‘Building Permits, June 2022’
The following information was released by the Economics and Statistics Division on August 4, 2022. Find full statistics from ‘Building Permits, June 2022’ here.
Industry Highlights: (month over month)
*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) decreased 11.8% to $229.2 million.
- Halifax permits decreased 32.0% to $122.1 million. Outside the city, permit values increased 33.5% to $107.1 million.
- National permits decreased 1.5% to $11.90 billion. Building permit values were up in 4 of 10 provinces, led by Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan.
- Nova Scotia’s non-residential building permits decreased 26.0% to $38.3 million.
- Halifax permits decreased 55.0% to $16.8 million. Outside the city, non-residential permit values increased 49.0% to $21.5 million.
- National non-residential building permit values decreased 10.4% to $3.67 billion. Non-residential permit values were up in 3 of 10 provinces, led by Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador reported the largest declines.