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Investment in residential building construction, August 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, August 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 non-residential construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada increased 0.5% compared with July 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 2.3%, Prince Edward Island was up 4.9%, Nova Scotia was down 6.8%, New Brunswick was down 11.5%, Quebec was up 1.5%, Ontario was down 1.4%, Manitoba was down 2.7%, Saskatchewan was up 0.0%, Alberta was up 2.3%, British Columbia was up 5.0%, Yukon was up 29.4%, Northwest Territories was down 39.4%, Nunavut was down 22.8%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,738.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $123.4 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $54.1 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $416.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $193.7 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,454.5 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,927.7 million, total investment for Manitoba was $426.9 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $379.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,840.6 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,880.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.7 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.0 million, total investment for Nunavut was $15.1 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 45.1%, total investment totalled $3,524.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.7% or $92.1 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0%, total investment totalled $232.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 12.7% or $33.7 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.5%, total investment totalled $820.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.1% or $101.2 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 41.5%, total investment totalled $3,245.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.3% or $221.8 million.

Note: Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01–Investment in Building Construction.