Highlights for Construction from “Building Permits (February 2023)
The following data was released on April 4, 2023. To find more information from this dataset, click here for the Province’s full release.
Overveiw
Overall building permit values in Nova Scotia increased in the first two months of 2023 compared with January-February 2022. This reflects an increase in all non-residential permit types across the province, with the exception of industrial building permit values in Halifax.
Month over Month Highlights –
Note: Changes in monthly building permit values are typically very volatile, with large swings from one month to the next.
Nova Scotia’s TOTAL building permits (residential and non-residential) increased 13.3% to $216.9 million.
- Halifax permits increased 37.9% to $121.4 million. Outside the city, permit values decreased 7.6% to $95.5 million.
- National permits increased 8.6% to $10.73 billion.
- Building permit values were up in 7 of 10 provinces, led by Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nova Scotia’s NON-RESIDENTIAL building permits declined 12.9% to $60.3 million.
- Halifax permits increased 5.7% to $39.5 million. Outside the city, non-residential permit values decreased 34.8% to $20.8 million.
- National non-residential building permit values increased 9.8% to $4.17 billion.
- Non-residential permit values were up in 5 of 10 provinces, led by Newfoundland and Labrador.
Year to Date Highlights –
Nova Scotia’s TOTAL building permits (residential and non-residential) increased 1.4%.
- Halifax permits decreased 7.6%. Outside the city, permit values increased 13.0%.
- National permits decreased 10.2%.
- Building permit values were up in 5 of 10 provinces, led by Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nova Scotia’s NON-RESIDENTIAL building permits increased 56.6%.
- Halifax permits increased 56.5%. Outside the city, non-residential permit values increased 56.6%.
- National non-residential building permit values decreased 7.0%.
- Non-residential permit values were up in 6 of 10 provinces, led by Newfoundland and Labrador.