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Investment in residential building construction, March 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in residential building construction, March 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 7.6% compared with February 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 12.4%, Prince Edward Island was up 17.9%, Nova Scotia was down 7.3%, New Brunswick was up 32.2%, Quebec was up 22.2%, Ontario was up 6.5%, Manitoba was up 3.7%, Saskatchewan was up 6.3%, Alberta was down 6.5%, British Columbia was up 0.1%, Yukon was down 2.2%, the Northwest Territories were down 11.2%, Nunavut was up 736.0% (use with caution).

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

Total investment for Canada was $13,988.2 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $82.0 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $71.1 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $282.5 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $231.9 million, total investment for Quebec was $3,514.7 million, total investment for Ontario was $5,874.0 million, total investment for Manitoba was $362.2 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $337.3 million, total investment for Alberta was $1,216.0 million, total investment for British Columbia was $1,988.6 million, total investment for Yukon was $13.8 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $7.5 million, total investment for Nunavut was $6.6 million (use with caution).

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

Single homes: Market share was 36.7%, total investment was $2,021.8 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 47.2% or $648.0 million.

Semi-detached homes: Market share was 4.3%, total investment was $236.5 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 57.0% or $85.8 million.

Row homes: Market share was 10.6%, total investment was $582.2 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 22.6% or $107.2 million.

Condo and rental apartments: Market share was 48.4%, total investment was $2,667.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 33.0% or $661.0 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.