NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT Q4 2016

Nova Scotia’s non-residential building construction investment (seasonally adjusted) was $137.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. This was 3.6 per cent lower than the previous quarter owing to declines in all industrial (-9.5 per cent) and commercial (-4.4 per cent) construction, which were partially offset by growth in institutional and governmental building construction (+6.7 per cent). Read more.