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Investment in non-residential building construction, April 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, April 2024"

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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 pointing upward represent an increase, while red arrows pointing downward represent a decrease.

Investment in non-residential for Canada decreased 0.5% compared to March 2024. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 2.5%, Prince Edward Island was up 7.3%, Nova Scotia was down 0.7%, New Brunswick was up 3.3%, Quebec was down 1.7%, Ontario was up 0.0%, Manitoba was up 3.4%, Saskatchewan was up 3.5%, Alberta was down 1.0%, British Columbia was down 1.5%, Yukon was down 3.6%, Northwest Territories was down 11.5%, Nunavut was up 0.0%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,336.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $24.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $21.2 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $94.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $85.7 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,454.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,596.3 million, total investment for Manitoba was $220.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $151.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $718.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $944.3 million, total investment for Yukon was $15.2 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $7.3 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.0 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 22.0%, total investment totalled $1,393.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.6% or $121.7 million.

Commercial: Market share was 49.7%, total investment totalled $3,147.4 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 2.6% or $85.3 million.

Institutional: Market share was 28.3%, total investment totalled $1,795.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.8% or $218.2 million.

Source(s): Table 34-10-0286-01 – Investment in Building Construction.