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Investment in non-residential building construction, February 2026

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

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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 increased 0.7% in February compared with January. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 0.3%, Prince Edward Island was down 3.8%, Nova Scotia was up 1.9%, New Brunswick was up 0.2%, Quebec was down 0.4%, Ontario was up 0.5%, Manitoba was down 1.2%, Saskatchewan was up 1.3%, Alberta was up 3.1%, British Columbia was up 0.6%, Yukon was up 0.7%, the Northwest Territories was up 16.3% and Nunavut was down 11.8%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $7,023.5 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $24.7 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $20.2 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $139.4 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $117.9 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,193.8 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,958.7 million, total investment for Manitoba was $230.7 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $196.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,004.2 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,101.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $21.9 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $4.7 million and total investment for Nunavut was $9.2 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 18.5% and total investment totalled $1,300.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.2% or $164.4 million.

Commercial: Market share was 50.7% and total investment totalled $3,560.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.4% or $213.3 million.

Institutional: Market share was 30.8% and total investment totalled $2,162.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.2% or $164.4 million.

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