Building Permits

Portage la Prairie building permits

Manitoba · Statistics Canada Table 34-10-0066-01 · 10/2026

By OpenStats · Built from official Canadian sources

Regional estimate

Construction value this period

$546.0MCADHigh activity

148 building permits issued

$0$611.5M+National avg$257.7M
Permits issued
148
+159.6% vs same month prior year
Total permit value
$546.0M
$545,958,800
Avg permit value
$3689K
Manitoba avg: $0K

Reading this page

Portage la Prairie issued 148 building permits in 10/2026, representing $546.0 million in construction value ($545,958,800). The average permit was valued at $3689K, above the Manitoba average of $0K.

Residential work accounted for 65% of total permit value ($354,873,220), versus 35% non-residential ($191,085,580).

How to read this

Figures come from Statistics Canada's Monthly Survey of Building Permits (SDDS 2802), Table 34-10-0292-01: construction intentions at authorization. They are not CMHC starts or completions, and not dollars actually spent. Releases typically land about six weeks after the reference month; prior months revise.

Read year-over-year permit value beside residential units and the residential share. Value tracks capital intentions and can rise with construction costs even when unit counts are flat. Units are the cleaner signal for housing supply. Prefer multi-month or calendar-year totals; one large project can dominate a single month. Direct means a municipal or CMA breakout; regional means the enclosing metro may misstate this city alone.

Pair this page with CMHC starts when you care about homes actually underway, and with local permit portals when you need faster street-level detail. Method detail: methodology.

YoY permit value
+0.5%
+0.5% vs same month prior year
Residential units
33
New housing starts
16
Residential share
65%
Non-residential: 35%

Provincial & national comparison

Portage la Prairie vs Manitoba average (0 cities) and national average (4963 cities) for 10/2026.

Portage la Prairie total value546M
Manitoba average0M
National average258M
Permits issued148
Avg value per permit ($K)3689K

Figure 1 · Value composition

Residential vs non-residential permit value

Portage la Prairie recorded $354,873,220 in residential construction (65.0%) and $191,085,580 in non-residential work (35.0%) during 10/2026.

Market summary

  • 65.0% of permit value is residential ($354,873,220)
  • 35.0% is non-residential ($191,085,580)
  • 16 new housing starts recorded in 10/2026
  • Provincial average: 0 permits and $0.0M per city

Value breakdown

CategoryValueShare
Residential value$354,873,22065.0%
Non-residential value$191,085,58035.0%
Total permits148—
Avg value per permit$3,688,911vs $0K prov.

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Source · 34-10-0292-01 (municipality not in CMA table - seed fallback). Last updated 2026-09-01. Refreshed on the site's automated schedule.