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Investment in residential construction, June 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential construction, June 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 decreased 1.8% compared to May 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador down 11.7%, Prince Edward Island up 11.2%, Nova Scotia down 7.9%, New Brunswick up 9.8%, Quebec up 0.2%, Ontario down 0.0%, Manitoba down 14.3%, Saskatchewan up 1.8%, Alberta up 3.5%, British Columbia down 7.5%, Yukon down 3.1%, Northwest Territories up 44.8%, Nunavut up 57.1%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $10,260.4 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $58.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $52.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $208.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick $119.9 million, total investment for Quebec $2,219.8 million, total investment for Ontario $3,932.4 million, total investment for Manitoba $323.0 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $194.7 million, total investment for Alberta $961.1 million, total investment for British Columbia $2,158.6 million, total investment for Yukon $12.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $9.8 million, total investment for Nunavut $9.6 million.

Figure 2: Investment in new residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (not seasonally adjusted).

Single homes: Market share was 40.8%, total investment totalled $2,038.1 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 16.3% or $395.6 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.6%, total investment totalled $177.6 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 15.0% or $31.2 million.

Row homes: Market share was 11.4%, total investment totalled $567.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 18.2% or $87.5 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 44.3%, total investment totalled $2,217.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.6% or $157.2 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.