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Investment in residential building construction, August 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, August 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 0.3% in August compared with July. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 9.3%, Prince Edward Island was down 11.3%, Nova Scotia was down 8.3%, New Brunswick was up 6.1%, Quebec was up 0.7%, Ontario was down 2.1%, Manitoba was down 8.0%, Saskatchewan was up 0.8%, Alberta was up 5.7%, British Columbia was up 0.7%, Yukon was down 24.5%, the Northwest Territories was up 65.6% and Nunavut was up 19.4%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $16,118.4 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $125.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $98.0 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $351.6 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $343.8 million, total investment for Quebec was $4,286.3 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,347.1 million, total investment for Manitoba was $695.0 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $410.0 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,815.1 million, total investment for British Columbia was $2,572.1 million, total investment for Yukon was $43.4 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $10.3 million and total investment for Nunavut was $20.4 million.

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

Single homes: Market share was 31.6% and total investment totalled $2,688.1 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.3% or $121.1 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 3.1% and total investment totalled $265.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3.5% or $9.6 million.

Row homes: Market share was 9.7% and total investment totalled $826.1 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.5% or $57.8 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 55.6% and total investment totalled $4,725.7 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.3% or $12.2 million.

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

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