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Building permits, April 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, April 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 down 0.5% compared to March. Newfoundland and Labrador down 3.5%, Prince Edward Island down 14.1%, Nova Scotia down 38.9%, New Brunswick up 16.3%, Quebec down 1.0%, Ontario up 3.3%, Manitoba down 7.1%, Saskatchewan up 16.1%, Alberta up 9.8%, British Columbia down 13.6%, Yukon up 348.9%, Northwest Territories down 91.9%, Nunavut down 100.0% (use with caution).

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 6.7%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 17.4%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,579 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 7.0% or $268.6 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $4,134 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 6.5% or $289.3 million.

Industrial: total value was $592 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 13.2% or $90.1 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,892 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 28.7% or $421.9 million.

Institutional: total value was $910 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 23.1% or $170.8 million.

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