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Investment in non-residential building construction, October 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, October 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 2.0% compared with September 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 3.6%, Prince Edward Island was down 2.9%, Nova Scotia was up 6.8%, New Brunswick was down 1.0%, Quebec was up 3.7%, Ontario was up 1.8%, Manitoba was up 1.4%, Saskatchewan was up 1.4%, Alberta was up 3.2%, British Columbia was down 1.1%, Yukon was up 4.7%, the Northwest Territories was down 3.1%, and Nunavut was up 3.1%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $4,861.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $40.7 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $22.6 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $53.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $56.4 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,104.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,044.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $158.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $84.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $613.5 million, total investment for British Columbia was $661.7 million, total investment for Yukon was $9.2 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $3.2 million, and total investment for Nunavut was $7.7 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 17.3%, and total investment was $838.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9%, or $15.7 million.

Commercial: Market share was 54.9%, and total investment was $2,670.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.0%, or $127.7 million.

Institutional: Market share was 27.8%, and total investment was $1,351.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 20.2%, or $226.9 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.