Infographic 1
Building permits, February 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, February 2020"

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 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 7.3% compared to January. Newfoundland and Labrador down 48.9%, Prince Edward Island up 11.6%, Nova Scotia down 10.8%, New Brunswick up 17.9%, Quebec down 10.2%, Ontario up 10.8%, Manitoba down 12.1%, Saskatchewan up 17.6%, Alberta up 4.2%, British Columbia down 39.2%, Yukon down 75.0%, Northwest Territories up 649.7%, Nunavut too unreliable to be published.

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 7.3%

Non-residential: a month-over-month decrease of 7.3%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,562 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 8.3% or $196.3 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $2,776 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 18.1% or $615.1 million.

Industrial: total value was $514 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 25.3% or $174.4 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,998 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 2.2% or $45.7 million.

Institutional: total value was $705 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 4.5% or $33.4 million.

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