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Investment in non-residential building construction, October 2024

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, October 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.

In October, investment in non-residential for Canada increased 1.1% compared to September 2024. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 3.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 3.3%, Nova Scotia was up 2.9%, New Brunswick was down 1.4%, Quebec was down 0.5%, Ontario was up 1.9%, Manitoba was up 7.9%, Saskatchewan was up 0.3%, Alberta was up 0.9%, British Columbia was down 0.6%, Yukon was up 10.9%, Northwest Territories was up 1.9%, Nunavut was up 29.6%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,502.5 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $28.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $23.6 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $110.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $95.5 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,301.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,783.7 million, total investment for Manitoba was $230.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $149.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $738.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,011.1 million, total investment for Yukon was $16.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $4.5 million, total investment for Nunavut was $8.7 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 21.6%, total investment totalled $1,406.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.6% or $49.2 million.

Commercial: Market share was 49.8%, total investment totalled $3,241.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.5% or $16.8 million.

Institutional: Market share was 28.5%, total investment totalled $1,855.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.6% or $222.1 million.

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