Infographic 1
Building permits, July 2020

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

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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 3.0% compared to June. Newfoundland and Labrador down 19.0%, Prince Edward Island up 66.3%, Nova Scotia up 10.6%, New Brunswick up 10.8%, Quebec down 15.1%, Ontario up 9.8%, Manitoba up 7.2%, Saskatchewan up 9.9%, Alberta up 33.3%, British Columbia down 34.2%, Yukon up 328.6%, Northwest Territories up 20.5%, 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 6.2%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 3.3%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,222 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 3.9% or $84.0 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $2,835 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 12.8% or $415.5 million.

Industrial: total value was $462 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 15.7% or $86.1 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,628 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 29.9% or $374.6 million.

Institutional: total value was $628 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 24.2% or $200.8 million.

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