Infographic 1
Residential construction investment, August 2019

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The title of the infographic is "Residential construction investment, August 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 1.8% compared to July 2019. Newfoundland and Labrador down 0.6%, Prince Edward Island down 1.0%, Nova Scotia up 10.0%, New Brunswick up 0.4%, Quebec down 2.7%, Ontario up 5.3%, Manitoba up 11.6%, Saskatchewan up 9.0%, Alberta up 4.8%, British Columbia down 5.0%, Yukon down 16.8%, Northwest Territories up 21.2%, Nunavut down 22.3%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars.

Total investment for Canada $10,628.9 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $47.4 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $61.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $273.6 million, total investment for New Brunswick $127.1 million, total investment for Quebec $2,162.8 million, total investment for Ontario $4,473.1 million, total investment for Manitoba $362.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $161.7 million, total investment for Alberta $1,060.7 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,874.3 million, total investment for Yukon $9.3 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $8.4 million, total investment for Nunavut $6.1 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 43.1%, total investment totalled $2,384.4 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 6.0% or $151.9 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.7%, total investment totalled $205.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.3% or $8.5 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.6%, total investment totalled $586.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.0% or $67.5 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 42.6%, total investment totalled $2,353.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.1% or $114.0 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.