Infographic 1
Residential construction investment, October 2018

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The title of the infographic is "Residential construction investment, October 2018"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in residential construction investment.

This is a map of Canada by province and territory showing the month-to-month 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 decreased 4.2% compared to September 2018. Newfoundland and Labrador down 3.6%, Prince Edward Island down 0.5%, Nova Scotia up 4.4%, New Brunswick down 5.3%, Quebec down 1.5%, Ontario down 6.7%. Manitoba down 5.7%. Saskatchewan up 6.4%, Alberta down 9.6%, British Columbia up 0.0%, Yukon down 29.6%, Northwest Territories down 23.6%, Nunavut up 986.4%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $9,719.6 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $51.1 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $24.2 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $230.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick $95.8 million, total investment for Quebec $1,993.6 million, total investment for Ontario $3,923.4 million, total investment for Manitoba $289.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $206.4 million, total investment for Alberta $1,031.1 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,856.6 million, total investment for Yukon $12.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $3.6 million, total investment for Nunavut $1.3 million

Figure 2: Year over year change in new housing construction investment (not seasonally adjusted).

Single houses: Market share is 42.0%, total investment totalled $2,189.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.4% or $199.6 million.

Semi-detached houses: Market share is 3.8%, total investment totalled $196.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.5% or $21.7 million.

Row houses: Market share is 10.7%, total investment totalled $556.9 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.0% or $68.8 million.

Apartments: Market share is 43.5%, total investment totalled $2,269.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 27.8% or $493.2 million.

Note for Nunavut: The increase in Nunavut is attributable to a new construction project.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01 - Investment in building construction.