The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Canada in April 2009. In the latest month, there were three projects in British Columbia, two in each of Ontario and Manitoba and one in each of New Brunswick, Québec and Saskatchewan. Also included is the latest trend graph on starts. This looks at 12-month moving totals of the two major non-residential building categories in Canada − total ICI starts and engineering work. ICI stands for industrial, commercial and institutional.

REGION (East to West)	TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION	DESCRIPTION	Sq. Ft. 000s		Dollars 000,000s
New Brunswick:
Saint John	Engineering	Eastern Wastewater Treatment Facility City of Saint John	*		$51
Québec
Province of Québec	Engineering	CENTRALE ÉLECTRIQUE, Nord du Québec Soc d'énergie de la Baie James	*		$45
Ontario:
Brampton	Engineering	Hanlan Transfer Pumping Station, 321 Heart Lake Rd. Regional Municipality of Peel	*		$49
Leamington	Engineering	Leamington Pollution Control Plant Upgrades, 435 Seacliff Dr. E. Municipality of Leamington	*
Manitoba
Winnipeg	Institutional	Canadian Museum for Human Rights (4 storeys; 1 structure), 401-25 Forks Market Road Canadian Museum for Human Rights	250		$180
Neepawa	Engineering	Water Treatment Plant  Town of Neepawa	*		$35
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon	Engineering	Water Treatment Plant Renovations, 1030 Avenue H South City of Saskatoon	*		$32
British Columbia
Kelowna	Institutional	Kelowna General Hospital, Ambulatory Care Tower and University of British Columbia Medical School Building (6 storeys; 2 structures), 2268 Pandosy Street; will be LEED Gold Certified Interior Health Authority	394		$300
Vancouver	Residential	Three Harbour Green (32 storeys; 82 units; 1 structure), 277 Thurlow Street, 1101, 1109 West Cordova Street; will be LEED Silver Certified Hillsboro Investments Limited	256		$108
Vernon	Institutional	Vernon Jubilee Hospital Diagnostic and Treatment Building (6 storeys; 1 structure), 2101 32 Street; will be LEED Gold Certified Interior Health Authority	230		$81
TOTALS:			1,130		$912

*A square footage measure does not apply for alteration and engineering work.

	Square Footage (millions)				Current Canadian Dollars (millions)
Regions	Jan-Apr 08	Jan-Apr 09	% Change		Jan- Apr 2008	Jan- Apr 09	% Change
Atlantic	1.985	1.333	-32.8%		370.9	406.0	9.5%
Québec	9.844	4.841	-50.8%		1,685.7	1,449.1	-14.0%
Ontario	28.663	15.537	-45.8%		5,417.2	3,233.6	-40.3%
Man. + Sask.	3.868	2.363	-38.9%		701.3	729.1	4.0%
Alberta	13.665	4.677	-65.8%		2,563.6	1,357.2	-47.1%
B.C.	13.257	5.752	-56.6%		2,696.4	2,210.4	-18.0%
CANADA	71.282	34.503	-51.6%		13,435.1	9,385.4	-30.1%

British Columbia (B.C.) figures include Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
The total for each region is comprised of residential, non-residential buildings and engineering construction.

Data source and table: Reed Construction Data - CanaData.

*For example, the April 2009 figure is the sum of the monthly figures for May 2008 through April 2009.
^†ICI is the sum of industrial, commercial and institutional.
The prominent jumps in the engineering curve reflect such mega projects as the $10.8 billion Horizon Oil Sands project in Alberta (March 2005 start), the $1.9 billion Canada Line LRT project between Richmond and Vancouver in B.C. (January 2006 start) and the Eastmain 1-A hydroelectric power project in northern Québec (June 2007 start).

Data source and chart: Reed Construction Data - CanaData.