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Investment in non-residential building construction, October 2022

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, October 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 increased 0.9% compared with September 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 1.1%, Prince Edward Island was down 4.1%, Nova Scotia was down 3.2%, New Brunswick was up 2.7%, Quebec was up 0.9%, Ontario was up 1.2%, Manitoba was down 4.0%, Saskatchewan was up 3.1%, Alberta was up 0.9%, British Columbia was up 1.6%, Yukon was up 0.4%, the Northwest Territories was up 4.8% and Nunavut was up 3.9%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,495.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $30.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $20.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $59.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $58.6 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,334.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,159.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $175.2 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $118.4 million, total investment for Alberta was $701.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $814.5 million, total investment for Yukon was $13.9 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $4.4 million and total investment for Nunavut was $4.8 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 19.1%, total investment totalled $1,051.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.4% or $206.1 million.

Commercial: Market share was 55.9%, total investment totalled $3,071.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.5% or $388.2 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.0%, total investment totalled $1,372.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.4% or $5.6 million.

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