According to Statistics Canada, investment in residential construction rose 2.2 percent to $4.3 billion in November compared with the same month in 2014.
Higher construction spending on apartment and apartment-condominium buildings largely explained the advance. The gains in three provinces, led by Ontario, more than offset the declines in the other seven provinces.
Nearly two of every five dollars spent on residential investment was dedicated to apartment and apartment-condominium building construction. Investment spending on apartment and apartment-condominium buildings increased 26.6 percent year over year to $1.6 billion.
The investment for row-house dwelling construction was $416 million in November, up 3.4 percent compared with the same month in 2014.
Construction spending on single-family dwellings declined 9.6 percent to $2.1 billion, while construction spending on semi-detached dwellings was down 17.9 percent to $178 million from November 2014 levels.