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Building Permits, Canada
Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6.1 billion in February, edging down 0.9 per cent from the previous month, said Statistics Canada Thursday. This was the second consecutive monthly decline. Lower construction intentions in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta were responsible for the decrease at the national level. Canada Building Permits The value of permits in…
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Canada Building Permits: January 2015
The total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities fell 12.9 per cent to $6.1 billion in January, following a 6.1 per cent increase the previous month, said Statistics Canada Friday. Lower construction intentions for non-residential buildings in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario were responsible for much of the national decline. Building Permits,…
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Housing Starts, Canada: January 2015
Home builders in Canada largely shrugged off the woes of the oil patch as the pace of new residential construction picked up in January. Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted 187,276 in January, increasing 4.3 per cent compared to December, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reported February 9. Canada Housing Starts The rise in…
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Canada Building Permits: December 2014
Contractors took out building permits worth $7.1 billion in December, up 7.7% from November. This followed a 13.6% decline the previous month. The increase in December resulted mostly from higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Canada Building Permits: Nov 2014
Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6.6 billion in November, down 13.8 per cednt from October, following two consecutive monthly increases. Widespread declines in both the non-residential and residential sectors in several provinces were responsible for the decrease in November. The value of building permits for the first 11 months of 2014 totalled $77.9 billion,…
