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Investment in non-residential building construction, March 2021

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, March 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 1.1% compared with February 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 2.5%, Prince Edward Island was up 5.1%, Nova Scotia was up 2.2%, New Brunswick was up 0.4%, Quebec was up 0.9%, Ontario was up 1.4%, Manitoba was down 2.7%, Saskatchewan was down 0.5%, Alberta was up 2.0%, British Columbia was up 1.0%, Yukon was down 7.0%, the Northwest Territories were down 2.1%, and Nunavut was down 2.1% (use with caution).

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

Total investment for Canada was $4,567.6 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $41.5 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $23.5 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $51.1 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $53.9 million, total investment for Quebec was $958.6 million, total investment for Ontario was $1,950.2 million, total investment for Manitoba was $162.8 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $74.9 million, total investment for Alberta was $542.1 million, total investment for British Columbia was $693.9 million, total investment for Yukon was $7.6 million, total investment for the Northwest Territories was $4.1 million, total investment for Nunavut was $3.5 million (use with caution).

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

Industrial: Industrial: Market share was 18.0%, total investment was $823.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 5.4% or $46.5 million.

Commercial: Market share was 56.1%, total investment was $2,561.3 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 11.0% or $316.0 million.

Institutional: Market share was 25.9%, total investment was $1,183.0 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.8% or $75.6 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.