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Investment in non-residential building construction, February 2021

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

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in non-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 non-residential construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in non-residential construction for Canada increased 0.2% compared with January 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 2.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 5.4%, Nova Scotia was down 1.3%, New Brunswick was up 1.3%, Quebec was up 0.5%, Ontario was up 0.6%, Manitoba was down 2.2%, Saskatchewan was down 2.4%, Alberta was down 0.8%, British Columbia was up 0.6%, Yukon was down 5.3%, the Northwest Territories was up 5.7%, 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 $4,462.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $39.8 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $21.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $48.3 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $49.3 million, total investment for Quebec was $955.1 million, total investment for Ontario was $1,886.5 million, total investment for Manitoba was $162.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $74.2 million, total investment for Alberta was $529.9 million, total investment for British Columbia was $680.0 million, total investment for Yukon was $8.2 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $3.7 million, and total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Figure 2: Investment in non-residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (seasonally adjusted).

Industrial: Market share was 18.2%, and total investment was $810.7 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.2%, or $101.8 million.

Commercial: Market share was 56.2%, and total investment was $2,508.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 16.8%, or $506.7 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.6%, and total investment was $1,143.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.5%, or $6.0 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.