Infographic 1
Building permits, December 2021

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

It includes multiple components such as a map, tables, pictographs and images.

Text in the infographic, as well as map data are as follows:

Figure 1 - Month-to-month change in total value of building permits (seasonally adjusted)

This is a map of Canada by province 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 1.9% compared to November. Newfoundland and Labrador down 11.8%, Prince Edward Island down 10.5%, Nova Scotia down 18.0%, New Brunswick down 2.3%, Quebec down 0.5%, Ontario up 1.1%, Manitoba up 5.8%, Saskatchewan down 27.5%, Alberta down 9.6%, British Columbia down 2.7%, Yukon down 39.5%, Northwest Territories up 1480.0%, Nunavut down 100.0%.

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 2.7%

Non residential: a month-over-month decrease of 0%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,629 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 1.3% or $45.7 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $4,116 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 6.0% or $260.9 million.

Industrial: total value was $762 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 8.4% or $58.9 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,929 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 7.9% or $165.4 million.

Institutional: total value was $720 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 17.2% or $105.5 million.

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