Canada Building Permits m/m

Country: Canada, CAD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Business
Source: Statistics Canada
Last release
13 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
-8.5%
Forecast
-3.9%
Previous
3.5%
Next release
19 May 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 21 days
Forecast
6.6%
Previous
-8.5%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
01 Apr 2021
Feb 2021
2.1%
-0.6%
03 Mar 2021
Jan 2021
8.2%
3.0%
28 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
-4.1%
-1.4%
24 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
12.9%
-1.4%
30 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
-14.6%
3.8%
29 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
17.0%
-0.5%
01 Oct 2020
Aug 2020
1.7%
0.5%
31 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
-3.0%
-0.5%
31 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
6.2%
8.5%
29 Jun 2020
May 2020
20.1%
-1.4%
27 May 2020
Apr 2020
-17.1%
0.0%
08 May 2020
Mar 2020
-13.2%
1.1%
08 Apr 2020
Feb 2020
-7.3%
0.4%
09 Mar 2020
Jan 2020
4.0%
-0.6%
10 Feb 2020
Dec 2019
7.4%
0.6%
09 Jan 2020
Nov 2019
-2.4%
-0.2%
09 Dec 2019
Oct 2019
-1.5%
-0.3%
08 Nov 2019
Sep 2019
-6.5%
0.4%
08 Oct 2019
Aug 2019
6.1%
-0.1%
10 Sept 2019
Jul 2019
3.0%
-0.7%

Canada Building Permits m/m indicate a change in the number of permits issued by Canadian municipalities for new construction projects. The indicator is calculated as a change in the reported month compared to the previous one.

The indicator characterizes the activity of the national real estate market. Its growth may have a positive effect on CAD quotes.

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