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
  March
2020
January
2021r
February
2021r
March
2021p
February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 7,525.5 10,013.0 10,319.4 10,902.9 5.7 44.9
Residential 4,750.6 7,121.5 6,957.5 8,066.8 15.9 69.8
Single1 2,107.8 3,531.8 3,530.7 3,800.1 7.6 80.3
Multiple 2,642.8 3,589.6 3,426.9 4,266.7 24.5 61.4
Non-residential 2,774.9 2,891.6 3,361.9 2,836.1 -15.6 2.2
Industrial 594.9 545.6 559.1 650.5 16.4 9.3
Commercial 1,514.6 1,531.0 1,701.6 1,453.5 -14.6 -4.0
Institutional 665.3 814.9 1,101.2 732.1 -33.5 10.0
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 18,703 25,571 24,531 28,067 14.4 50.1
Single1 4,699 8,047 7,973 7,681 -3.7 63.5
Multiple 14,004 17,524 16,558 20,386 23.1 45.6
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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