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

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Value of non-residential building permits, by type of building, provinces and territories, unadjusted, February 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 2,440,435 12,640 1,450 15,345 27,770 322,761 858,592
Industrial 394,299 10 312 2,018 539 75,911 212,846
Factories, plants 235,778 0 0 1,627 297 30,237 147,648
Transportation, utilities 71,369 0 0 0 0 18,091 35,621
Mining and agriculture 44,562 0 0 0 0 21,197 11,055
Minor industrial projects, new and improvements 1 42,590 10 312 391 242 6,386 18,522
Commercial 1,637,852 12,558 1,138 12,511 21,315 145,420 514,496
Trade and services 399,238 5,180 0 5,817 500 27,739 133,178
Warehouses 123,170 0 0 0 0 2,487 12,083
Service stations 23,142 1,115 0 400 0 3,725 7,376
Office buildings 430,259 396 520 626 900 47,300 190,713
Recreation 355,754 1,280 0 0 16,500 21,986 43,455
Hotels, restaurants 142,723 2,532 0 1,390 1,640 16,603 68,724
Laboratories 16,588 0 0 0 0 0 1,165
Minor commercial projects, new and improvements 1 146,978 2,055 618 4,278 1,775 25,580 57,802
Institutional and governmental 408,284 72 0 816 5,916 101,430 131,250
Schools, education 169,558 0 0 0 0 43,198 31,467
Hospitals, medical 65,143 0 0 0 0 3,527 34,940
Welfare, home 83,507 0 0 0 5,270 935 52,319
Churches, religion 9,070 0 0 0 0 500 1,873
Government buildings 57,782 0 0 300 0 47,213 2,269
Minor institutional and governmental projects, new and improvements 1 23,224 72 0 516 646 6,057 8,382
Value of non-residential building permits, by type of building, provinces and territories, unadjusted, February 2016 (continued)
  Manitoba Saskat‑
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
                    thousands of dollars
Total non-residential 72,555 50,875 707,677 346,876 23,491 350 53
Industrial 35,120 5,438 23,686 38,368 0 23 28
Factories, plants 32,900 832 3,620 18,617 0 0 0
Transportation, utilities 300 0 13,150 4,207 0 0 0
Mining and agriculture 0 3,250 375 8,685 0 0 0
Minor industrial projects, new and improvements 1 1,920 1,356 6,541 6,859 0 23 28
Commercial 27,294 22,816 606,604 272,688 685 327 0
Trade and services 3,200 9,293 166,304 48,027 0 0 0
Warehouses 891 3,467 87,799 16,443 0 0 0
Service stations 0 610 7,651 2,265 0 0 0
Office buildings 2,985 4,580 52,319 129,540 380 0 0
Recreation 11,272 598 239,492 21,171 0 0 0
Hotels, restaurants 6,005 892 11,989 32,948 0 0 0
Laboratories 350 0 15,073 0 0 0 0
Minor commercial projects, new and improvements 1 2,591 3,376 25,977 22,294 305 327 0
Institutional and governmental 10,141 22,621 77,387 35,820 22,806 0 25
Schools, education 1,353 19,679 64,260 7,125 2,476 0 0
Hospitals, medical 475 1,613 1,858 2,400 20,330 0 0
Welfare, home 0 286 695 24,002 0 0 0
Churches, religion 0 0 6,697 0 0 0 0
Government buildings 7,200 800 0 0 0 0 0
Minor institutional and governmental projects, new and improvements 1 1,113 243 3,877 2,293 0 0 25
Refer to projects valued at less than $250,000 for which the breakdown by type of building is not available.
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