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Investment in non-residential building construction, May 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, May 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 construction for Canada decreased 0.4% in May compared with April 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 5.1%, Prince Edward Island was down 5.3%, Nova Scotia was up 4.7%, New Brunswick was up 3.0%, Quebec was down 2.5%, Ontario was down 0.4%, Manitoba was down 0.4%, Saskatchewan was down 0.4%, Alberta was up 0.7%, British Columbia was up 0.5%, Yukon was up 7.2%, Northwest Territories was down 10.2% and Nunavut was down 7.8%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $6,791.1 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $25.7 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $24.7 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $126.6 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $107.5 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,243.7 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,955.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $228.1 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $178.8 million, total investment for Alberta was $834.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,027.5 million, total investment for Yukon was $24.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $2.7 million and total investment for Nunavut was $11.8 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.9% and total investment totalled $1,420.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.0% or $0.7 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.8% and total investment totalled $3,311.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.3% or $9.5 million.

Institutional: Market share was 30.3% and total investment totalled $2,059.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.5% or $178.4 million.

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