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Building permits, January 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, January 2025"

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

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 3.2% in January compared with December. Newfoundland and Labrador up 8.3%, Prince Edward Island down 26.4%, Nova Scotia up 14.4%, New Brunswick up 247.2%, Quebec up 2.8%, Ontario down 13.2%, Manitoba up 3.0% E (use with caution), Saskatchewan down 3.1%, Alberta down 1.2%, British Columbia down 2.9%, Yukon down 36.7%, Northwest Territories down 48.9%, Nunavut down 90.2%.

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

Residential: The total value was down 3.4% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was down 2.7% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: the total value was $3,006 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 3.8% or $111.4 million.

Multi-family dwellings: the total value was $5,772 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 6.8% or $424.2 million.

Industrial: the total value was $700 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 28.9% or $285.0 million.

Commercial: the total value was $2,070 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 14.3% or $259.4 million.

Institutional: the total value was $1,259 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 6.5% or $87.4 million.

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