The total value of building permits in Canada increased 11.9% in August to $12.5 billion. Both the residential sector (+12.0% to $8.4 billion) and non-residential sector (+11.8% to $4.0 billion) saw strong gains, with Ontario causing much of the increase.
On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total value of building permits increased 10.0% to $7.5 billion.
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