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Investment in residential building construction, August 2025

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, August 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 increased 0.1% in August compared to July 2025. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 2.3%, Prince Edward Island was down 12.4%, Nova Scotia was down 2.0%, New Brunswick was up 7.3%, Quebec was down 0.7%, Ontario was down 0.8%, Manitoba was up 10.1%, Saskatchewan was up 9.4%, Alberta was down 2.4%, British Columbia was up 1.5%, Yukon was up 137.5%, Northwest Territories was down 70.8%, Nunavut was up 5.7%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $16,038.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $91.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $70.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $454.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $285.4 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,811.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,743.5 million, total investment for Manitoba was $629.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $368.2 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,893.8 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,604.1 million, total investment for Yukon was $9.1 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $2.3 million, total investment for Nunavut was $74.5 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 33.7%, total investment totalled $2,831.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.4% or $93.6 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.1%, total investment totalled $256.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.9% or $18.9 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.0%, total investment totalled $761.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.2% or $68.0 million.

Condos and rental apartments: Market share was 54.3%, total investment totalled $4,565.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.5% or $472.2 million.

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

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