Building Permits
The value of construction intentions for buildings in the non-residential and residential sectors. The data are obtained from a monthly survey of Canadian municipalities.
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Building Permits ($ million)

Trend % CHANGE
Building Permits ($ million)
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Building Permits ($ million)
TREND: INC DEC NO CHG POS NEG

Analysis

PUBLISHED - Mar 3, 2023
In January 2023, Alberta municipalities issued $1.2 billion in building permits, a decrease of 3.3% from January 2022. Nationally, building permits decreased by 5.0% over the same time period. In Alberta, industrial permits had the largest increase at +59.5%, followed by residential permits (+9.7%) while commercial permits saw the largest decrease at -34.1% and institutional and governmental permits decreased by 20.5%.