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Canada building permit value growth, April 2026

What will Statistics Canada first report as the monthly change in the seasonally adjusted total value of Canadian building permits for April 2026?

current forecast · 80% CI-2.0%
-16.0%-2.0%+13.0%
history:Feb: -8.4%Mar: +10.3%

Trend

history + forecast
-20.6-7.94.917.6FebMarJun 2026-2.0%actual -7.6%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

Global near-term indicator source synthesis · 2026-06-06T14:42:00+02:00

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
-7.6%
forecast
-2.0% with 80% CI [-16.0%, +13.0%]
error
-5.6% · absolute +5.6%
cdf score
CRPS 3.99 · PIT 0.34
source
Statistics Canada Building permits, April 2026

Total value of building permits -7.6% SA in April (-$1.0B to $12.5B); recorded point -2.

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
Global near-term indicator source synthesis
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded source-context synthesis
ledger fact
statcan.building_permits.total_value_mom.canada.april_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Multi-family residential permits
  • Non-residential project timing
  • Province-level construction cycles
  • Interest-rate and financing conditions

Resolution

source
Statistics Canada Building Permits
resolved
June 11, 2026
actual
-7.6%
rule
Resolves to the first published monthly percent change in the seasonally adjusted total value of Canadian building permits for April 2026 in Statistics Canada's Building permits release. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
statcan.building_permits.total_value_mom.canada.april_2026.first_print

Series design

series
statcan.building_permits.total_value_mom
cadence
monthly · ~2 weeks
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P1
benchmark
Recent building-permit volatility and construction pipeline
chainable
next release · +3 months · housing supply
run
Global near-term indicator source synthesis · Codex recorded source-context synthesis · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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