Table 1 
Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, Canada – Seasonally adjusted  

Dwelling units, value of residential and non-residential building permits, Canada – Seasonally adjusted
  May
2024
March
2025r
April
2025r
May
2025p
April to May 2025 May 2024 to May 2025
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total 12,130.4 12,557.0 11,708.0 13,111.0 12.0 8.1
Residential 7,579.2 8,369.4 7,368.5 7,538.2 2.3 -0.5
Single1 2,622.0 2,725.1 2,653.2 2,628.2 -0.9 0.2
Multiple 4,957.2 5,644.3 4,715.2 4,910.0 4.1 -1.0
Non-residential 4,551.2 4,187.6 4,339.6 5,572.8 28.4 22.4
Industrial 1,173.4 780.8 937.0 819.9 -12.5 -30.1
Commercial 2,209.6 2,069.1 2,165.0 2,252.8 4.1 2.0
Institutional 1,168.1 1,337.7 1,237.5 2,500.1 102.0 114.0
  number of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of unitsnumber of units % change% change
Total dwellings 23,829 27,304 25,454 25,408 -0.2 6.6
Single1 4,285 4,415 4,221 4,360 3.3 1.8
Multiple 19,544 22,889 21,233 21,048 -0.9 7.7
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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