Economic Indicators

This dashboard features a selection of economic indicators from Statistics Canada that are important to Ontario’s unionized ICI construction sector. In-depth analysis of these statistics appears regularly in the Bulletins section of the OCS website.

Building Permits (Ontario)

Total ICI
$1.7B
+21.1%
2025-03
Industrial
$474.3M
+101.2%
2025-03
Commercial
$644.9M
-21.5%
2025-03
Institutional
$541.7M
+72.4%
2025-03

Investments (Ontario)

Total ICI
$2.9B
-1.2%
2025-03
Industrial
$714.7M
-2.8%
2025-03
Commerical
$1.4B
-0.9%
2025-03
Institutional
$821.2M
-0.2%
2025-03

Construction (Ontario)

Labour Force
601,300
+0.0%
2025-11
Employment
576,600
-0.2%
2025-11
Unemployment
24,700
+6.5%
2025-11

Construction GDP

Canada (Monthly)
$170.2B
-0.2%
2025-09
Ontario (annual)
$57.9B
-2.0%
2024-01