{"id":22578,"date":"2023-10-12T00:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/non-residential-permits-rise-15-in-august\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T00:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:46:24","slug":"non-residential-permits-rise-15-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/non-residential-permits-rise-15-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-residential permits rise 15% in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Building permits, August 2023. (Source: Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0066-01, Building permits, by type of structure and type of work.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A pair of hospital renovations, a new university building, a new correctional facility, and a new arena helped drive the value of non-residential permits into double-digit gains in August, pacing the consolidated Canadian permits figure to more modest growth as weakness continued in multi-unit construction intentions. The total monthly value of building permits in Canada increased 3.4 per cent in August, to $11.9 billion.<\/p>\n

The total monthly value of non-residential permits rose 14.8 per cent, reaching $5 billion in August. Ontario and British Columbia led the growth. Ontario was up 28.5 per cent, a rise of $503.8 million, and British Columbia reported a rise of 45.5 per cent, gaining $326.2 million over July.<\/p>\n

Notably high-value non-residential permits were issued for hospital renovations in Toronto and North Vancouver, a university building in Kelowna, a correctional facility in Thunder Bay, Ont., and an arena in Whitby, Ont.<\/p>\n

The residential picture was not as rosy. The monthly value of permits fell 3.7 per cent, to $6.8 billion, led by weaker multi-unit construction intentions in Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Those declines were partly offset by monthly gains in the value of single-family home permits. Across Canada, this component was up 5.5 per cent, reaching $2.9 billion in August. That was the fourth consecutive monthly increase for the component and follows a year of trending decline in construction intentions for single family homes from May 2022 to April 2023.<\/p>\n

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