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Ontario, B.C. lead the way as building permits rise
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Toronto Star- OTTAWA—Municipalities issued building permits worth $6.6 billion in June, up 2.1 per cent from May.
Statistics Canada attributes the increase largely to higher construction intentions for industrial and institutional buildings in Ontario and multi-family dwellings in British Columbia.
The value of permits in the non-residential sector rose three per cent to $2.8 billion in June, following a 51.1 per cent increase in May.
StatsCan says industrial and institutional buildings in Ontario and Quebec were behind much of the advance in the non-residential sector.
In the residential sector, municipalities issued $3.7 billion worth of permits in June, up 1.5 per cent from May.
The gain in June was primarily the result of higher construction intentions for multi-family dwellings in British Columbia and single-family dwellings in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
The total value of building permits was up in seven provinces, led by Ontario and British Columbia, while Alberta, New Brunswick and Manitoba posted declines in June.
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