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Investment in non-residential building construction, May 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, May 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 decreased 0.0% in May compared with April 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 3.7%, Prince Edward Island was up 2.3%, Nova Scotia was up 0.9%, New Brunswick was up 2.2%, Quebec was down 3.1%, Ontario was up 2.0%, Manitoba was up 0.3%, Saskatchewan was down 2.5%, Alberta was down 0.7%, British Columbia was down 1.0%, Yukon was up 8.2%, Northwest Territories was up 8.7%, Nunavut was down 11.4%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,887.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $28.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $21.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $69.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $64.7 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,316.9 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,560.3 million, total investment for Manitoba was $190.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $107.4 million, total investment for Alberta was $664.4 million, total investment for British Columbia was $837.3 million, total investment for Yukon was $14.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $7.7 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.7 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.8% and total investment totalled $1,223.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 30.1% or $283.3 million.

Commercial: Market share was 54.6% and total investment totalled $3,217.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.3% or $326.6 million.

Institutional: Market share was 24.6% and total investment totalled $1,446.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.7% or $65.6 million.

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