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Investment in residential building construction, February 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, February 2021"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in residential construction investment (seasonally adjusted).

This is a map of Canada by province and territory showing the month-to-month percentage changes for investment in residential building construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada increased 5.7% compared with January 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 7.2%, Prince Edward Island was up 15.4%, Nova Scotia was down 4.4%, New Brunswick was up 2.6%, Quebec was up 10.0%, Ontario was up 7.8%, Manitoba was down 1.5%, Saskatchewan was up 9.8%, Alberta was down 2.3%, British Columbia was up 4.0%, Yukon was up 6.6%, the Northwest Territories was down 4.8%, and total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars (seasonally adjusted).

Total investment for Canada was $12,326.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $112.0 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $66.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $300.9 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $182.6 million, total investment for Quebec was $2,667.4 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,103.1 million, total investment for Manitoba was $370.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $260.0 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,372.0 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,867.2 million, total investment for Yukon was $16.6 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $6.8 million, and total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Figure 2: Investment in new residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (not seasonally adjusted).

Single homes: Market share was 37.2%, and total investment was $2,092.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 34.9%, or $540.8 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 4.9%, and total investment was $277.4 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 69.3%, or $113.6 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.2%, and total investment was $574.6 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.9%, or $83.1 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 47.7%, and total investment was $2,683.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.2%, or $469.1 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.