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 | Jan 2025 | 1.746B CAD | -1.19% |
British Columbia Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 2.101B CAD | -2.94% |
Canada Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 12.81B CAD | -3.22% |
Canada Building Permits MoM | Jan 2025 | -3.22% | -- |
Canada Commercial Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 2.070B CAD | 14.32% |
Canada Dwellings Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 28325.00 | -3.75% |
Canada Industrial Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 699.74M CAD | -28.94% |
Canada Institutional and Governmental Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 1.259B CAD | -6.49% |
Canada Non-residential Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 4.029B CAD | -2.73% |
Canada Residential Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 8.778B CAD | -3.44% |
Ontario Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 5.058B CAD | -13.23% |
Quebec Building Permits | Jan 2025 | 2.346B CAD | 2.77% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 45.99K | 3.37% |
British Columbia Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 41.14K | -12.93% |
Canada 5-year Conventional Mortgage Lending Rate | Jan 2025 | 5.31% | -0.75% |
Canada Housing Completions | Dec 2022 | 19648.00 | 33.25% |
Canada Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 239.74K | 3.12% |
Canada Housing Starts 6-month Moving Average | Jan 2025 | 236.89K | -2.46% |
Ontario Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 59.42K | -8.66% |
Quebec Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 67.95K | 33.14% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 6.980M m² | -13.09% |
Japan Building Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -12.24% | -- |
Japan Built for Sale Housing Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -5.99% | -- |
Japan Dwelling Building Starts | Jan 2025 | 4.493M m² | -11.85% |
Japan Dwelling Building Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -4.09% | -- |
Japan Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 56134.00 | -10.84% |
Japan Housing Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -4.61% | -- |
Japan Non-dwelling Building Starts | Jan 2025 | 2.487M m² | -15.25% |
Japan Non-dwelling Building Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -23.93% | -- |
Japan Non-wooden Building Starts | Jan 2025 | 2.487M m² | -15.25% |
Japan Non-wooden Building Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -15.17% | -- |
Japan Owned Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 13525.00 | -24.11% |
Japan Owned Housing Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -8.65% | -- |
Japan Rented Housing Starts | Jan 2025 | 24387.00 | -7.71% |
Japan Rented Housing Starts YoY | Jan 2025 | -1.19% | -- |
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 | Feb 2025 | 14.30K | 10.85% |
Northeastern US New Housing Permits | Feb 2025 | 7.60K | -22.45% |
Southern US New Housing Permits | Feb 2025 | 62.70K | -5.00% |
US Building Permits | Feb 2025 | 106.00K | -4.93% |
US Building Permits MoM | Feb 2025 | -1.15% | -- |
US Housing Completed | Feb 2025 | 1.592M | -4.04% |
US Housing Completed MoM | Feb 2025 | -4.04% | -- |
US Housing Completed: 1 Unit | Feb 2025 | 1.066M | 7.14% |
US Housing Completed: 1 Unit MoM | Feb 2025 | 7.14% | 5.56% |
US Housing Completed: 5 Units or More | Feb 2025 | 512.00K | -20.74% |
US Housing Starts | Feb 2025 | 1.501M | 11.19% |
US Housing Starts MoM | Feb 2025 | 11.19% | -- |
US Housing Starts: 1 Unit | Feb 2025 | 1.108M | 11.36% |
US Housing Starts: 1 Unit MoM | Feb 2025 | 11.36% | -- |
US Housing Starts: 5 Units or More | Feb 2025 | 370.00K | 12.12% |
US New Housing Permits: 5 Units or More | Feb 2025 | 28.40K | -16.96% |
Western US New Housing Permits | Feb 2025 | 21.40K | -6.14% |
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