The construction category contains indicators which provide data on the construction sector of the economy. Examples of indicators in this category include data on housing construction, including housing permits, and construction spending by various sectors of the economy.
The monthly Building Permits Survey collects data on the value of permits issued by Canadian municipalities for both residential and non-residential buildings, and the number of residential dwellings authorized. The survey also measures the number of dwelling units demolished.
Major Canada Building Permits Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Alberta Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 1.793B CAD | -10.68% |
British Columbia Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 2.854B CAD | 7.85% |
Canada Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 12.88B CAD | -4.09% |
Canada Building Permits MoM | Mar 2025 | -4.09% | -- |
Canada Commercial Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 2.023B CAD | -18.99% |
Canada Dwellings Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 27267.00 | 4.60% |
Canada Industrial Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 782.98M CAD | -0.47% |
Canada Institutional and Governmental Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 1.420B CAD | -14.38% |
Canada Non-residential Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 4.226B CAD | -14.49% |
Canada Residential Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 8.655B CAD | 1.97% |
Ontario Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 4.636B CAD | -5.95% |
Quebec Building Permits | Mar 2025 | 2.353B CAD | -1.31% |
The Canada Housing Information Monthly is an essential sourcebook for detailed housing information will help you stay informed, with information obtained from two national surveys conducted by CMHC: Starts, Completions and Market Absorption. Housing Information Monthly consists of ten modules, containing more than 90 easy-to-read, data-rich statistical tables on starts, completions, absorptions and prices for both provincial and local markets.
Major Canada Housing Information Monthly Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Alberta Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 63.36K | 19.37% |
British Columbia Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 53.20K | 70.77% |
Canada 5-year Conventional Mortgage Lending Rate | Mar 2025 | 5.22% | 2.35% |
Canada Housing Completions | Dec 2022 | 19648.00 | 33.25% |
Canada Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 278.61K | 30.07% |
Canada Housing Starts 6-month Moving Average | Apr 2025 | 240.90K | 2.38% |
Ontario Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 66.77K | 72.33% |
Quebec Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 59.89K | 2.92% |
Construction Spending report provides monthly estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the United States. This includes the cost of labor and materials, architectural and engineering work, overhead, interest and taxes paid during construction, and contractor’s profits.
Major Construction Spending Indicators
The Construction Starts Statistics Survey report contains data on building and housing starts in Japan. It is organized by owner-occupant relation, construction method, type of dwelling, and other aspects of construction.
Major Construction Starts Statistics Survey Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Japan Building Starts | Apr 2025 | 8.461M m² | -20.33% |
Japan Building Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -16.21% | -- |
Japan Built for Sale Housing Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -29.65% | -- |
Japan Dwelling Building Starts | Apr 2025 | 4.375M m² | -38.78% |
Japan Dwelling Building Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -27.68% | -- |
Japan Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 56188.00 | -37.17% |
Japan Housing Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -26.63% | -- |
Japan Non-dwelling Building Starts | Apr 2025 | 4.085M m² | 17.61% |
Japan Non-dwelling Building Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | 0.94% | -86.85% |
Japan Non-wooden Building Starts | Apr 2025 | 4.085M m² | 17.61% |
Japan Non-wooden Building Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -12.90% | -- |
Japan Owned Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 13635.00 | -40.37% |
Japan Owned Housing Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -23.73% | -- |
Japan Rented Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 24939.00 | -41.35% |
Japan Rented Housing Starts YoY | Apr 2025 | -27.92% | -- |
The Multifamily Market Survey is based on a quarterly survey of NAHB multifamily builders and property managers. The survey is designed to monitor conditions for multifamily production (starts) and multifamily rental occupancy in the current versus preceding quarter as well as in the next six months.
Major NAHB Multifamily Market Survey Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
NAHB Multifamily Occupancy Index | Q4 2024 | 80.58 | 6.90% |
NAHB Multifamily Production Index | Q4 2024 | 47.51 | 18.00% |
New Residential Construction reports contains the first available preliminary monthly estimates of the number of housing units started, authorized but not started, under construction, and completed. Revised figures for previous months are also included. Data are shown by type of structure at the national level and by Census Region. Quarterly data on selected characteristics of housing units started and completed are included.
Major New Residential Construction Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Midwestern US New Housing Permits | Apr 2025 | 18.10K | 7.10% |
Northeastern US New Housing Permits | Apr 2025 | 10.80K | 4.85% |
Southern US New Housing Permits | Apr 2025 | 70.30K | 0.29% |
US Building Permits | Apr 2025 | 129.10K | 3.95% |
US Building Permits MoM | Apr 2025 | -4.66% | -- |
US Housing Completed | Apr 2025 | 1.458M | -5.87% |
US Housing Completed MoM | Apr 2025 | -5.87% | -- |
US Housing Completed: 1 Unit | Apr 2025 | 943.00K | -8.00% |
US Housing Completed: 1 Unit MoM | Apr 2025 | -8.00% | -- |
US Housing Completed: 5 Units or More | Apr 2025 | 507.00K | 0.20% |
US Housing Starts | Apr 2025 | 1.361M | 1.64% |
US Housing Starts MoM | Apr 2025 | 1.64% | -- |
US Housing Starts: 1 Unit | Apr 2025 | 927.00K | -2.11% |
US Housing Starts: 1 Unit MoM | Apr 2025 | -2.11% | -- |
US Housing Starts: 5 Units or More | Apr 2025 | 420.00K | 11.11% |
US New Housing Permits: 5 Units or More | Apr 2025 | 35.30K | 1.15% |
Western US New Housing Permits | Apr 2025 | 29.80K | 10.78% |
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