Infographic 1
New housing construction investment, May 2018

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The title of the infographic is "New housing construction investment, May 2018"

It includes multiple components such as a map, tables, pictographs and images.

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Figure 1: Year-over-year change of investment in new housing. This is a map of Canada by province showing the year-over-year percentage changes for investment in new housing construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in new housing construction for Canada increased 6.3% compared with May 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador up 7.8%, Prince Edward Island up 22.7%, Nova Scotia down 8.4%, New Brunswick down 3.8%, Quebec up 27.0%, Ontario up 2.0%. Manitoba down 12.1%. Saskatchewan down 25.8%, Alberta up 3.1%, British Columbia up 9.4%, Yukon up 4.8%, Northwest Territories down 58.6%, Nunavut up 61.0%.

Table one: Total investment in millions of dollars. Total investment for Canada $4,804.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $20.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $15.1 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $61.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick $22.0 million, total investment for Quebec $836.9 million, total investment for Ontario $1,826.2 million, total investment for Manitoba $131.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $70.6 million, total investment for Alberta $716.6 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,095.3 million, total investment for Yukon $5.7 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $1.1 million, total investment for Nunavut $1.4 million.

Figure 2: Investment in new housing construction; market share and year-over-year changes. Single houses: Market share is 44.0%, total investment totalled $2,118 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 9.9% or $232.3 million. Semi-detached houses: Market share is 5.0%, total investment totalled $243 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.8% or $19.7 million. Row houses: Market share is 11.0%, total investment totalled $537 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.7% or $56.4 million. Apartments: Market share is 40.0%, total investment totalled $1,906 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 30.0% or $439.5 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0012-01 - Investment in new housing construction.