Institutional component drives value of non-residential building permits in May 2025 - Electrical Business

Institutional component drives value of non-residential building permits in May 2025 - Electrical Business

July 18, 2025 – Statistics Canada reports the total value of building permits issued in Canada rose by $1.4 billion (+12.0%) to reach $13.1 billion in May 2025. The value of non-residential building permits increased by $1.2 billion to $5.6 billion in May, driven by Ontario’s institutional component (+$1.3 billion). Construction intentions for a new hospital in the Niagara census metropolitan area (CMA)—which reached almost 7x the average value …