Infographic 1
New housing construction investment, August 2018

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The title of the infographic is "New housing construction investment, August 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 decreased 2.2% compared with August 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador down 25.5%, Prince Edward Island up 22.8%, Nova Scotia up 8.6%, New Brunswick down 0.9%, Quebec up 0.6%, Ontario down 5.8%. Manitoba up 1.5%. Saskatchewan down 32.7%, Alberta down 7.0%, British Columbia up 8.0%, Yukon up 10.1%, Northwest Territories down 8.8%, Nunavut down 40.7%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars. Total investment for Canada $5,106.5 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $22.3 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $21.7 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $84.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick $37.3 million, total investment for Quebec $780.6 million, total investment for Ontario $1,956.6 million, total investment for Manitoba $151.3 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $78.7 million, total investment for Alberta $751.3 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,210.4 million, total investment for Yukon $8.2 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $2.1 million, total investment for Nunavut $1.5 million.

Figure 2: Investment in new housing construction; market share and year-over-year changes. Single houses: Market share is 44.0%, total investment totalled $2,247 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 18.6% or $513.9 million. Semi-detached houses: Market share is 5.0%, total investment totalled $242 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% or $10.7 million. Row houses: Market share is 9.0%, total investment totalled $473 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 10.1% or $53.1 million. Apartments: Market share is 42.0%, total investment totalled $2,144 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 27.4% or $460.9 million.

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