Infographic 1
Building permits, November 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, November 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 2.4% compared to October 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador up 6.0%, Prince Edward Island down 30.8%, Nova Scotia down 22.6%, New Brunswick down 7.1%, Quebec up 10.3%, Ontario down 5.7%, Manitoba down 33.2%, Saskatchewan down 10.8%, Alberta up 3.4%, British Columbia up 1.0%, Yukon down 88.1%, Northwest Territories up 26.9%, Nunavut up 3100.0%.

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 4.0%

Non residential: a month-over-month decrease of 0.1%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,251 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.6% or $120.1 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $2,483 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 11.3% or $316.4 million.

Industrial: total value was $753 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 24.5% or $148.3 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,690 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 13.5% or $263.6 million.

Institutional: total value was $894 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 14.5% or $113.6 million.

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