Real Estate Building permits record big jump in Calgary, Province, Nation
CALGARY - The value of building permits in March rose on a monthly basis across Canada as well as in Alberta and in Calgary, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency reported today that building permits during that month increased by 20 per cent from February in the Calgary census metropolitan area to $236.5 million.
In Alberta, the total monthly increase was 34.1 per cent to $696.5 million while nationally the rise was 23.5 per cent to $4.5 billion.
In the province, the building permit increase was 30.5 per cent in the residential construction sector to $309.3 million and 37.2 per cent in the non-residential sector to $387.2 million.
Across the country, the residential sector saw a five per cent hike to $2.2 billion while the non-residential sector rose by 47.9 per cent to $2.3 billion.
(Taken from Calgary Herald, 6th May 2009 )
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