Infographic 1
Building permits, October 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, October 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 value of building permits (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 down 1.5% compared to September 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador down 19.5%, Prince Edward Island up 8.7%, Nova Scotia up 5.3%, New Brunswick down 7.5%, Quebec up 12.3%, Ontario down 3.4%, Manitoba up 74.3%, Saskatchewan up 22.0%, Alberta down 6.6%, British Columbia down 21.2%, Yukon up 204.2%, Northwest Territories up 85.3%, Nunavut down 88.4%.

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 3.2%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 1.1%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,126 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 2.9% or $63.3 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $2,820 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 3.4% or $98.7 million.

Industrial: total value was $604 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 1.1% or $6.5 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,961 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 5.3% or $108.9 million.

Institutional: total value was $765 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 24.9% or $152.6 million.

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