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Investment in residential construction, November 2018

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential construction, November 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 2.2% compared to October 2018. Newfoundland and Labrador up 10.2%, Prince Edward Island up 37.8%, Nova Scotia down 2.6%, New Brunswick down 0.5%, Quebec down 2.9%, Ontario down 1.9%. Manitoba down 9.0%. Saskatchewan up 1.5%, Alberta down 15.6%, British Columbia up 4.3%, Yukon down 18.8%, Northwest Territories up 1.6%, Nunavut up 107.8%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $9,351.9 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $57.6 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $36.1 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $222.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick $94.8 million, total investment for Quebec $1,903.7 million, total investment for Ontario $3,786.5 million, total investment for Manitoba $263.1 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $210.5 million, total investment for Alberta $820.1 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,941.3 million, total investment for Yukon $9.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $3.7 million, total investment for Nunavut $2.5 million

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

Single houses: Market share is 39.0%, total investment totalled $1,898.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 20.1% or $477.0 million.

Semi-detached houses: Market share is 3.6%, total investment totalled $177.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.7% or $1.2 million.

Row houses: Market share is 11.1%, total investment totalled $539.6 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 14.3% or $90.2 million.

Apartments: Market share is 46.2%, total investment totalled $2,248.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 20.7% or $386.0 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.