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Investment in residential building construction, October 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, October 2020"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in residential construction investment (seasonally adjusted).

This is a map of Canada by province and territory showing the month-to-month percentage changes for investment in residential construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada increased 0.7% compared to September 2020. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 13.2%, Prince Edward Island was down 0.8%, Nova Scotia was up 3.6%, New Brunswick was down 11.0%, Quebec was up 1.4%, Ontario was up 3.8%, Manitoba was down 14.9%, Saskatchewan was up 18.8%, Alberta was down 3.3%, British Columbia was down 1.3%, Yukon was down 20.4%, Northwest Territories was up 3.9%, Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars (seasonally adjusted).

Total investment for Canada was $10,854.6 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $147.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $60.6 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $234.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $187.4 million, total investment for Quebec was $2,324.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $4,357.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $438.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $179.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,278.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,623.5 million, total investment for Yukon was $20.3 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $0.1 million, total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

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

Single homes: Market share was 41.8%, total investment totalled $2,423.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.1% or $222.4 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 4.3%, total investment totalled $250.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 32.2% or $60.9 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.5%, total investment totalled $550.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.0% or $23.0 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 44.4%, total investment totalled $2,572.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.2% or $279.5 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.