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
  February
2019
December
2019r
January
2020r
February
2020p
January to February 2020 February 2019 to February 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 8,018.3 8,931.0 9,227.2 8,554.8 -7.3 6.7
Residential 4,880.9 5,138.7 5,756.9 5,338.1 -7.3 9.4
Single1 2,131.0 2,237.8 2,365.9 2,562.2 8.3 20.2
Multiple 2,749.9 2,901.0 3,391.0 2,775.9 -18.1 0.9
Non-residential 3,137.4 3,792.2 3,470.2 3,216.7 -7.3 2.5
Industrial 721.0 648.5 688.3 513.9 -25.3 -28.7
Commercial 1,724.6 2,093.0 2,043.8 1,998.1 -2.2 15.9
Institutional 691.8 1,050.7 738.1 704.7 -4.5 1.9
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 18,726 19,067 21,847 20,841 -4.6 11.3
Single1 4,667 4,851 5,386 6,465 20.0 38.5
Multiple 14,060 14,216 16,461 14,376 -12.7 2.2
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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