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Investment in residential building construction, December 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, December 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 1.9% compared to November 2020. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 13.2%, Prince Edward Island was down 7.6%, Nova Scotia was up 10.7%, New Brunswick was up 0.0%, Quebec was up 1.4%, Ontario was up 1.9%, Manitoba was down 5.9%, Saskatchewan was up 4.5%, Alberta was up 2.6%, British Columbia was up 4.3%, Yukon was down 16.2%, Northwest Territories was up 163.6%, total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

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

Total investment for Canada was $11,106.9 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $117.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $55.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $304.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $167.4 million, total investment for Quebec was $2,355.5 million, total investment for Ontario was $4,492.3 million, total investment for Manitoba was $378.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $185.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,313.5 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,714.0 million, total investment for Yukon was $15.5 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $4.6 million, total investment 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 37.6%, total investment totalled $2,150.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 18.2% or $331.3 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 5.2%, total investment totalled $298.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 77.0% or $129.7 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.4%, total investment totalled $593.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.6% or $84.6 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 46.8%, total investment totalled $2,676.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.4% or $316.1 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.