Infographic 1
Building permits, February 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, February 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 and territory 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 21.0% compared with January. Newfoundland and Labrador up 54.3%, Prince Edward Island up 77.4%, Nova Scotia up 18.1%, New Brunswick up 38.9%, Quebec up 1.1%, Ontario up 1.2%, Manitoba up 57.5%, Saskatchewan down 8.7%, Alberta down 1.7%, British Columbia up 130.2%, Yukon up 252.9%, Northwest Territories up 383.6%, Nunavut: not applicable.

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

Residential: a month-over month increase of 9.8%

Non residential: a month-over-month increase of 43.2%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,549 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 1.5% or $53.7 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,941 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 18.5% or $613.9 million.

Industrial: total value was $663 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 27.9% or $256.9 million.

Commercial: total value was $1,858 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.6% or $98.0 million.

Institutional: total value was $2,407 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 216.4% or $1,646.4 million.

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