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 | % CHANGE | ||||
Building Permits ($ million)
| TREND: | INCREASEINC | DECREASEDEC | NO CHANGENO CHG | POSITIVEPOS | NEGATIVENEG |
Building Permits ($ million)
| TREND: | INCREASEINC | DECREASEDEC | NO CHANGENO CHG | POSITIVEPOS | NEGATIVENEG |
Analysis
PUBLISHED - Aug 9, 2019
In June 2019, Alberta municipalities issued $908.5 million in building permits, a decrease of 31.3% from June 2018. Nationally, building permits decreased by 5.7% over the same time period. In Alberta, industrial permits increased by 28.7%, while all other permit types declined, with commercial permits seeing the largest decline at -55.7%.