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Building permits, November 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, November 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 12.9% compared to October. Newfoundland and Labrador up 159.8%, Prince Edward Island down 54.6%, Nova Scotia down 7.7%, New Brunswick down 2.4%, Quebec up 4.6%, Ontario up 18.1%, Manitoba up 28.9%, Saskatchewan up 0.5%, Alberta up 7.5%, British Columbia up 17.4%, Yukon down 63.1%, Northwest Territories down 65.3%, 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 increase of 10.0%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 19.5%

Single family dwellings: total value was $2,843 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 4.4% or $121.0 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,543 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 14.8% or $457.9 million.

Industrial: total value was $537 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 9.3% or $55.3 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,601 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 31.2% or $381.0 million.

Institutional: total value was $900 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 23.2% or $169.7 million.

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