The total value of building permits in Canada decreased 9.3% in March to $11.7 billion, mainly due to the non-residential sector (-29.5% to $3.7 billion). Two large hospital permits issued in February pushed that month's total to a record high.
On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total value of building permits was down 11.5% to $7.6 billion in March.
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