Eleven projects across the region will share in the funding. The largest is valued at $71.7 million and will see the design and construction of bus rapid transit in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa.

Building construction investment increased to $15 billion for the month. An increase of nearly 5 percent in the residential sector offset a drop of nearly 4 percent in the non-residential sector.

A permit for $6 million issued to Brantford Power helped propel construction values higher in August 2020, and kept the city on trend to out-perform construction levels compared with last year.

The $23-million, two-storey addition will add 40,000 square feet, as well as a new auditorium and the country’s first Esports arena. St. Clair college revealed the facility design when construction started on September 16.

A combined investment of $5.5 million from the federal and provincial governments will see construction of nearly 150 affordable housing units in southwestern Ontario.