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Building permits, November 2024

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

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

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 5.9% in November compared with October. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 8.0%, Prince Edward Island was up 88.4%, Nova Scotia was down 15.4%, New Brunswick was up 3.6%, Quebec was up 2.9%, Ontario was down 9.0%, Manitoba was down 8.4%, Saskatchewan was up 15.3%, Alberta was down 3.6%, British Columbia was down 13.4%, Yukon was down 20.9%, Northwest Territories was down 27.9%, Nunavut was down 94.0%.

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

Residential: The total value was down 7.5% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was down 3.2% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: the total value was $2,851 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 2.3% or $65.8 million.

Multi-family dwellings: the total value was $4,374 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 10.7% or $522.3 million.

Industrial: the total value was $901 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 20.9% or $238.6 million.

Commercial: the total value was $2,067 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 1.3% or $26.3 million.

Institutional: the total value was $1,555 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 4.1% or $60.9 million.

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