Building Permits

Yarmouth Building Permits

Nova Scotia · Statistics Canada Table 34-10-0066-01 · 9/2026

By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources

Direct municipal data

Construction value this period

$475.9MCADAbove average

103 building permits issued

$0$562.1M+Prov. avg$391.3MNational avg$501.9M
Permits issued
103
+37.3% vs same month prior year
Total permit value
$475.9M
$475,860,300
Avg permit value
$4620K
Nova Scotia avg: $5581K

Reading this page

Yarmouth issued 103 building permits in 9/2026, representing $475.9 million in construction value ($475,860,300). The average permit was valued at $4620K, below the Nova Scotia average of $5581K.

Residential work accounted for 65% of total permit value ($309,309,195), versus 35% non-residential ($166,551,105).

How to read this

Figures come from Statistics Canada's Monthly Survey of Building Permits (SDDS 2802), Table 34-10-0292-01: construction intentions at authorization. They are not CMHC starts or completions, and not dollars actually spent. Releases typically land about six weeks after the reference month; prior months revise.

Read year-over-year permit value beside residential units and the residential share. Value tracks capital intentions and can rise with construction costs even when unit counts are flat. Units are the cleaner signal for housing supply. Prefer multi-month or calendar-year totals; one large project can dominate a single month. Direct means a municipal or CMA breakout; regional means the enclosing metro may misstate this city alone.

Pair this page with CMHC starts when you care about homes actually underway, and with local permit portals when you need faster street-level detail. Method detail: methodology.

YoY permit value
+17.6%
+17.6% vs same month prior year
Residential units
8
New housing starts
6
Residential share
65%
Non-residential: 35%

Provincial & national comparison

Yarmouth vs Nova Scotia average (18 cities) and national average (686 cities) for 9/2026.

Yarmouth total value476M
Nova Scotia average391M
National average502M
Permits issued103
Avg value per permit ($K)4620K

Figure 1 · Value composition

Residential vs non-residential permit value

Yarmouth recorded $309,309,195 in residential construction (65.0%) and $166,551,105 in non-residential work (35.0%) during 9/2026.

Market summary

  • 65.0% of permit value is residential ($309,309,195)
  • 35.0% is non-residential ($166,551,105)
  • 6 new housing starts recorded in 9/2026
  • Provincial average: 70 permits and $391.3M per city

Value breakdown

CategoryValueShare
Residential value$309,309,19565.0%
Non-residential value$166,551,10535.0%
Total permits103
Avg value per permit$4,620,003vs $5581K prov.

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Source · Statistics Canada Table 34-10-0066-01 (seed). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.