The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Canada in October 2021. Also included is the latest trend graph on starts. This looks at 12-month moving totals of the civil and nonresidential building categories in Canada.
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs have often received a fair amount of media coverage. Therefore, people in the industry are on the lookout for when jobsite work actually gets underway. And, as showcase projects, they highlight geographically where major construction projects are proceeding.
Also, total construction activity is comprised of many small and medium-sized projects and a limited number of large developments. But the largest projects, simply by their nature, can dramatically affect total dollar and square footage volumes. In other words, the timing and size of these projects have an exaggerated influence on market forecasts.
Top 10 construction projects of the month – October 2021
| REGION (East to West) |
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION |
DESCRIPTION |
Sq. Ft. |
Dollars |
| Nova Scotia | ||||
| Goodwood | Industrial | Evergreen Place Organics Processing Facility | * | $289 |
| (1 structure) 61 Evergreen | ||||
| Halifax Regional Municipality | ||||
| Quebec | ||||
| Montréal | Residential | Quartier des Lumières – Auguste & Louis Condominium Apartment Building Phase 1 | 250 | $80 |
| (3 structures; 14 storeys; 265 units) 1400, boul René-Lévesque E | ||||
| Groupe Mach | ||||
| Terrebonne | Institutional | Construction of a New Intermunicipal Police Headquarters in Terrebonne / Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines / Bois-des-Filion | 96 | $69 |
| (3 structures; 3 storeys) av Claude Léveillée | ||||
| Ville de Terrebonne | ||||
| Ontario | ||||
| Markham | Residential | Springwater Townhouses – Phase 1 | 775 | $155 |
| (1 structure; 2 storeys; 486 units) 3319 Elgin Mills Rd E | ||||
| Mattamy Homes Ltd | ||||
| Barrie | Residential | Dean Avenue Rental Apartment Building / Barrie | 334 | $67 |
| (2 structures; 9 storeys; 199 units) 70 Dean Ave | ||||
| Grandview Homes/BOST Group | ||||
| Unionville | Engineering/Civil | 16th Avenue Sanitary Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation (Phase 2) | * | $67 |
| (3 structures) 16th Ave | ||||
| Regional Municipality of York | ||||
| Saskatchewan | ||||
| Jansen | Industrial | Jansen Potash Project | * | $7,500 |
| (1 structure) | ||||
| BHP Potash | ||||
| Alberta | ||||
| Edson | Engineering/Civil | Edson Mainline Expansion | * | $509 |
| (1 structure) Multiple locations | ||||
| Nova Gas Transmission Ltd/TC Energy | ||||
| Taber | Engineering/Civil | Prairie Sunlight I Solar Project | * | $125 |
| (1 structure) | ||||
| Solar Krafte Utilities | ||||
| Enchant | Engineering/Civil | Capital Power – Enchant Solar Project | * | $105 |
| (1 structure) | ||||
| Capital Power Corporation | ||||
| TOTALS: | 1,455 | $8,966 |
*A square footage measure does not apply for alteration and engineering work.
Data source and table: ConstructConnect – CanaData.
Trend lines of construction starts in Canada – October 2021
Moving totals of the latest 12 months*
(ConstructConnect Insight Forecast Figures)
*For example, the October 2021 figure is the sum of the monthly numbers for November 2020 through October 2021.
Data source and chart: ConstructConnect Insight – CanaData.
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