- April 25, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Retrofitting Canada’s residential, commercial, and institutional building stock to incorporate sustainable fuel sources, technologies, and materials could require as many as 57,000 additional construction workers and generate more than $81 billion in new construction...
- April 11, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Meeting Canada’s housing supply targets to help improve affordability will require the construction industry’s residential and non-residential labour forces to grow significantly over the next decade. BuildForce Canada released its Residential Scenario Outlook, 2024...
- March 29, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Heavy-industrial maintenance demands have been rising in recent years, driven by growing levels of investment in industrial-sector and resource-development projects across the country. As these trends continue, regular scheduled shutdown/turnaround maintenance...
- March 28, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Canada’s construction sector experienced a slight contraction in 2023, as growth in the non-residential sector was offset by a moderate decline in activity in the residential sector. Despite this trend, the industry continues to perform at an elevated level, and is...
- March 27, 2024 – Ottawa, ON As was the case in many provinces, Saskatchewan’s construction sector saw modest growth in 2023. Investment levels in the non-residential sector rose notably in response to strong activity in transportation, manufacturing, resource, and public infrastructure projects...
- March 27, 2024 – Ottawa, ON Construction activity contracted slightly in British Columbia in 2023 as a gain in non-residential construction investment was not enough to offset a loss in activity in the residential sector. The former has been supported in recent years by strong activity in...
- March 27, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario The components of Alberta’s construction sector saw mixed fortunes in 2023. Activity in the province’s non-residential sector grew modestly with an increase in the construction of industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) buildings and in the oil and gas sector...
- March 26, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Construction activity in Manitoba was almost unchanged from 2022 levels in 2023. A small gain in non-residential construction investment levels, which was propelled by growth in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) buildings sector, was offset by a...
- March 26, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario Although activity in Ontario’s residential sector slowed in 2023 in response to rising borrowing and construction costs, the province’s non-residential sector continued its steady growth trend, and shows little sign of slowing until at least the late 2020s...
- March 25, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario New Brunswick’s construction sector reported an overall increase in activity in 2023 as growth in the province’s non-residential sector was enough to offset a moderate contraction in its residential sector. A more muted outlook is expected across both segments...