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Investment in residential building construction, April 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, April 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 increased 3.1% in April compared with March. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 19.5%, Prince Edward Island was down 8.3%, Nova Scotia was down 1.5%, New Brunswick was down 2.6%, Quebec was up 5.9%, Ontario was up 3.5%, Manitoba was up 6.3%, Saskatchewan was down 6.1%, Alberta was down 7.3%, British Columbia was up 8.5%, Yukon was up 68.3%, the Northwest Territories was down 29.7% and Nunavut was down 3.4%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $16,475.4 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $159.9 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $52.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $416.7 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $350.2 million, total investment for Quebec was $4,408.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,470.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $753.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $354.2 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,720.3 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,646.7 million, total investment for Yukon was $75.0 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $7.0 million and total investment for Nunavut was $61.1 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 25.6% and total investment totalled $1,736.8 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 10.3% or $199.6 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 2.7% and total investment totalled $186.1 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.0% or $23.1 million.

Row homes: Market share was 11.3% and total investment totalled $768.9 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.3% or $71.6 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 60.3% and total investment totalled $4,085.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.7% or $28.7 million.

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

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