Canadian Building Permits Up in September

Canadian building permits in September grew 4.3% from August to $10.1 billion (CAD) and increased 4.9% from the year-ago period.  Residential authorizations increased 8.2% from August to $6.88 billion and were 11.2% higher than September 2020.  Single-family totals reached $3.03 billion, down 2.7% from August but up 10.2% from the prior year.  Multi-family levels jumped 18.6% from August to $3.85 billion and rose 12% from September 2020.  See Statistics Canada