Table 13
Value of non-residential building permits, by type of building, provinces and territories, unadjusted, August 2016

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Value of non-residential building permits, by type of building, provinces and territories, unadjusted, August 2016
Table summary
This table displays seasonally unadjusted data on the total value of non-residential permits issued by Canadian municipalities for the current reference month of non-residential building types. The row headers provide information on the total value of non-residential permits, the total industrial sub-sector value, four types of industrial buildings, the total commercial sub-sector value, eight types of commercial buildings, the total institutional and governmental sub-sector value and six types of institutional and governmental buildings. The column headers provide information on the value of construction, in thousands of dollars, for Canada, the provinces and territories.
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
                    thousands of dollars
Total non-residential 3,480,555 5,371 10,647 45,293 52,103 716,785 1,554,143
Industrial 604,021 177 632 8,102 19,596 96,286 280,800
Factories, plants 227,100 0 0 271 7,919 17,627 153,649
Transportation, utilities 235,062 0 0 4,300 7,971 50,231 52,093
Mining and agriculture 74,091 0 250 2,276 2,891 15,339 43,636
Minor industrial projects, new and improvements 1 67,768 177 382 1,255 815 13,089 31,422
Commercial 1,998,364 5,116 7,607 35,482 28,856 232,766 1,096,024
Trade and services 651,408 0 1,200 12,313 4,934 81,528 409,239
Warehouses 170,614 599 3,180 6,150 777 16,687 58,281
Service stations 40,460 0 0 1,594 250 7,589 17,153
Office buildings 529,733 800 1,899 3,769 17,468 43,023 351,660
Recreation 259,668 350 0 593 1,537 36,083 87,332
Hotels, restaurants 163,768 250 800 5,536 0 16,924 92,817
Laboratories 4,379 0 0 0 0 285 2,832
Minor commercial projects, new and improvements 1 178,334 3,117 528 5,527 3,890 30,647 76,710
Institutional and governmental 878,170 78 2,408 1,709 3,651 387,733 177,319
Schools, education 516,690 0 0 0 1,437 297,531 86,782
Hospitals, medical 92,694 0 2,215 0 0 11,482 14,784
Welfare, home 166,150 0 0 1,359 775 52,057 38,082
Churches, religion 6,981 0 0 0 408 350 1,933
Government buildings 54,671 0 0 0 0 18,144 15,655
Minor institutional and governmental projects, new and improvements 1 40,984 78 193 350 1,031 8,169 20,083
Value of non-residential building permits, by type of building, provinces and territories, unadjusted, August 2016 (continued)
  Manitoba Saskat‑
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
                    thousands of dollars
Total non-residential 157,704 70,500 517,968 323,517 18,782 5,242 2,500
Industrial 69,652 9,528 92,212 23,191 1,345 0 2,500
Factories, plants 5,387 0 28,944 10,803 0 0 2,500
Transportation, utilities 59,205 5,098 54,819 0 1,345 0 0
Mining and agriculture 2,968 2,700 800 3,231 0 0 0
Minor industrial projects, new and improvements 1 2,092 1,730 7,649 9,157 0 0 0
Commercial 56,590 44,841 319,359 161,286 9,509 928 0
Trade and services 16,950 9,722 65,162 42,967 7,393 0 0
Warehouses 6,704 10,450 39,786 28,000 0 0 0
Service stations 1,778 6,248 2,803 3,045 0 0 0
Office buildings 15,615 7,789 49,634 36,076 1,400 600 0
Recreation 7,752 3,250 104,116 18,655 0 0 0
Hotels, restaurants 2,055 2,265 30,993 12,128 0 0 0
Laboratories 0 0 1,262 0 0 0 0
Minor commercial projects, new and improvements 1 5,736 5,117 25,603 20,415 716 328 0
Institutional and governmental 31,462 16,131 106,397 139,040 7,928 4,314 0
Schools, education 15,757 370 70,732 44,081 0 0 0
Hospitals, medical 0 0 2,302 57,641 0 4,270 0
Welfare, home 10,340 14,566 17,023 24,148 7,800 0 0
Churches, religion 3,090 0 0 1,200 0 0 0
Government buildings 1,300 0 11,820 7,752 0 0 0
Minor institutional and governmental projects, new and improvements 1 975 1,195 4,520 4,218 128 44 0
Refer to projects valued at less than $250,000 for which the breakdown by type of building is not available.
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