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Investment in residential building construction, May 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, May 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 3.0% in May compared with April 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 23.4%, Prince Edward Island was down 15.4%, Nova Scotia was up 4.4%, New Brunswick was down 15.6%, Quebec was down 5.7%, Ontario was down 4.2%, Manitoba was down 1.6%, Saskatchewan was up 8.5%, Alberta was up 1.9%, British Columbia was down 2.2%, Yukon was down 14.1%, Northwest Territories was up 686.9% and Nunavut was down 46.3%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,020.3 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $106.0 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $83.3 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $463.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $300.8 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,322.9 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,609.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $496.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $360.3 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,817.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,394.4 million, total investment for Yukon was $18.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $34.2 million and total investment for Nunavut was $12.8 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 27.9% and total investment totalled $1,965.0 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 5.5% or $114.4 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0% and total investment totalled $208.9 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1.4% or $3.0 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.3% and total investment totalled $724.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.5% or $3.3 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 58.9% and total investment totalled $4,155.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.4% or $733.1 million.

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

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