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Investment in non-residential building construction, April 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, April 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 decreased 0.3% in April compared with March 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 2.0%, Prince Edward Island was down 5.2%, Nova Scotia was up 5.6%, New Brunswick was up 1.2%, Quebec was down 2.0%, Ontario was down 0.4%, Manitoba was down 1.3%, Saskatchewan was down 0.7%, Alberta was up 1.2%, British Columbia was up 0.9%, Yukon was up 1.7%, Northwest Territories was up 3.4% and Nunavut was down 5.7%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,840.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $27.1 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $26.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $120.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $104.7 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,286.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,974.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $229.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $179.8 million, total investment for Alberta was $829.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,024.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.5 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $3.1 million and total investment for Nunavut was $12.8 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 21.2% and total investment totalled $1,448.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9% or $27.3 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.6% and total investment totalled $3,327.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.2% or $71.5 million.

Institutional: Market share was 30.2% and total investment totalled $2,064.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.8% or $201.6 million.

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