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Building permits, October 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, October 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 were down 3.1% in October compared with September. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 6.3%, Prince Edward Island was up 64.9%, Nova Scotia was up 6.9%, New Brunswick was down 21.1%, Quebec was up 0.2%, Ontario was down 11.9%, Manitoba was down 24.9%, Saskatchewan was down 15.0%, Alberta was up 5.8%, British Columbia was up 27.7%, Yukon was down 80.1%, Northwest Territories was down 66.6% and Nunavut was up 143.1%.

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

Residential: The total value was up 2.3% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was down 11.0% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: the total value was $2,925 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.0% or $139.6 million.

Multi-family dwellings: the total value was $5,002 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 0.8% or $37.6 million.

Industrial: the total value was $1,180 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 6.4% or $80.6 million.

Commercial: the total value was $2,041 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 5.9% or $127.5 million.

Institutional: the total value was $1,458 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 20.2% or $368.2 million.

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