August 2019 Investment in Building Construction Data Released

On October 21, Statistics Canada released the August Investment in Building Construction figures. Nationally, investment grew by 1.4% compared to July (seasonally adjusted at annual rates, and expressed in current dollars). Most of that growth was in residential construction (up 1.8%). Non-residential construction investment increased by 0.5% in the same period; within this sector, commercial construction and institutional/governmental construction were both up (0.8% and 0.2% respectively), while industrial construction fell by 0.4%. Detailed information is available here.