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Investment in non-residential building construction, August 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, August 2022"

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

Investment in non-residential for Canada decreased 0.2% compared with July 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 2.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 11.5%, Nova Scotia was down 4.5%, New Brunswick was down 0.9%, Quebec was up 1.0%, Ontario was down 2.0%, Manitoba was up 0.1%, Saskatchewan was up 4.6%, Alberta was up 1.0%, British Columbia was up 1.4%, Yukon was up 10.4%, Northwest Territories was up 2.2%, Nunavut was down 4.5%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,327.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $30.5 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $21.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $64.8 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $56.2 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,299.1 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,083.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $163.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $111.4 million, total investment for Alberta was $686.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $787.4 million, total investment for Yukon was $13.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.9 million, total investment for Nunavut was $5.3 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 18.8%, total investment totalled $1,003.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 20.2% or $168.4 million.

Commercial: Market share was 56.1%, total investment totalled $2,989.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.4% or $398.9 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.0%, total investment totalled $1,333.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.8% or $23.7 million.

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