Table 1 
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, Canada – Seasonally adjusted  

Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  February
2018
December
2018r
January
2019r
February
2019p
January to February 2019 February 2018 to February 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 8,399.5 8,831.1 8,298.5 7,829.1 -5.7 -6.8
Residential 5,348.4 5,253.9 5,337.5 4,882.9 -8.5 -8.7
Single1 2,563.0 1,984.7 2,064.8 2,147.8 4.0 -16.2
Multiple 2,785.4 3,269.2 3,272.7 2,735.1 -16.4 -1.8
Non-residential 3,051.1 3,577.2 2,961.0 2,946.3 -0.5 -3.4
Industrial 687.3 594.0 583.4 613.9 5.2 -10.7
Commercial 1,619.8 2,387.3 1,788.1 1,674.4 -6.4 3.4
Institutional 744.0 595.9 589.6 657.9 11.6 -11.6
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 18,976 20,348 21,156 19,059 -9.9 0.4
Single1 5,736 4,434 4,472 4,705 5.2 -18.0
Multiple 13,240 15,914 16,684 14,354 -14.0 8.4
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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