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Investment in residential building construction, March 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, March 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 decreased 1.8% in March compared with February 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 19.7%, Prince Edward Island was up 12.3%, Nova Scotia was down 5.1%, New Brunswick was up 5.0%, Quebec was up 0.6%, Ontario was down 3.6%, Manitoba was up 9.3%, Saskatchewan was down 4.9%, Alberta was down 3.0%, British Columbia was up 1.4%, Yukon was down 3.8%, Northwest Territories was down 18.6% and Nunavut was down 47.9%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,342.5 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $66.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $113.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $419.4 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $297.3 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,389.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $6,146.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $471.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $333.0 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,788.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,226.5 million, total investment for Yukon was $28.4 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $5.0 million and total investment for Nunavut was $57.1 million.

Figure 2: Investment in residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (not seasonally adjusted).

Single homes: Market share was 27.8% and total investment totalled $1,798.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.8% or $129.5 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0% and total investment totalled $193.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 17.3% or $28.5 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.2% and total investment totalled $661.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.0% or $37.1 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 59.0% and total investment totalled $3,816.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 17.5% or $569.1 million.

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

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