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Investment in residential construction, February 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential construction, February 2019"

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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 residential construction for Canada increased 5.4% compared to January 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador up 4.1%, Prince Edward Island up 1.2%, Nova Scotia up 3.5%, New Brunswick down 12.3%, Quebec up 5.9%, Ontario up 5.9%. Manitoba up 4.3%. Saskatchewan up 17.5%, Alberta up 6.7%, British Columbia up 3.5%, Yukon up 21.3%, Northwest Territories down 22.3%, Nunavut down 39.2%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $10,960.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $74.4 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $47.0 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $298.4 million, total investment for New Brunswick $126.3 million, total investment for Quebec $2,311.5 million, total investment for Ontario $4,342.1 million, total investment for Manitoba $284.0 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $310.8 million, total investment for Alberta $1,036.1 million, total investment for British Columbia $2,111.3 million, total investment for Yukon $14.3 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $3.3 million, total investment for Nunavut $1.1 million.

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

Single houses: Market share is 34.4%, total investment totalled $1,472.7 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 26.3% or $525.0 million.

Semi-detached houses: Market share is 3.5%, total investment totalled $151.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.8% or $9.4 million.

Row houses: Market share is 11.1%, total investment totalled $475.9 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 2.5% or $12.1 million.

Apartments: Market share is 50.9%, total investment totalled $2,174.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 29.0% or $489.2 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.