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Investment in non-residential building construction, March 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, March 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 1.3% in March compared with February 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 5.9%, Prince Edward Island was down 1.5%, Nova Scotia was up 4.0%, New Brunswick was down 0.2%, Quebec was down 1.1%, Ontario was up 0.5%, Manitoba was up 0.7%, Saskatchewan was up 11.4%, Alberta was up 3.2%, British Columbia was up 3.5%, Yukon was up 4.7%, Northwest Territories was up 0.0% and Nunavut was down 1.8%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,841.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $25.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $28.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $113.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $104.2 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,241.9 million, total investment for Ontario was $3,016.0 million, total investment for Manitoba was $260.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $181.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $789.4 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,041.9 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.0 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.0 million and total investment for Nunavut was $13.5 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 21.9% and total investment totalled $1,497.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.5% or $91.0 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.3% and total investment totalled $3,301.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.8% or $121.2 million.

Institutional: Market share was 29.9% and total investment totalled $2,042.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.7% or $261.6 million.

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