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Table 11 Housing stock in 2011, and building permits from 1961–2010 for British Columbia by period of construction

From: Forest carbon in North America: annual storage and emissions from British Columbia’s harvest, 1965–2065

Period of construction

Adjusted number of building permits per decade

Number of dwellings in 2011

2011 dwelling stock as proportion of building permits (%)

Loss of dwelling stock based on building permit survey (% per decade)

<=1910

 

14,749

  

1911-1920

 

19,743

  

1921-1930

 

24,100

  

1931-1940

 

21,929

  

1941-1950

 

53,248

  

1951-1960

 

94,847

  

1961-1970

179,190

121,666

68

6

1971-1980

290,927

257,696

89

3

1981-1990

236,003

231,815

98

1

1991-2000

260,817

275,815

106

0

2001-2010

261,240

261,226

100

0

Unknown

 

76,792

  
  1. Data were from the British Columbia Assessment property assessment database and Statistics Canada [72].