Table 3 
Capital spending on non-residential tangible assets, Canada  

Capital spending on non-residential tangible assets, Canada
  2014 2015 2016 2017 2016 to 2017
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change
Total, non-residential tangible assets 272,109.2 251,337.7 229,952.3 239,906.4 4.3
Non-residential building construction 45,373.5 48,243.2 43,939.0 45,167.5 2.8
Engineering construction 143,678.0 120,786.3 106,581.2 111,516.0 4.6
Machinery and equipment 83,061.8 82,308.1 79,432.1 83,222.8 4.8
Type of asset          
Industrial buildings 9,291.9 8,635.2 7,052.1 7,175.5 1.7
Commercial buildings 21,916.8 23,498.3 21,425.6 21,114.3 -1.5
Institutional buildings 14,164.9 16,109.7 15,461.3 16,877.7 9.2
Marine engineering infrastructure 432.3 624.3 858.5 972.5 13.3
Transportation engineering infrastructure 19,665.9 21,420.1 20,603.8 22,807.7 10.7
Waterworks infrastructure 3,712.0 2,827.8 2,513.5 3,128.2 24.5
Sewage infrastructure 2,734.8 2,587.0 2,824.8 2,631.6 -6.8
Communications networks 5,059.7 4,703.6 5,648.0 5,896.3 4.4
Electric power infrastructure 19,804.3 18,073.8 18,755.1 19,218.9 2.5
Oil and gas engineering construction 77,700.1 59,038.2 44,571.4 46,969.4 5.4
Mining engineering construction 7,937.7 6,831.4 7,057.1 5,891.7 -16.5
Other engineering construction 6,631.2 4,680.1 3,749.1 3,999.6 6.7
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Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
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