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
  August
2019
June
2020r
July
2020r
August
2020p
July to August 2020 August 2019 to August 2020
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 9,094.9 8,065.1 7,938.8 8,073.3 1.7 -11.2
Residential 5,791.2 5,428.7 5,211.5 5,581.3 7.1 -3.6
Single1 2,397.9 2,169.7 2,266.2 2,489.7 9.9 3.8
Multiple 3,393.3 3,259.0 2,945.3 3,091.6 5.0 -8.9
Non-residential 3,303.7 2,636.3 2,727.3 2,492.0 -8.6 -24.6
Industrial 689.8 557.0 490.7 527.7 7.5 -23.5
Commercial 1,945.3 1,267.8 1,596.6 1,361.6 -14.7 -30.0
Institutional 668.6 811.6 640.0 602.7 -5.8 -9.9
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 20,617 19,875 18,925 21,789 15.1 5.7
Single1 5,182 4,323 4,775 5,347 12.0 3.2
Multiple 15,435 15,552 14,150 16,442 16.2 6.5
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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