Infographic 1
Building permits, September 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, September 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 up 17.0% compared to August. Newfoundland and Labrador up 120.9%, Prince Edward Island up 59.8%, Nova Scotia down 10.5%, New Brunswick up 14.3%, Quebec up 5.1%, Ontario up 29.5%, Manitoba down 8.8%, Saskatchewan down 3.1%, Alberta down 7.0%, British Columbia up 20.8%, Yukon up 46.1%, Northwest Territories and Nunavut too unreliable to be published.

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

Residential: a month-over month increase of 6.9%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 40.6%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,754 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 8.9% or $226.1 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,284 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.2% or $163.8 million.

Industrial: total value was $713 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 49.1% or $234.8 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,900 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 42.3% or $564.5 million.

Institutional: total value was $799 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 30.2% or $185.2 million.

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