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Building permits, March 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, March 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 were down 4.1% in March compared with February. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 89.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 57.3%, Nova Scotia was up 0.7%, New Brunswick was down 7.3%, Quebec was down 1.3%, Ontario was down 6.0%, Manitoba was down 11.6%, Saskatchewan was down 45.0%, Alberta was down 10.7%, British Columbia was up 7.9%, Yukon was up 7.2%, the Northwest Territories was down 50.1% and Nunavut was down 79.9%.

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

Residential: The total value was up 2.0% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was down 14.5% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: the total value was $2,771 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 5.3% or $155.6 million.

Multi-family dwellings: the total value was $5,884 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.8% or $322.5 million.

Industrial: the total value was $783 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 0.5% or $3.7 million.

Commercial: the total value was $2,023 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 19.0% or $474.1 million.

Institutional: the total value was $1,420 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 14.4% or $238.5 million.

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