Ontario Construction News staff writer
Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction nationally increased 0.5% in July to $15.2 billion, with gains in both the residential (+0.6% to $10.4 billion) and non-residential (+0.3% to $4.8 billion) sectors.
On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building construction increased 0.8% to $12.8 billion.
There was a significant increase in single-unit construction, with $139.2 million reported in the province in July, which effectively helped to overcome the national decline in multi-unit construction.
“The multi-unit residential component was the only investment component to post a decline for the month of July, down 1.6% to $5.2 billion, buy xanax from Canada mainly as a result of decreases in British Columbia (-$149.9 million) and Saskatchewan (-$43.8 million),” Statistics Canada reported.
The commercial (+0.3% to $2.8 billion), industrial (+0.2% to $911.1 million) and institutional components (+0.1% to $1.1 billion) increased slightly in July.
On an unadjusted basis, investment in new non-residential building construction grew 3.3% to $2.3 billion, led by the province of Quebec (+9.4% to $404.7 million). This was attributable in part to projects such as a government building valued at $151.0 million in the newly developing eco-neighborhood of Estimauville in the city of Québec, Statistics Canada reported.