Infographic 1
New housing construction investment, March 2018

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The title of the infographic is "New housing construction investment, March 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 9.7% compared with March 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador up 15.6%, Prince Edward Island up 27.3%, Nova Scotia up 7.6%, New Brunswick up 25.6%, Quebec up 26.3%, Ontario up 3.0%. Manitoba up 1.4%. Saskatchewan down 14.5%, Alberta up 8.2%, British Columbia up 16.8%, Yukon down 25.2%, Northwest Territories down 62.2% Nunavut up 54.4%.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars. Total investment for Canada $4,599.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador $26.1 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island $13.4 million, total investment for Nova Scotia $71.4 million, total investment for New Brunswick $26.1 million, total investment for Quebec $720.6 million, total investment for Ontario $1,829.4 million, total investment for Manitoba $117.6 million, total investment for Saskatchewan $74.0 million, total investment for Alberta $675.9 million, total investment for British Columbia $1,039.8 million, total investment for Yukon $2.3 million, total investment for Northwest Territories $1.2 million, total investment for Nunavut $1.8 million

Figure 2: Investment in new housing construction; market share and year-over-year changes. Single houses: Market share is 47.0%, total investment totalled $2,147 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1.1% or $23.5 million. Semi-detached houses: Market share is 5.0%, total investment totalled $209 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.5% or $24.9 million. Row houses: Market share is 11.0%, total investment totalled $511 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.7% or $73.0 million. Apartments: Market share is 38.0%, total investment totalled $1,733 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 23.8% or $333.2 million.

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