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Investment in non-residential building construction, August 2026

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, August 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 1.0% in August compared with July. Newfoundland and Labrador was up 5.8%, Prince Edward Island was up 14.9%, Nova Scotia was down 1.7%, New Brunswick was up 1.4%, Quebec was up 1.4%, Ontario was up 1.6%, Manitoba was up 0.5%, Saskatchewan was up 0.9%, Alberta was down 1.1%, British Columbia was up 0.6%, Yukon was down 2.4%, the Northwest Territories was down 2.0% and Nunavut was up 2.4%.

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

Total investment for Canada was $7,423.4 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $24.5 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $27.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $122.1 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $110.6 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,236.8 million, total investment for Ontario was $3,233.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $247.5 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $210.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,014.1 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,152.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $24.7 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $4.6 million and total investment for Nunavut was $14.8 million.

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

Industrial: Market share was 20.1% and total investment totalled $1,495.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.1% or $149.3 million.

Commercial: Market share was 48.1% and total investment totalled $3,567.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.4% or $182.8 million.

Institutional: Market share was 31.8% and total investment totalled $2,361.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.6% or $226.3 million.

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