Building Permits

Construction & Development

Permits

Monthly building permit volumes and construction values from Statistics Canada's Monthly Survey of Building Permits (Table 34-10-0292-01). Intentions at authorization, not CMHC starts.

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Building Permit Activity By City

Permit volumes, nominal construction values, residential share, and provincial comparisons for every tracked municipality.

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Cities tracked
0 provinces
12/2025
Latest period
StatsCan CMA data through 12/2025
$1278.8B
Total value
4,963 municipalities
2,324,037
Permits issued
$0.6M avg

Reading the scale

Construction Value Gauge

Total permit value plotted against provincial and national averages across tracked municipalities.

Construction value this period

$257.7MCADNear provincial avg

468 building permits issued

$0$288.6M+Prov. avg$237.1MNational avg$257.7M

National mean construction value across 0 municipalities in the latest reporting period. Individual cities vary widely by project mix and season.

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Construction Activity By Municipality

Each city page lists permit counts, total construction value, residential share, and comparisons to provincial and national averages from Table 34-10-0292-01 (SDDS 2802). Prefer multi-month totals; one apartment tower can dominate a single month.

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Highest Construction Values

Cities with the largest permit values in the latest reporting period

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Building permit intentions for 0 Canadian municipalities. Pair with CMHC starts before judging housing supply.

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