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Investment in non-residential building construction, April 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, April 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 April compared with March. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 0.2%, Prince Edward Island was down 2.3%, Nova Scotia was down 1.9%, New Brunswick was up 0.1%, Quebec was down 0.5%, Ontario was up 0.8%, Manitoba was down 0.1%, Saskatchewan was up 0.0%, Alberta was up 1.5%, British Columbia was up 1.8%, Yukon was up 0.4%, the Northwest Territories was down 3.3% and Nunavut was up 1.0%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $7,137.0 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $23.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $18.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $137.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $115.0 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,217.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $2,958.4 million, total investment for Manitoba was $233.7 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $196.2 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,043.7 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,145.3 million, total investment for Yukon was $28.1 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $4.8 million and total investment for Nunavut was $14.9 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.2% and total investment totalled $1,441.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9% or $26.6 million.

Commercial: Market share was 49.6% and total investment totalled $3,540.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.6% or $219.9 million.

Institutional: Market share was 30.2% and total investment totalled $2,155.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.3% or $48.4 million.

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