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Table 2 Capital spending intentions of private and public organizations, provinces and territories

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Capital spending intentions of private and public organizations, provinces and territories
  2008 2009 intentions 2009 revised intentions Intentions 2009 to revised intentions 2009 Preliminary actual 2008 to revised intentions 2009
  $ millions % change
Canada 254,385.3 237,539.6 227,867.2 -4.1 -10.4
Non-residential construction 139,424.4 130,320.4 132,417.9 1.6 -5.0
Machinery and equipment 114,960.9 107,219.2 95,449.3 -11.0 -17.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,985.5 3,365.3 3,693.4 9.8 23.7
Non-residential construction 1,753.8 2,195.4 2,776.2 26.5 58.3
Machinery and equipment 1,231.6 1,169.9 917.2 -21.6 -25.5
Prince Edward Island 679.9 622.0 653.3 5.0 -3.9
Non-residential construction 362.7 313.3 410.3 31.0 13.1
Machinery and equipment 317.2 308.7 243.0 -21.3 -23.4
Nova Scotia 4,563.1 4,871.0 4,554.1 -6.5 -0.2
Non-residential construction 2,345.8 2,625.0 2,618.1 -0.3 11.6
Machinery and equipment 2,217.3 2,246.0 1,936.0 -13.8 -12.7
New Brunswick 4,568.6 4,049.0 3,266.0 -19.3 -28.5
Non-residential construction 2,572.6 2,214.1 2,003.9 -9.5 -22.1
Machinery and equipment 1,996.1 1,835.0 1,262.1 -31.2 -36.8
Quebec 42,322.1 42,168.4 38,285.5 -9.2 -9.5
Non-residential construction 21,479.1 21,895.9 22,286.8 1.8 3.8
Machinery and equipment 20,843.0 20,272.5 15,998.7 -21.1 -23.2
Ontario 71,717.6 70,558.3 69,546.4 -1.4 -3.0
Non-residential construction 28,886.6 29,885.8 31,384.0 5.0 8.6
Machinery and equipment 42,831.0 40,672.4 38,162.4 -6.2 -10.9
Manitoba 7,951.8 7,604.5 7,760.5 2.1 -2.4
Non-residential construction 4,478.2 4,283.8 4,700.1 9.7 5.0
Machinery and equipment 3,473.6 3,320.7 3,060.4 -7.8 -11.9
Saskatchewan 11,472.5 11,739.8 11,834.9 0.8 3.2
Non-residential construction 7,296.1 7,230.8 7,948.6 9.9 8.9
Machinery and equipment 4,176.3 4,509.0 3,886.3 -13.8 -6.9
Alberta 73,785.2 62,472.8 61,070.1 -2.2 -17.2
Non-residential construction 49,041.2 41,610.2 41,116.4 -1.2 -16.2
Machinery and equipment 24,744.0 20,862.6 19,953.7 -4.4 -19.4
British Columbia 30,925.9 27,889.9 24,734.3 -11.3 -20.0
Non-residential construction 18,391.9 16,339.2 15,172.9 -7.1 -17.5
Machinery and equipment 12,534.1 11,550.7 9,561.3 -17.2 -23.7
Yukon 460.3 392.9 484.4 23.3 5.2
Non-residential construction 344.0 266.0 333.3 25.3 -3.1
Machinery and equipment 116.2 126.9 151.1 19.1 30.0
Northwest Territories 1,752.1 1,159.6 1,371.9 18.3 -21.7
Non-residential construction 1,475.0 923.9 1,159.4 25.5 -21.4
Machinery and equipment 277.1 235.8 212.5 -9.9 -23.3
Nunavut 1,200.6 645.9 612.6 -5.2 -49.0
Non-residential construction 997.3 536.9 508.0 -5.4 -49.1
Machinery and equipment 203.3 109.0 104.6 -4.0 -48.5
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.