Infographic 1
Building permits, August 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, August 2019"

It includes multiple components such as a map, tables, pictographs and images.

Text on the infographic, as well as map data are as follows:

Figure 1 - Month-to-month change in total building permit value (seasonally adjusted)

This is a map of Canada by Province showing the month-to-month percentage changes for total building permit value. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Building permit values in Canada up 6.1% compared to July 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador up 85.0%, Prince Edward Island up 48.5%, Nova Scotia down 14.0%, New Brunswick down 2.6%, Quebec up 14.7%, Ontario up 4.9%, Manitoba down 6.0%, Saskatchewan up 15.3%, Alberta up 1.8%, British Columbia up 5.0%, Yukon up 23.8%, Northwest Territories up 1.9%, Nunavut down 96.8%.

Figure 2 - Building permits for residential and non-residential construction (seasonally adjusted)

Residential: a month-over month increase of 11.7%

Non Residential: a month-over-month decrease of 2.7%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,398 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 3.2% or $73.2 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,350 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 18.8% or $529.5 million.

Industrial: total value was $675 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 18.9% or $107.2 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,892 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 5.9% or $119.6 million.

Institutional: total value was $651 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 10.7% or $77.7 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0066-01-Building permits, by type of construction and type of work.