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Investment in non-residential building construction, October 2023

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, October 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 construction for Canada increased 0.0% in October compared with September 2023. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 3.9%, Prince Edward Island was up 0.4%, Nova Scotia was up 2.4%, New Brunswick was up 1.3%, Quebec was down 0.2%, Ontario was down 0.3%, Manitoba was up 0.5%, Saskatchewan was up 4.0%, Alberta was down 1.1%, British Columbia was up 1.2%, Yukon was down 0.4%, the Northwest Territories were up 3.6%, Nunavut was up 8.1%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,025.1 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $26.2 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $17.0 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $86.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $75.3 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,306.1 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,551.9 million, total investment for Manitoba was $179.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $127.1 million, total investment for Alberta was $694.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $928.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $18.6 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $9.8 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.9 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.7%, total investment totalled $1,245.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.3% or $165.6 million.

Commercial: Market share was 53.4%, total investment totalled $3,215.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.3% or $10.5 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.9%, total investment totalled $1,563.3 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.9% or $101.0 million.

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