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Investment in non-residential building construction, May 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, May 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 non-residential construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in non-residential construction for Canada increased 0.6% compared with April 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 3.0%, Prince Edward Island was up 5.7%, Nova Scotia was down 0.6%, New Brunswick was down 0.2%, Quebec was up 1.6%, Ontario was up 0.6%, Manitoba was down 4.1%, Saskatchewan was down 0.1%, Alberta was up 1.6%, British Columbia was up 0.0%, Yukon was down 5.1%, Northwest Territories was up 2.1%, Nunavut was up 6.8% (use with caution).

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

Total investment for Canada was $4,659.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $39.4 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $27.3 million,total investment for Nova Scotia was $50.9 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $53.0 million, total investment for Quebec was $992.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,011.7 million, total investment for Manitoba was $152.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $74.9 million , total investment for Alberta was $553.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $686.8 million, total investment for Yukon was $6.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $4.4 million, total investment for Nunavut was $5.6 million (use with caution).

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

Industrial: Market share was 18.0%, total investment totalled $837.1 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% or $36.4 million.

Commercial: Market share was 55.7%, total investment totalled $2,597.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 9.5% or $273.3 million.

Institutional: Market share was 26.3%, total investment totalled $1,225.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.1% or $81.6 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.