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Capitial Expenditure Investment


As a major component of GDP, capital expenditures provide an indication of the current and future state of the economy and is often a sign of the state of the construction industry. Capital expenditures can be split into four types of assets: residential buildings, non-residential structures, machinery & equipment and intellectual property. Statistics Canada releases captial expenditure intentions for the year at the end of February. Quarterly expenditure estimates are also avaialbe thoughout the year.

NWT Private and Public Investment
Millions of Dollars

  2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
 
     
Total Capital Expenditures
1,026
1,008
869
759
560
   Private
223
233
312
274
211
   Public
803
776
558
484
349
           


Downloadable Data

Table 1 NWT Capital Expenditure Intentions by Industry, 2006-2025
Table 2 NWT Capital Expenditure Intentions for Canada, Provinces & Territories, 2006-2025
Table 3 Quarterly NWT Capital Expenditures by Asset and Sector, Q4 2024

 

Capital Expenditure Publications


Capital Expentiture Intentions - 2025 | infographic

 

 
 
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