Statistics // Industry Highlights from ‘Building Construction, June 2022’

‘Building Construction, June 2022’

The following information was released by the Economics and Statistics Division on August 12, 2022. Find full statistics from ‘Building Construction, June 2022’ here.

Industry Highlights:

• Investment in Nova Scotia building construction increased 6.7% in June 2022 to $512.6 million.
  • Halifax monthly building construction increased 22.9% to $308.2 million while outside of Halifax building construction decreased 10.9% to $204.3 million.
  • Nationally, investment in building construction increased 0.3%. Monthly building construction was up in six provinces with Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan posting the largest gains.

• Nova Scotia’s non-residential building construction increased 2.5% to $70.0 million.
  • In Halifax, non-residential construction was up 0.5% to $43.0 million. Outside of Halifax, non-residential construction was down 4.2% to $27.0 million.
  • National non-residential building construction was up 2.4% in June 2022. Six provinces reported increases, with the largest increase in New Brunswick. The largest decline was reported in Newfoundland and Labrador.