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Building permits, May 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, May 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.

In May, building permit values in Canada were up 12.0% compared with April. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 60.7%, Prince Edward Island was up 87.3%, Nova Scotia was up 13.6%, New Brunswick was up 1.8%, Quebec was up 1.4%, Ontario was up 16.1%, Manitoba was down 19.8%, Saskatchewan was down 11.1%, Alberta was down 5.5%, British Columbia was up 50.2%, Yukon was down 86.9%, Northwest Territories was up 10.9% and Nunavut was up 9,421.3%.

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

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

Non-residential: The total value was up 28.4% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: The total value was $2,628 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 0.9% or $25.0 million.

Multi-family dwellings: The total value was $4,910 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 4.1% or $194.8 million.

Industrial: The total value was $820 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 12.5% or $117.2 million.

Commercial: The total value was $2,253 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 4.1% or $87.8 million.

Institutional: The total value was $2,500 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 102.0% or $1,262.6 million.

Source(s): Table 34-10-0292-01, Building permits, by type of building and type of work.