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Canada Building Permits 2026-05-19: data, chart, and analysis

The 2022-01-31 Building Permits release printed 10,800.98. The previous reading was 11,656.23, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
10,800.98
Previous
11,656.23
Forecast
--
Public release ID
cad_building_permits_2026-05-19

Canada Building Permits release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Canada Building Permits chart through 2022-01-31
CAD Building Permits readings through 2022-01-31. Latest: 10,800.98.

Building Permits release read

The 2022-01-31 Building Permits release printed 10,800.98. The previous reading was 11,656.23, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Bank of Canada policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Building Permits page shows the full time series for Canada. This page narrows the record to the individual release, keeping the realised value, prior value, forecast field, announcement-date URL, and source payload together at one canonical URL.

For CAD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID cad_building_permits_2026-05-19
API announcement ID cad_building_permits_2022-01-31
Announcement date 2026-05-19
Reference period date 2022-01-31
Actual value 10,800.98
Previous value 11,656.23
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 2026-05-19T04:30:00-04:00

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Canada Building Permits history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

Related Canada indicators

Continue from this release into adjacent macro series for the same country.

Business Confidence

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Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth

GDP growth: the quarterly change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in the economy.

Housing Starts

Number of new residential construction projects that have begun in a given period, a key indicator of economic activity and construction sector health.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1779179400,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-05-19T04:30:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "cad_building_permits_2022-01-31",
  "date": "2022-01-31",
  "pct_change_mom": -7.34,
  "pct_change_yoy": 1.78,
  "previous_value": 11656.234,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1779179400,
      "val": 10800.979
    }
  ],
  "val": 10800.979
}