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Investment in non-residential building construction, February 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, February 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 for Canada increased 0.8% in February compared with January 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 2.2%, Prince Edward Island was down 1.9%, Nova Scotia was up 4.2%, New Brunswick was up 9.9%, Quebec was down 1.2%, Ontario was up 1.4%, Manitoba was up 2.4%, Saskatchewan was up 1.7%, Alberta was up 1.7%, British Columbia was down 1.0%, Yukon was up 9.7%, Northwest Territories was down 10.6% and Nunavut was down 0.6%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,766.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $27.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $28.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $109.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $105.6 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,260.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $3,008.1 million, total investment for Manitoba was $259.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $163.8 million, total investment for Alberta was $763.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,001.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $21.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.0 million and total investment for Nunavut was $13.8 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 $1,498.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.7% or $119.7 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.3% and total investment totalled $3,270.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.5% or $80.0 million.

Institutional: Market share was 29.5% and total investment totalled $1,996.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.4% or $236.7 million.

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