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Building Permits

May 2007

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Highlights

  1. Construction sites in Western Canada will be humming this summer as the value of building permits, a leading indicator for construction activity, surged to its highest monthly level ever in May. Municipalities issued a total of $6.8 billion worth of permits, up 21.4% from April.