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Investment in residential building construction, March 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, March 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 1.7% in March compared to February 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador was up 8.8%, Prince Edward Island was up 2.7%, Nova Scotia was up 0.5%, New Brunswick was down 10.4%, Quebec was up 0.4%, Ontario was up 3.1%, Manitoba was down 3.1%, Saskatchewan was up 4.2%, Alberta was up 0.5%, British Columbia was up 2.0%, Yukon was down 0.1%, Northwest Territories was up 116.5%, Nunavut was up 42.3%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,140.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $81.7 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $68.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $439.0 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $225.3 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,459.0 million, total investment for Ontario was $6,573.1 million, total investment for Manitoba was $476.7 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $242.0 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,324.1 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,212.9 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $11.1 million, total investment for Nunavut was $4.5 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 36.5%, total investment totalled $2,151.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.1% or $123.6 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.3%, total investment totalled $193.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 18.6% or $44.1 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.6%, total investment totalled $568.8 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 2.6% or $14.9 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 50.6%, total investment totalled $2,982.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.8% or $315.3 million.

Note: Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.