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Building permits, February 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Building permits, February 2024"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in total value of building permits (seasonally adjusted).

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 up 9.3% in February compared with January. Newfoundland and Labrador down 1.2%, Prince Edward Island down 43.3%, Nova Scotia up 0.4%, New Brunswick down 18.7%, Quebec down 1.8%, Ontario up 21.7%, Manitoba down 19.3%, Saskatchewan up 96.2%, Alberta down 3.8%, British Columbia up 10.6%, Yukon down 86.1%, Northwest Territories up 561.5%, Nunavut up 164.1%.

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

Residential: The total value was up 7.4% month over month.

Non-residential: The total value was up 12.3% month over month.

Single-family dwellings: total value was $2,844 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 9.6% or $248.1 million.

Multi-family dwellings: total value was $4,232 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 6.0% or $239.3 million.

Industrial: total value was $1,313 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 57.8% or $480.7 million.

Commercial: total value was $2,093 million, representing a month-over-month decrease of 7.3% or $163.8 million.

Institutional: total value was $1,273 million, representing a month-over-month increase of 18.2% or $196.4 million.

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