Although permit values dropped by more than 13 percent in March, that figure was significantly lower than the more than 20 percent forecasted by Statistics Canada a month ago.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced three million Canadians out of work, and dropped construction employment by 314,000 jobs.

Eighty-one percent of survey respondents said their business operations had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; 32 percent said they were worried about the businesses’ ability to stay healthy over the next 12 months.

The Google affiliate announced on May 7 it will no longer pursue the development of the waterfront lands in downtown Toronto.

The associations have praised the provincial government for allowing work on multi-unit residential construction works to restart during the COVID-19 pandemic.