• Prior 1.1%. Revised to 2.2%
  • Residential 9.5% vs 2.8% in April
  • Non-residential 20.8% vs 1.2% prior

Non-residential was driven by a 39.4% rise in commercial property

That’s a big jump in permits and USD/CAD drops 11 pips to 1.0631

Canadian building permits 07 07 2014

Canadian building permits 07 07 2014