According to Statistics Canada, Canadian investment in new residential construction totaled $5.1 billion in September, up 5.9 percent from the same month a year earlier.
Nationally, the increase was led by higher spending on single-family dwellings, which rose 8.2 percent year over year to $2.6 billion in September. This marked the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year advances.
Gains were also reported in spending on apartment buildings (+2.8 percent to $1.8 billion) and row houses (+8.7 percent to $484 million).
In contrast, investment in semi-detached dwellings edged down 0.2 percent from September 2015 to $226 million.