Infographic 1
New housing construction investment, June 2018

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The title of the infographic is "New housing construction investment, June 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 1.7% compared with July 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador down 13.5%, Prince Edward Island up 28.9%, Nova Scotia up 12.3%, New Brunswick down 1.9%, Quebec up 12.2%, Ontario down 0.7%. Manitoba down 3.0%. Saskatchewan down 26.4%, Alberta down 6.4%, British Columbia up 7.0%, Yukon up 7.5%, Northwest Territories down 33.1%, Nunavut down 62.0%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars. Total investment for Canada $5,045.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $21.5 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $21.7 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $81.2 million, total investment for New Brunswick $36.3 million, total investment for Quebec $908.2 million, total investment for Ontario $1,937.2 million, total investment for Manitoba $146.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $76.5 million, total investment for Alberta $711.6 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,094.5 million, total investment for Yukon $7.7 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $1.6 million, total investment for Nunavut $0.7 million.

Figure 2: Investment in new housing construction; market share and year-over-year changes. Single houses: Market share is 45.0%, total investment totalled $2,276 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 13.3% or $349.7 million. Semi-detached houses: Market share is 5.0%, total investment totalled $263 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 2.0% or $5.4 million. Row houses: Market share is 9.0%, total investment totalled $456 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.8% or $22.8 million. Apartments: Market share is 41.0%, total investment totalled $2,051 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 29.1% or $462.0 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0012-01 - Investment in new housing construction.