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Investment in residential building construction, February 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, February 2026"

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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 3.3% in February compared with January. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 15.0%, Prince Edward Island was down 9.4%, Nova Scotia was down 0.7%, New Brunswick was up 13.4%, Quebec was down 0.7%, Ontario was down 8.0%, Manitoba was up 5.1%, Saskatchewan was down 10.2%, Alberta was down 1.9%, British Columbia was down 1.8%, Yukon was down 4.2%, the Northwest Territories was down 4.2% and Nunavut was up 1.0%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $15,960.8 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $151.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $67.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $428.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $357.3 million, total investment for Quebec was $4,071.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,463.6 million, total investment for Manitoba was $592.0 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $396.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,840.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,474.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $29.7 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $15.3 million and total investment for Nunavut was $73.3 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 27.8% and total investment totalled $1,913.7 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.9% or $186.5 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.0% and total investment totalled $210.1 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.2% or $0.5 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.6% and total investment totalled $665.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.9% or $37.0 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 59.5% and total investment totalled $4,104.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.5% or $139.7 million.

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

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