Table 3 
Capital spending on non-residential tangible assets, Canada  

Capital spending on non-residential tangible assets, Canada
  2013 2014 2015 2016 2015 to 2016
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change
Total, non-residential tangible assets 256,042.4 272,109.2 251,337.7 229,952.3 -8.5
Non-residential building construction 45,822.7 45,373.5 48,243.2 43,939.0 -8.9
Engineering construction 132,252.4 143,678.0 120,786.3 106,581.2 -11.8
Machinery and equipment 77,967.2 83,061.8 82,308.1 79,432.1 -3.5
Type of asset          
  Industrial buildings 8,990.2 9,291.9 8,635.2 7,052.1 -18.3
  Commercial buildings 20,920.2 21,916.8 23,498.3 21,425.6 -8.8
  Institutional buildings 15,912.4 14,164.9 16,109.7 15,461.3 -4.0
  Marine engineering infrastructure 710.0 432.3 624.3 858.5 37.5
  Transportation engineering infrastructure 20,140.2 19,665.9 21,420.1 20,603.8 -3.8
  Waterworks infrastructure 4,247.2 3,712.0 2,827.8 2,513.5 -11.1
  Sewage infrastructure 2,010.9 2,734.8 2,587.0 2,824.8 9.2
  Communications networks 2,167.8 5,059.7 4,703.6 5,648.0 20.1
  Electric power infrastructure 18,723.4 19,804.3 18,073.8 18,755.1 3.8
  Oil and gas engineering construction 68,953.5 77,700.1 59,038.2 44,571.4 -24.5
  Mining engineering construction 9,189.7 7,937.7 6,831.4 7,057.1 3.3
  Other engineering construction 6,109.6 6,631.2 4,680.1 3,749.1 -19.9
Note(s):
Data may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM Table 029-0049.
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