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Building permits, March 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, March 2021"

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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 5.7% compared with February. Newfoundland and Labrador down 0.1%, Prince Edward Island up 107.2%, Nova Scotia up 15.2%, New Brunswick up 42.7%, Quebec up 0.0%, Ontario up 15.4%, Manitoba up 19.1%, Saskatchewan down 10.2%, Alberta up 0.5%, British Columbia down 9.4%, Yukon up 36.9%, Northwest Territories up 917.9%, Nunavut down 91.3% (use with caution).

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

Residential: a month-over month increase of 15.9%

Non residential: a month-over-month decrease of 15.6%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,800 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 7.6% or $269.4 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $4,267 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 24.5% or $839.8 million.

Industrial: total value was $651 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 16.4% or $91.4 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,453 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 14.6% or $248.1 million.

Institutional: total value was $732 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 33.5% or $369.1 million.

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