(Corrects day of the week to Thursday)

Nov 12 (Reuters) - New home prices in Canada rose by a
sharper-than-expected 0.5 percent in September from August, the
largest monthly gain since January 2008, Statistics Canada said
on Thursday.

Following are the percentage changes:

Month on Month Year on Year

Sept Aug Sept Aug

Total +0.5 +0.1 -2.7 -3.1

House only +0.7 +0.2 -3.2 -3.9

Land only +0.1 -0.1 -1.9 -1.8

NOTE: The median forecast of analysts surveyed by Reuters
was for a monthly gain of 0.2 percent in September.
(Reporting by Louise Egan)