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Investment in residential building construction, February 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, February 2025"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in 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 residential building construction. Green arrows pointing upward represent an increase, while red arrows pointing downward represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada increased 1.8% in February compared with January 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 9.1%, Prince Edward Island was down 0.2%, Nova Scotia was down 10.1%, New Brunswick was up 0.7%, Quebec was up 0.7%, Ontario was up 6.1%, Manitoba was down 4.5%, Saskatchewan was down 4.1%, Alberta was down 2.1%, British Columbia was up 2.4%, Yukon was down 19.2%, Northwest Territories was down 45.9% and Nunavut was down 17.1%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,668.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $84.4 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $99.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $440.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $281.8 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,362.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $6,415.5 million, total investment for Manitoba was $420.4 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $351.7 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,846.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,197.7 million, total investment for Yukon was $30.4 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $6.4 million and total investment for Nunavut was $131.8 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 30.7% and total investment totalled $2,080.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.5% or $181.2 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.1% and total investment totalled $206.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.6% or $36.8 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.3% and total investment totalled $632.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.2% or $7.5 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 56.9% and total investment totalled $3,855.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.6% or $306.8 million.

Note(s): Single homes value excludes cottages and mobile homes.

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