Activity in Ontario drove the increase. The province saw its largest-ever recorded value for multi-unit residential construction, as well as a massive jump in the value of institutional construction.

The company will perform early upgrades at Finch Station that will accommodate the eight-kilometre subway extension to Richmond Hill.

The long-awaited project has been on the books since 2015, and was ready to start in 2019, before the COVID pandemic created a series of delays and budget issues.

If governments and the private sector buckle up and start investing in making Canada more resilient to the effects of extreme weather, the economic impact of climate change can be cut by 75 percent.

A worker suffered a fatal injury while performing work in an underground electrical vault.