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Investment in residential building construction, January 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, January 2022"

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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 4.1% in January 2022 compared with December 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 3.6%, Prince Edward Island was up 8.7%, Nova Scotia was up 9.0%, New Brunswick was up 21.8%, Quebec was up 3.7%, Ontario was up 4.4%, Manitoba was up 9.4%, Saskatchewan was down 9.9%, Alberta was up 2.0%, British Columbia was up 3.3%, Yukon was up 14.2%, Northwest Territories was down 38.1%, Nunavut was down 10.6%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $14,050.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $73.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $68.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $413.9 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $223.0 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,025.6 million, total investment for Ontario was $6,119.1 million, total investment for Manitoba was $483.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $220.1 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,302.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,087.7 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $7.5 million, total investment for Nunavut was $2.5 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 39.3%, total investment totalled $2,526.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 18.6% or $397.0 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0%, total investment totalled $196.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 34.0% or $101.2 million.

Row homes: Market share was 8.9%, total investment totalled $571.9 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1.5% or $8.4 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 48.8%, total investment totalled $3,140.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.2% or $366.4 million.

Note: Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.