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Building permits, December 2022

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

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

This is a map of Canada by province and territory that shows the month-to-month percentage changes of total building permit value. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Building permit values in Canada down 7.3% compared to November. Newfoundland and Labrador up 106.9%, Prince Edward Island up 17.5%, Nova Scotia up 9.0%, New Brunswick up 6.1%, Quebec down 11.4%, Ontario down 13.9%, Manitoba up 11.0%, Saskatchewan up 42.1%, Alberta down 2.9%, British Columbia up 1.6%, Yukon down 45.1%, Northwest Territories down 84.2%, Nunavut down 44.2%.

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

Residential: The total value decreased 8.4% month-over-month.

Non-residential: The total value decreased 5.3% month-over-month.

Single-family dwellings: total value was $2,862 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 3.9% or $115.6 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,636 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 11.6% or $478.8 million.

Industrial: total value was $864 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 23.4% or $263.9 million.

Commercial: total value was $2,000 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 2.2% or $43.9 million.

Institutional: total value was $926 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 0.9% or $8.5 million.

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