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Investment in non-residential building construction, February 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, February 2023"

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

Investment in non-residential in February for Canada increased 0.8% compared with January 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 1.7%, Prince Edward Island was up 3.3%, Nova Scotia was up 2.6%, New Brunswick was up 0.8%, Quebec was up 0.3%, Ontario was up 1.7%, Manitoba was up 2.1%, Saskatchewan was down 0.7%, Alberta was down 1.2%, British Columbia was up 0.3%, Yukon was down 2.5%, Northwest Territories was down 1.2%, Nunavut was down 5.5%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,632.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $25.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $18.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $64.0 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $63.0 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,322.5 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,327.3 million, total investment for Manitoba was $188.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $116.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $665.5 million, total investment for British Columbia was $818.0 million, total investment for Yukon was $12.7 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $4.4 million, total investment for Nunavut was $5.5 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 19.8%, total investment totalled $1,112.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.7% or $198.6 million.

Commercial: Market share was 55.1%, total investment totalled $3,101.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.4% or $241.6 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.2%, total investment totalled $1,418.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.3% or $18.5 million.

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