Table 2
Value of building permits, by province and territory – Seasonally adjusted
| April 2019 |
February 2020r |
March 2020r |
April 2020p |
March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Canada | 9,596.0 | 8,414.8 | 7,288.9 | 6,046.1 | -17.1 | -37.0 |
| Residential | 6,030.9 | 5,276.4 | 4,564.5 | 3,918.2 | -14.2 | -35.0 |
| Non-residential | 3,565.1 | 3,138.4 | 2,724.4 | 2,127.8 | -21.9 | -40.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 47.5 | 36.2 | 16.6 | 47.7 | 186.4 | 0.3 |
| Residential | 20.2 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 6.9 | -45.9 | -65.8 |
| Non-residential | 27.3 | 19.3 | 3.9 | 40.8 | 942.9 | 49.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 55.7 | 24.9 | 31.0 | 3.7 | -88.2 | -93.4 |
| Residential | 31.0 | 20.9 | 27.4 | 2.9 | -89.2 | -90.5 |
| Non-residential | 24.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | -80.3 | -97.1 |
| Nova Scotia | 133.2 | 116.6 | 182.3 | 103.7 | -43.1 | -22.1 |
| Residential | 98.4 | 79.3 | 110.2 | 75.4 | -31.5 | -23.3 |
| Non-residential | 34.8 | 37.3 | 72.2 | 28.3 | -60.8 | -18.8 |
| New Brunswick | 67.6 | 75.3 | 74.6 | 63.1 | -15.4 | -6.6 |
| Residential | 35.7 | 47.8 | 52.7 | 41.7 | -20.9 | 16.8 |
| Non-residential | 31.9 | 27.5 | 21.9 | 21.4 | -2.1 | -32.8 |
| Quebec | 1,644.6 | 1,617.0 | 1,317.8 | 868.0 | -34.1 | -47.2 |
| Residential | 939.4 | 976.2 | 846.5 | 605.6 | -28.5 | -35.5 |
| Non-residential | 705.3 | 640.8 | 471.3 | 262.4 | -44.3 | -62.8 |
| Ontario | 3,328.9 | 3,862.7 | 3,368.0 | 2,695.0 | -20.0 | -19.0 |
| Residential | 1,935.9 | 2,477.8 | 2,128.6 | 1,744.1 | -18.1 | -9.9 |
| Non-residential | 1,392.9 | 1,384.9 | 1,239.4 | 950.9 | -23.3 | -31.7 |
| Manitoba | 260.3 | 248.0 | 297.1 | 236.6 | -20.4 | -9.1 |
| Residential | 119.5 | 149.1 | 162.4 | 105.2 | -35.2 | -12.0 |
| Non-residential | 140.8 | 98.9 | 134.7 | 131.4 | -2.4 | -6.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 160.9 | 147.9 | 134.7 | 86.2 | -36.0 | -46.4 |
| Residential | 44.9 | 62.5 | 54.1 | 52.2 | -3.4 | 16.4 |
| Non-residential | 116.0 | 85.4 | 80.7 | 34.0 | -57.8 | -70.7 |
| Alberta | 989.7 | 1,046.4 | 887.4 | 799.7 | -9.9 | -19.2 |
| Residential | 558.1 | 665.5 | 570.2 | 465.2 | -18.4 | -16.6 |
| Non-residential | 431.6 | 380.9 | 317.1 | 334.5 | 5.5 | -22.5 |
| British Columbia | 2,890.9 | 1,222.0 | 971.0 | 1,130.0 | 16.4 | -60.9 |
| Residential | 2,236.0 | 771.0 | 593.1 | 811.7 | 36.9 | -63.7 |
| Non-residential | 654.9 | 451.0 | 377.9 | 318.3 | -15.8 | -51.4 |
| Yukon | 7.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 10.2 | 190.1 | 32.0 |
| Residential | 5.7 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 190.9 | -3.4 |
| Non-residential | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 189.2 | 131.2 |
| Northwest Territories | 4.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | F | F | F |
| Residential | 1.3 | 5.0 | 1.8 | F | F | F |
| Non-residential | 2.8 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 166.9 | -83.1 |
| Nunavut | 5.0 | F | 2.8 | F | F | F |
| Residential | 5.0 | F | 2.8 | F | F | F |
| Non-residential | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | F | F | F |
r
revised
p
preliminary
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 34-10-0066-01.
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