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Investment in residential building construction, April 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, April 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 4.5% in April compared with March 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 4.6%, Prince Edward Island was down 5.2%, Nova Scotia was up 2.8%, New Brunswick was up 13.9%, Quebec was down 3.5%, Ontario was down 9.2%, Manitoba was up 3.3%, Saskatchewan was down 2.1%, Alberta was down 6.1%, British Columbia was up 2.5%, Yukon was down 13.5%, Northwest Territories was down 4.6% and Nunavut was down 21.2%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,486.1 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $85.6 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $100.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $441.9 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $358.5 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,555.8 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,858.8 million, total investment for Manitoba was $495.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $323.5 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,766.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,447.4 million, total investment for Yukon was $21.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $5.0 million and total investment for Nunavut was $25.1 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 26.6% and total investment totalled $1,781.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.9% or $91.8 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0% and total investment totalled $202.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.4% or $23.9 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.4% and total investment totalled $696.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.0% or $63.1 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 60.0% and total investment totalled $4,024.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 23.1% or $755.4 million.

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

Source(s): Table 34-10-0293-01—Investment in Building Construction.