Infographic 1
Building permits, January 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, January 2022"

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 8.8% compared to December. Newfoundland and Labrador up 3.6%, Prince Edward Island down 19.5%, Nova Scotia down 21.1%, New Brunswick down 24.7%, Quebec up 3.4%, Ontario down 8.1%, Manitoba down 22.3%, Saskatchewan down 24.6%, Alberta up 2.1%, British Columbia down 26.5%, Yukon down 63.5%, Northwest Territories down 94.3%, Nunavut: not applicable.

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

Residential: a month-over month decrease of 11.6%

Non residential: a month-over-month decrease of 2.7%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,415 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 3.8% or $133.1 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,306 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 18.5% or $751.2 million.

Industrial: total value was $916 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 15.2% or $120.7 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,735 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 10.2% or $196.3 million.

Institutional: total value was $744 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 2.6% or $19.6 million.

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