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Building permits, August 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, August 2023"

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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 up 3.4% compared with July. Newfoundland and Labrador up 53.3%, Prince Edward Island up 31.1%, Nova Scotia down 7.4%, New Brunswick up 16.4%, Quebec down 13.1%, Ontario up 4.8%, Manitoba down 11.2%, Saskatchewan up 53.3%, Alberta up 2.3%, British Columbia up 20.9%, Yukon down 73.2%, Northwest Territories down 95.0%, Nunavut up 149.1%.

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

Residential: The total value was down 3.7% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was up 14.8% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: total value was $2,907 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.5% or $150.7 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,927 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 9.5% or $411.3 million.

Industrial: total value was $908 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 13.9% or $146.9 million.

Commercial: total value was $2,095 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 8.6% or $165.8 million.

Institutional: total value was $2,024 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 45.2% or $630.2 million.

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