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Investment in non-residential building construction, August 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, August 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 July 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 0.6%, Prince Edward Island was down 4.6%, Nova Scotia was up 0.1%, New Brunswick was up 1.9%, Quebec was up 1.2%, Ontario was up 0.9%, Manitoba was up 0.4%, Saskatchewan was up 2.7%, Alberta was down 0.2%, British Columbia was down 0.9%, Yukon was up 9.3%, Northwest Territories was down 5.2%, Nunavut was down 4.4%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $4,667.9 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $40.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $25.2 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $48.1 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $58.2 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,005.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $1,984.6 million, total investment for Manitoba was $153.2 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $81.4 million, total investment for Alberta was $579.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $673.8 million, total investment for Yukon was $9.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.6 million, total investment for Nunavut was $5.8 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 17.7%, total investment totalled $825.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.1% or $34.9 million.

Commercial: Market share was 54.5%, total investment totalled $2,543.5 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 9.1% or $254.2 million.

Institutional: Market share was 27.8%, total investment totalled $1,299.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.6% or $144.9 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.