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Investment in residential building construction, October 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, October 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 decreased 0.1% compared with September 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 1.1%, Prince Edward Island was down 13.0%, Nova Scotia was up 4.4%, New Brunswick was up 2.0%, Quebec was down 4.2%, Ontario was up 3.1%, Manitoba was up 3.0%, Saskatchewan was down 5.5%, Alberta was down 2.1%, British Columbia was down 1.6%, Yukon was down 7.9%, the Northwest Territories was up 701.8% and Nunavut was down 3.5%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,385.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $111.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $48.0 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $419.9 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $207.9 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,070.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $6,107.9 million, total investment for Manitoba was $447.9 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $326.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,783.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,821.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $18.7 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $12.2 million and total investment for Nunavut was $10.5 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 43.1%, total investment totalled $3,284.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.5% or $170.1 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0%, total investment totalled $230.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.0% or $6.6 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.5%, total investment totalled $799.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.1% or $98.8 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 43.3%, total investment totalled $3,297.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.9% or $324.0 million.

Note: Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

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