Construction stats: building permit values, October 2023

The following statistics were released on December 7, 2023. Monthly highlights are included below, for the full dataset, please click here.

Nova Scotia’s total building permits (residential and non-residential) decreased 28.0% to $207.9 million.

Halifax permits decreased 22.1% to $149.1 million.
Outside the city, permit values decreased 39.5% to $58.9 million.
National permits rose 2.3% to $11.24 billion.
- Building permit values were up in 3 of 10 provinces, led by Alberta. Newfoundland and Labrador reported the largest decline.

Nova Scotia’s non-residential building permits decreased 43.3% to $52.0 million.

Halifax permits decreased 35.6% to $40.6 million.
Outside the city, non-residential permit values decreased 60.2% to $11.4 million.
National non-residential building permit values increased 5.3% to $4.12 billion.
- Non-residential permit values were up in 6 of 10 provinces, led by Alberta and New Brunswick. Nova Scotia reported the largest decline.