The city issued $2 billion worth of building permits for 2025 on October 8. That bested the benchmark set in 2023 by five days.

The agency said August’s decline mostly offsets a gain of 0.3 per cent in real GDP for July, which was revised a tick higher from earlier estimates.

The 25 initiatives include purchase agreements for a Quebec graphite mine and investments to scale up a rare earth elements refinery in Ontario.

A closer look at the data finds employment gains over the year limited to the male cohort.

The new code uses predictive modeling to protect infrastructure from future environmental threats.