Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph

The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Canada in August 2017. Also included is the latest trend graph on starts. This looks at 12-month moving totals of the civil and non-residential 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 job-site 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 – August 2017

REGION (East to West)	TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION	DESCRIPTION	Sq. Ft. 000s	Dollars 000,000s
Quebec
Montreal	Commercial	Radio-Canada Headquarters Building	418	$100
		(3 structures; 8 storeys) boul René-Lévesque & rue Papineau
		Canadian Broadcasting Corp

Montreal	Civil	Water Treatment Plant Jean-R.-Marcotte – Phase 1	*	$33
		(1 structure) 12001, boul Maurice-Duplessis
		City of Montreal

Terrebonne	Civil	Lanaudiere – Montreal CH-BDI Section 6 Contract 3 and Other Components – 735 Kv and 315 Kv Lines	*	$32
		(1 structure) 3779, ch des Quarante-Arpents
		Hydro-Quebec

Ontario
Petawawa	Institutional	Mattawa Plains Compound, CFB Petawawa, ON	540	$164
		(2 structures; 3 storeys; 9 units) 27 Festubert Blvd
		Defence Construction Canada

Hamilton	Civil	Enbridge Pipelines – Line 10 Westover Segment Replacement	*	$75
		Westover to Hamilton
		Enbridge Inc

Leamington	Residential	Seacliff Heights Apartment Building – Phase Three	167	$30
		(1 structure; 6 storeys; 105 units) 24 Seacliff Dr E
		Piroli Group Developments

Alberta
Edmonton	Institutional	New Edmonton Police Northwest Campus	180	$75
		(1 structure; 1 storey) 1351 Windermere Wy SW
		City of Edmonton

Anzac	Civil	Anzac Water And Sewer Contract 2	*	$44
		Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

British Columbia
Port Coquitlam	Commercial	Port Coquitlam Community Recreation Complex Project	205	$132
		(5 structures; 2 storeys) Wilson Ave, Mary Hill Rd, and Kingsway Ave
		City of Coquitlam

Yukon Territory
Whitehorse	Institutional	Operations Building Construction	118	$39
		(1 structure; 1 storey) 187 Range Rd S
		City of Whitehorse

TOTALS:			1,628	$724