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Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2021"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in non-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 non-residential construction for Canada increased 0.2% compared with December 2020. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 10.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 3.7%, Nova Scotia was up 6.0%, New Brunswick was up 1.8%, Quebec was down 0.8%, Ontario was up 0.9%, Manitoba was down 2.1%, Saskatchewan was down 1.1%, Alberta was down 1.5%, British Columbia was up 0.7%, Yukon was down 4.7%, the Northwest Territories was down 5.2%, and 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 $4,446.3 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $43.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $20.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $49.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $48.5 million, total investment for Quebec was $944.7 million, total investment for Ontario was $1,871.5 million, total investment for Manitoba was $167.4 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $76.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $533.5 million, total investment for British Columbia was $676.0 million, total investment for Yukon was $8.7 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $3.5 million, and total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Figure 2: Investment in non-residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (seasonally adjusted).

Industrial: Market share was 18.1%, and total investment totalled $803.8 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.2%, or $101.5 million.

Commercial: Market share was 56.4%, and total investment totalled $2,506.8 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 15.5%, or $461.2 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.5%, and total investment totalled $1,135.7 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.5%, or $6.3 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.