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Building permits, March 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, March 2024"

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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 the total building permits value. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Building permit values in Canada down 11.7% in March compared with February. Newfoundland and Labrador up 99.7%, Prince Edward Island up 172.7%, Nova Scotia down 29.2%, New Brunswick up 12.1%, Quebec down 10.0%, Ontario down 14.0%, Manitoba up 57.1%, Saskatchewan down 35.4%, Alberta down 0.2%, British Columbia down 24.3%, Yukon up 255.8%, Northwest Territories down 76.3%, Nunavut up 183.1%.

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

Residential: The total value was down 8.3% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was down 16.7% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: total value was $2,579 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 7.4% or $204.9 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $3,951 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 9.0% or $388.9 million.

Industrial: total value was $737 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 46.1% or $629.8 million.

Commercial: total value was $2,237 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.8% or $123.2 million.

Institutional: total value was $1,029 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 22.2% or $293.1 million.

Source(s): Table 34-10-0285-01, Building permits, by type of building and type of work.