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Investment in residential building construction, December 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, December 2021"

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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 building construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada increased by 2.2% compared with November 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 14.6%, Prince Edward Island was up 6.9%, Nova Scotia was up 10.4%, New Brunswick was up 15.8%, Quebec was up 0.2%, Ontario was up 3.1%, Manitoba was up 9.6%, Saskatchewan was down 2.4%, Alberta was up 2.2%, British Columbia was down 0.5%, Yukon was down 5.2%, Northwest Territories was down 24.4% and Nunavut was down 47.2%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $13,432.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $70.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $63.3 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $373.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $180.7 million, total investment for Quebec was $2,900.6 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,840.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $438.1 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $246.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,277.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,007.0 million, total investment for Yukon was $19.9 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $11.8 million and total investment for Nunavut was $2.7 million.

Figure 2: Investment in new residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (not seasonally adjusted).

Single homes: Market share was 40.7% and total investment was $2,684.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 22.6% or $494.5 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.1% and total investment was $203.5 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 32.2% or $96.5 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.0% and total investment was $595.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1.0% or $6.1 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 47.2% and total investment was $3,118.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.1% or $337.8 million.

Note: Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.