Nova Scotia Amherst Halifax New Glasgow Springhill

9 7 Table 3. CoristrucUon of dwelling un.ts in rban centres of 5000 or more con. LI Nova Scotia con C' Jan. 1 te Fob. 28 Under con Jan. tc Feb. 28 Under construct ion struction Started Completed Feb, 28 Started Completed Feb.28 Stellarton Sydney Truro Yarmouth New Brunswick Campbelltor. 2 Edmundston Fredoricton Moncton Saint John ji. 35 J97 Quebec Asbestos Chicoutimi Drummondvillc Grandby Grand'1re HUll Joliette Jonquiro 1 IC Knogari Lachute Lafuque Laog iontr'ul 3,701 3,266 1,496 2,337 8,094 Qutboc Rimouski RivireduLoup 13 * Rcuyn IC) 1 76 St. Hyacinthe St, Joan St. Jrrne St. Joseph d'a1r.a St. Joseph dc Grantham Shainigan Falls Shorbrooke Sorel Thetfcrd Uir' TroisRivijres Valleyfiold Vjctorjaville

10 Table 3. Construction of dwelling units in urban centres of 5000 or more con I Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 Under con Jan. 1 to Fob. 28 Under constructior struction IStarted Completed Feb. 28 Started Completed Feb. 28 Ontario Barns Bolleville Brampton Brantford Brockvilie Chatham Cobourg Collingwood Cornwall Dundas Fort Erie Fort Frances Fort William Gait Guelph Hamilton ,032 Hawkesbury Ingersoll Kenora 7 26 Kingston Kitchener Leamington Lindsay London Midland Niagara Falls orth Bay Orjllia Oshawa Ottawa i, ,125 Owen Sound FarrySound Pembroke Peterborough Port Arthur Fort Colborne Port Hope Preston Ronfrew St. Catharines St. Thomas Sarnia Sault Ste. Marie Sinooe

11 9 Table 3, Construction of dwelling units in urban centros of 5000 or more con Jar.. ito Feb. 28 Under con Jafl. 1 to Feb. 23 Under construction gtruction Started Completed Feb. 28 Started Completed Feb. 28 Ontario con. Smith's Falls Stratford Sudbury Thorcid Timmins Toronto , ,016 5,862 Trenton 'e11and ;vhitby Windsor Woodstock Ianitoba Brandon Portage la Prairie winnipeg Saskatchewan Moose Jaw North Battleford Prince Albert Regina Saskatoon Swift Current Weyburn Yorkton Alberta Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Medicine Hat British Columb:a Kamloops Kelowna Nanaimo Nelson ic Prince George Prince Rupert Trail Vancouver , Vernon Victoria

12 10 Table 4. Monthly starts by regions Canada Newfoundland Maritime Provinces Quebec Ontario Prairie Provinces British Columbia 1948 January 1,675 S February 1, March , April , ,551 May , ,555 1,072 June 13, ,564 1,51C July August , ,090 1,345 September 10, , October 7, , , November , , December January 3, February 1, March 3, ,386 1, April ,416 3, May 12, ,525 4,941 2, June ,042 3, July 9,086, , August , , September 10, ,303 1, October November 8v ,157 3, December ,556 1, January , February 2, March 4, ,857 1, April 7, ,268 1, May 13, , , June 12, ,004 3, ,524 1,091 July 10, ,141 1,039 August , September 10, , October , November 6, , December , January 2, February 2, , Note Newfoundland included from January 1950,

13 11 Table 5. Ionth1y conp) by regions Canada Newfoundland iiaritimo Provinces Quebec Ontsrio Prairie Provncec British Columbia 1948 January 3, February ]arch 0, , April 6, , May 6, , June July ,067 2, ,047 August 6, ,062 2, September 6, ,988 1, ,048 October 8, , , November 9 9 7'l 625 2, , December , , January 6, , x"ebruary 4, Larch ,866 2, April 7, , , Lay , June July 6, ,352 1, August 9, , September 7, i,6c7 2,571 2, October , November 3, ,194 3,224 1, December January 6, , February 4, ,925 1, March 6, , April 5, , May 6, ,593 2, June 6, , July ,383 2, August 8, ,070 1, September 7, ,524 2,410 1,184 1,200 October 9, ,415 3,436 2, I\ovember 8, ,216 2,855 2, December 11, , January , ?ebruary 6, , Note Newfoundland inc1ud'd from January 1950

