Total 20.9 bln Canadian dlr (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Ottawa, 18 Sep - In July, investment in building construction decreased 1.7% month on month to 20.9 billion local dollars, following increases of 0.7% in May and 2.7% in June, according to Statistics Canada.

Year over year, investment in building construction rose 7.0% in July.

Investments in the residential sector fell 2.2% to 14.6 billion dollars and non-residential was down 0.4% to 6.3 billion dollars.

On a constant dollar basis, overall investment in building construction fell 1.9% from June, but grew 3.9% year over year.

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