The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Canada in May 2009. In the latest month, there were two projects in Québec, five in Ontario, two in Alberta and one in British Columbia. 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
Québec
Montréal	Engineering	Usine de filtration Atwater	*		$156
		Services Admin Montréal
Témiscouata	Engineering	route 185; municipalités Saint-Louis-du	*		$56
		Ha! Ha!  et de Cabano
		Ministère des Transports du Québec
Ontario:
Toronto	Residential	Village Gate West, Phase Three	570		$90
		(24 storeys; 504 units, 2 structures),
		5145 Dundas Street West
		Concert Properties Ltd.
Niagara Falls	Institutional	Niagara Convention and Civic Centre	231		$71
		(2 storeys; 1 structure), Stanley Avenue
		and Dunn Street
Ottawa	Engineering	Highway 17
		Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Ottawa	Engineering	Pont Alexandra Bridge, Phase One	*		$52
		Public Works and Government Services
		Canada
Cornwall	Commercial	Shoppers Drug Mart Distribution Centre	549		$51
		(1 storey; 1 structure), Industrial Park Drive
		Shoppers Drug Mart
Alberta
Pincher Creek	Engineering	Summerview Phase 2	*		$120
		Highway 785
		TransAlta Wind
Fort MacLeod	Engineering	Blue Trail Wind Farm	*		$100
		4 km South of the Town of Fort MacLeod
		TransAlta Wind
British Columbia
North	Engineering	Seymour Capilano Twin Tunnels	*		$181
Vancouver		Metro Vancouver
TOTALS:			1,350		$877

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

*For example, the May 2009 figure is the sum of the monthly figures for June 2008 through May 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.