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Non-residential Building Construction Price Index, first quarter 2016

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Released: 2016-05-10

The composite price index for non-residential building construction in the first quarter was unchanged from the previous quarter. Higher material prices in the structural trades in Ontario were offset by decreases in Alberta.

Of the seven census metropolitan areas surveyed, Toronto (+0.7%) recorded the largest increase, followed by Ottawa (+0.4%).These gains were offset by declines in Edmonton (-1.0%) and Calgary (-0.3%).

Year over year, the composite price index for non-residential building construction rose 0.4%. The largest year-over-year increases were recorded in Toronto (+1.7%) and Ottawa (+1.7%). Edmonton (-1.9%) and Calgary (-1.5%) reported the only declines compared with the first quarter of 2015.


  Note to readers

The Non-residential Building Construction Price Index is a quarterly series that measures changes in contractors' selling prices of new non-residential building construction in seven census metropolitan areas: Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa–Gatineau (Ontario part), Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Three classes of structures are covered: commercial, industrial, and institutional.

Selling prices include costs of materials, labour, equipment, provincial sales taxes where applicable, and contractors' overhead and profit. The cost of land, land assembly, design and development as well as real estate fees are excluded. Value added taxes such as the Federal Goods and Services Tax and the Harmonized Sales Tax are excluded.

With each release, data for the previous quarter may have been revised. The index is not seasonally adjusted.

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