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Investment in non-residential building construction, August 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, August 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 0.1% compared with July 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 4.5%, Prince Edward Island was down 7.9%, Nova Scotia was up 2.3%, New Brunswick was up 1.2%, Quebec was up 0.3%, Ontario was down 0.3%, Manitoba was down 2.0%, Saskatchewan was up 0.1%, Alberta was up 0.8%, British Columbia was up 0.9%, Yukon was up 8.1%, Northwest Territories was up 5.8%, Nunavut was down 0.8%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $5,946.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $28.7 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $17.7 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $81.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $69.2 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,316.0 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,505.6 million, total investment for Manitoba was $176.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $115.0 million, total investment for Alberta was $714.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $892.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $17.9 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $8.9 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.4 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 $1,219.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 17.5% or $181.9 million.

Commercial: Market share was 54.6%, total investment totalled $3,249.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.7% or $115.5 million.

Institutional: Market share was 24.9%, total investment totalled $1,478.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.3% or $32.7 million.

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