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
  August
2018
June
2019r
July
2019r
August
2019p
July to August 2019 August 2018 to August 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 8,067.9 8,186.7 8,452.2 8,964.8 6.1 11.1
Residential 4,962.3 5,024.5 5,145.0 5,747.7 11.7 15.8
Single1 2,198.6 2,320.4 2,324.9 2,398.1 3.2 9.1
Multiple 2,763.7 2,704.1 2,820.1 3,349.5 18.8 21.2
Non-residential 3,105.6 3,162.3 3,307.2 3,217.1 -2.7 3.6
Industrial 681.2 607.3 567.5 674.7 18.9 -1.0
Commercial 1,744.3 1,878.5 2,011.4 1,891.8 -5.9 8.5
Institutional 680.1 676.4 728.3 650.6 -10.7 -4.3
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 17,987 18,390 18,628 20,623 10.7 14.7
Single1 4,763 4,983 4,916 5,236 6.5 9.9
Multiple 13,224 13,407 13,712 15,387 12.2 16.4
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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