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Investment in non-residential building construction, March 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, March 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 0.6% in March compared with February. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 4.7%, Prince Edward Island was down 5.0%, Nova Scotia was down 1.0%, New Brunswick was up 0.5%, Quebec was down 1.3%, Ontario was down 0.5%, Manitoba was down 1.3%, Saskatchewan was up 1.1%, Alberta was up 1.7%, British Columbia was up 5.2%, Yukon was up 4.2%, the Northwest Territories was up 9.4% and Nunavut was down 4.3%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $7,039.5 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $23.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $18.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $136.8 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $118.5 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,173.6 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,928.7 million, total investment for Manitoba was $226.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $199.1 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,021.6 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,155.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $22.8 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $5.1 million and total investment for Nunavut was $8.9 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 18.9% and total investment totalled $1,333.9 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 7.7% or $111.6 million.

Commercial: Market share was 50.6% and total investment totalled $3,559.7 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.8% or $196.5 million.

Institutional: Market share was 30.5% and total investment totalled $2,145.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.9% or $120.5 million.

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