b'FACTS & FIGURESFACTS & FIGURESAccording to Statistics Canada, building permit numbers through July of 2019 are up more than 10 per cent compared to the same time period last year.On the non-residential side of things, permits are up 26 per cent. This growth is driven by the commercial and institutional sectors, which are up over 30 and 88 per cent respectively, while the industrial sector is down almost 12 per cent comparedto 2018.The residential side has seen a decrease of just one per cent in building permit values through July of 2019 compared to last year. Multiple-home permits are up slightly while single-family home permits are down 1.6 per cent.SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BUILDING PERMIT STATISTICS FOR MANITOBA: JULY 2019TOTAL TOTALSECTOR COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL TOTAL2019 YTD 539,099,000 193,365,000 191,542,000 923,008,000 459,543,000 533,305,000 992,846,000 1,915,854,0002018 YTD 412,797,000 102,561,000 217,098,000 732,459,000 458,104,000 541,831,000 999,932,000 1,732,392,000Change 30.6% 88.5% -11.8% 26.0% 0.3% -1.6% -0.7% 10.6%Data courtesy of Statistics Canada.MATERIAL PRICES% CHANGE FROMCOMMODITY WEEK ENDING 8/16/2019 WEEK ENDING 9/6/2019 1 YEAR AGO TRENDOil (WTI, USD/barrel) 55 55 -19.3 gNatural Gas (HH, USD/MMBtu) 2.21 2.44 -16.1 gCopper (LME, USD/mt) 5712 5675 -3.6 gSteel (USD/mt) 289 264 -18.0 gLumber Composite (USD/1k bd ft) 345 344 -24.0 gSource: Data collected by and reprinted with permission from Export Development Canadas Weekly Commodity Tracker. For more information,please visit www.edc.ca.WINNIPEG BUILDING PERMIT STATISTICS: JULY 2019NUMBER OF PERMITS NUMBER OF PERMITS VALUE OF PERMITS YEAR TO DATE RESIDENTIAL JULY 2018 JULY 2019 (VALUE IN $000)Single 148 120 237,316Semi-detached 16 29 24,988Rowhouse 66 57 19,000Apartment 8 19 379,147Alterations/Additions 622 309 79,088Total 860 534 739,540NUMBER OF PERMITS NUMBER OF PERMITS VALUE OF PERMITS YEAR TO DATE NON-RESIDENTIAL JULY2018 JULY2019 (VALUE IN $000)Alterations/Additions/Demos 290 361 329,419Commercial 7 9 73,981Industrial 3 1 16,141Office1 3 8,660Hotel/Motel2 0 0Public Buildings/Theatres 0 1 38,351Institutional 1 3 69,873Total 304 378 536,425Source: Data collected by and reprinted with permission from Winnipeg Building Permits Summary, July 2019. For more information or updated statistics, please visit www.winnipeg.ca/ppd. 60 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'