14 12 Table G. Dwelling units comploted during February, 1951, by time under construction for Canada and the provinces. Total Months Over 1 year Unknown Canada 6, Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Table 7. Dwelling units completed during February, 1951, by time under construction as a percentage of total completions for Canada and regions. Total Months or year Canada Newfoundland Maritimes Provinces Quebec Ontario Prairie Provinces British Columbia

15 . 13 Table 8. Completions by month by average time under construction Canada Newfcundland Maritime Provinces Quebec 0ntrio Prairie Provinces British Columbia 1948 average average average , January February , March 7.1, April May 7.2, June 6, July August 6, September October 6.1,. 6, ,7 November December January February March 7.9,, 909 6, April ,0 7,5 8.3 May 3.0 8, June 7,4,. 7, , July August ,8 8, September October , 5 6,5 5, November , ,3 December 6.5,, January ,7 February ,6 March 7,0 3,0 7, , April , May June 7, July August September ,4 October , , ,3 November 6.6 4, December January , February 1 8,0 4, , ,3 Note Newfoundland included from January 1950

16 14 Table 9. Completions during the first two months of 1951 by type of dwelling for Canada and the provinces. fetal Onefamily detached Twofamily detached Row or Terrace Apartment or flat Other Canada 13,62 9, , ,31 31 Newfoundland Prince Edward Islanc Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario 5, , Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia 1, Table 10. Rental units completed durira: the first two months of 1951 under the managomer:t of' Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation Total Onefamily detached Twofamily detached Row or Terrace Apartment or flat Other Canada N owfoundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia 72 72

17 15 ppendix 1 : Definitions (a) The count of dwo11ing v.hich are started, completed and under construction includes only mex residential construction intended for yearround occupancy. Seasonal dwellins such as summer ccttaes, ski shacks, etc., are not counted. Dwellings which are occupied, even if unfinished, are regarded as completed for the purposes of this survey. (b) Types of dwelling (i) 1family detachod a onefamily house open on all four sides, i.e., not j oined to other buildings; (ii) 2family detached; a t'.:o family house which containr only two dwelling units, either one abovo the other open n all four Sirius, or two units 1du by side each opon on three sides, sometimes known as a semidetached house; (iii) row or terrace: a onefamily or twofamily house in a row of three or more attached houses with common or adjacent w1ls; (iv) apartment or flat: an apartment or flat is (a) a residential structure containing three or more dwelling units, or (b) a structure used for business purposes which contains one or mare dwelling units (e.g., living quarters in an office building or factory, living quarters over a store, etc.); and (v) other; any type of dwol1ii which does not fall into one of thu above classifications. (c) For the' purpose of this survey, a dwelling unit is defined as a structurally separate sot of living rivarturs having its own entrance from outside of the building, or from a common passae inside. The number cf dwelling units in a structure will be the nurqbor of households the structure is intended to acc ommodate. (d) For the purpose of this survey, a farm must contain at least one acre and must yield agricultural produce valued at 0. or more per year. Appendix 2 Reliability of ts estimates Since the estimates in this report are partially based on a sample survey, they are subject to sampling variability. This sampling variability is not present in the data on the municipalities of 5,000 and over. Whon the estimates include an element derived from the sample survey, the sampling errer increases as the size of the estimate decreases. Care should be taken, therefore, in interpreting the precision of some of the estimates. The estimate of unfinished dwellings for the whole of Canada should be within 5 per cent of the figures which would have been obtained from a complete count.

18 16 The estimates presented in the tables are shown to the last digit instead of being rounded, not because they are assumed to be accurate to the last digit, but rather for convenience in summation and economy in processing the tabulations. In additicn to sapling variation, all the estimates are subject to errors of enumeration. However, these should be very small as the survey for the most part can be carried on without interview with a consequent elimination of all types of respondent error. A complete count by the same enumerators would contain the same enumerative error. Appendix 3: Metropolitan areas Some cities in Canada have reasonably well defined suburban areas which, for the purposes of the survey of starts and completions of dwelling units, have been included under the name of the principal city. A list of the municipalities included in these metropolitan areas is given in Housing Bulletin No, 12 pp. 1719,

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