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Investment in residential construction, July 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential construction, July 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 0.6% compared to June 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador down 15.0%, Prince Edward Island up 12.2%, Nova Scotia up 14.9%, New Brunswick up 3.0%, Quebec down 1.0%, Ontario up 5.4%, Manitoba down 2.8%, Saskatchewan down 20.3%, Alberta up 4.1%, British Columbia down 7.3%, Yukon down 6.4%, Northwest Territories down 39.4%, Nunavut up 15.6%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $10,402.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $48.1 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $61.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $244.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick $124.7 million, total investment for Quebec $2,222.4 million, total investment for Ontario $4,201.6 million, total investment for Manitoba $320.7 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $151.2 million, total investment for Alberta $1,005.9 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,990.6 million, total investment for Yukon $11.2 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $6.1 million, total investment for Nunavut $13.5 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 42.8%, total investment totalled $2,302.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.2% or $291.7 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.6%, total investment totalled $195.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.1% or $17.2 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.6%, total investment totalled $571.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.6% or $76.9 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 43.0%, total investment totalled $2,311.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.2% or $135.6 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.