August 2019 Construction Permit Data Released

Statistics Canada today released data on building permits for August 2019. Overall, building permit activity declined by 1.7%, from $10.0 billion to $9.8 billion. Residential activity increased by 7.2% ($6.4 billion in August compared with $6.0 billion in July) but non-residential permits declined by 14.8% ($3.4 billion in August versus $4.0 billion in July). In the non-residential sector, only the industrial subsector posted an increase (11.3%, going from $758 million to $844 billion); the commercial and institutional/governmental subsectors were both down – 13.6% and 37.3% respectively. We've prepared a summary of the data for selected types of construction. You can find complete information on the Statistics Canada site.