Infographic 1
Building permits, March 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, March 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 down 9.3% compared to February. Newfoundland and Labrador up 19.8%, Prince Edward Island down 34.7%, Nova Scotia down 14.6%, New Brunswick up 10.3%, Quebec down 13.6%, Ontario up 9.3%, Manitoba down 31.9%, Saskatchewan up 20.2%, Alberta down 2.8%, British Columbia down 31.4%, Yukon down 29.0%, Northwest Territories down 86.1%, Nunavut down 89.1%.

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

Residential: a month-over month increase of 4.7%

Non residential: a month-over-month decrease of 29.5%

Single family dwellings: total value was $3,662 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 3.3% or $116.6 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $4,281 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 6.0% or $243.0 million.

Industrial: total value was $694 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 2.8% or $18.7 million.

Commercial: total value was $2,022 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 7.2% or $157.9 million.

Institutional: total value was $1,007 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 58.5% or $1,419.2 million.

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