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Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, January 2025"

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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 construction for Canada increased 0.8% in January compared with December 2024. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 1.1%, Prince Edward Island was up 0.9%, Nova Scotia was down 2.0%, New Brunswick was up 1.6%, Quebec was down 1.0%, Ontario was up 1.7%, Manitoba was up 2.3%, Saskatchewan was up 1.7%, Alberta was up 0.5%, British Columbia was down 0.0%, Yukon was up 19.3%, Northwest Territories was down 4.9% and Nunavut was up 6.6%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,716.9 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $27.2 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $29.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $104.6 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $95.6 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,278.1 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,971.0 million, total investment for Manitoba was $252.7 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $160.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $747.0 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,013.4 million, total investment for Yukon was $19.5 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.5 million and total investment for Nunavut was $13.9 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 22.2% and total investment totalled $1,491.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.6% or $105.8 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.4% and total investment totalled $3,252.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.4% or $44.0 million.

Institutional: Market share was 29.4% and total investment totalled $1,973.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.4% or $233.2 million.

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