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Investment in non-residential building construction, March 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, March 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 for Canada increased 0.9% in March compared to February 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 5.1%, Prince Edward Island was up 8.6%, Nova Scotia was up 2.9%, New Brunswick was down 0.7%, Quebec was down 0.0%, Ontario was up 1.9%, Manitoba was up 0.6%, Saskatchewan was down 1.2%, Alberta was up 0.6%, British Columbia was down 0.1%, Yukon was down 1.2%, Northwest Territories was down 8.4%, Nunavut was down 14.6%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,693.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $27.5 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $20.7 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $66.1 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $62.4 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,318.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,385.6 million, total investment for Manitoba was $189.0 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $114.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $672.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $815.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $12.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.9 million, total investment for Nunavut was $4.7 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.5%, total investment totalled $1,164.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 26.2% or $242.0 million.

Commercial: Market share was 54.4%, total investment totalled $3,099.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.1% or $205.9 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.1%, total investment totalled $1,429.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.3% or $32.6 million.

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