Construction is one of Canada’s largest industries, employing one out of 16 workers and tallying 12 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Construction work falls into four general categories:

• New-Home Building and Renovation refers to the construction or remodeling and renovation of single-family and multi-family residential buildings.
• Heavy Industrial refers to the construction of factories, such as cement, automotive or power plants.
• Institutional and Commercial refers to building stores, offices and schools plus related structures such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming pools.
• Civil Engineering refers to projects such as highways, dams, water and sewer lines, power and communication lines, and bridges.