b'FACTS & FIGURESFACTS & FIGURESAccording to Statistics Canada, building permit numbers through January were up over nine per cent compared to the same time period of 2018.WCA tracks these numbers on an annual basis, so its important not to overreact to one month of data. With that being said, the biggest increase in January 2019 compared to January 2018 was on the commercial side, as the industry saw over 35 per cent more permits issued in that sector.The biggest drop in permits was in the institutional side, which saw its permits drop by more than 50 per cent compared to January 2018.SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BUILDING PERMIT STATISTICS FOR MANITOBA: JANUARY 2019TOTAL TOTALSECTOR COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL TOTAL2019 YTD 89,804,000 8,355,000 17,198,000 115,357,000 61,117,000 81,527,000 142,644,000 258,001,0002018 YTD 57,782,000 17,302,000 18,722,000 93,806,000 61,751,000 78,134,000 139,885,000 233,691,000Change 35.7% -51.8% -8.9% 18.7% -1.0% 4.2% 1.9% 9.4%Data courtesy of Statistics Canada.MATERIAL PRICES% CHANGE FROMCOMMODITY WEEK ENDING 2/8/2019 WEEK ENDING 3/1/2019 1 YEAR AGO TRENDOil (WTI, USD/barrel) 54 56 -9.6 Natural Gas (HH, USD/MMBtu) 2.59 2.97 14.0 Copper (LME, USD/mt) 6,179 6,531 -6.2 gSteel (USD/mt) 331 323 1.5 gLumber Composite (USD/1k bd ft) 336 377 -25.9 gSource: Data collected by and reprinted with permission from Export Development Canadas Weekly Commodity Tracker.For more information, please visit www.edc.ca.bonding WINWOODM I L L W O R K I N C.questions? Providing Custom MillworkProviding to satised clients for over 2150 yearsyearsto satised clients for over 865 WaWall ll St. Winnipeg, MB R3G 2T9865 St. Winnipeg, MB204.560.2508 Phh: : ((220044) ) 99888822119944Fax: Fax: (2P (20044) ) 99888822119988 APEXSURETY.CA email: jamie@winwoodmillwork.mb.ca52 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'