Infographic 1
New housing construction investment, February 2018

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The title of the infographic is "New housing construction investment, February 2018"

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Figure 1: Year-over-year change of investment in new housing. This is a map of Canada by province showing the year-over-year percentage changes for investment in new housing construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in new housing construction for Canada increased 9.5% compared with February 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador up 2.0%, Prince Edward Island up 42.7%, Nova Scotia down 17.5%, New Brunswick up 16.5%, Quebec up 29.2%, Ontario up 1.9%. Manitoba up 7.3%. Saskatchewan down 10.1%, Alberta up 9.5%, British Columbia up 17.5%, Yukon down 29.3%, Northwest Territories down 58.1% Nunavut up 44.6%.

Table one: Total investment in millions of dollars. Total investment for Canada $4,482.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador$26.0 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $10.9 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $57.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick $27.3 million, total investment for Quebec $693.5 million, total investment for Ontario $1,787.3 million, total investment for Manitoba $109.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $81.0 million, total investment for Alberta $666.1 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,017.4 million, total investment for Yukon $2.6 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $1.3 million, total investment for Nunavut $2.0 million

Figure 2: Investment in new housing construction; market share and year-over-year changes. Single houses: Market share is 46.0%, total investment totalled $2,055 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 3.8% or $80.9 million. Semi-detached houses: Market share is 5.0%, total investment totalled $207 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.6% or $29.4 million. Row houses: Market share is 11.0%, total investment totalled $503 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.1% or $97.7 million. Apartments: Market share is 38.0%, total investment totalled $1,717 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 25.0% or $343.8 million.

Source: Table 026-0017 - Investment in new housing construction.