Construction in Canada
This page gathers the figures we hold on construction in Canada. Each section names its own source.
Each source groups industries its own way, so the edges of construction differ a little from section to section.
- Median sale multiple4.5times EBITDA
- EBITDA margin6.5%share of revenue, 2024
- Earnings change+2.1%the year to June 2026
What businesses sold for
- Construction4.5 times EBITDA, 5+ deals
Deal details
Construction: median 4.5 times EBITDA (5+ deals of C$9.1 million to C$455 million, announced 2020 to 2025).
Sizes are converted from our size range of A$10 million to A$500 million, at the fixed rate our database uses to place overseas deals: C$1 = A$1.10. The rate stays fixed, so the range always describes the same deals.
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These are deals for Canadian businesses in our database, not every deal in the market.
Source: deals in our database with a published value. Counts by onestepright.
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Margins
In 2024, operating profit plus depreciation and amortisation came to 6.5% of revenue across the industry. The measure is close to EBITDA.
Operating profit came to 4.4% of revenue, and staff costs took 38.5%.
Every incorporated business in the industry is added together, so the figures are not a typical business. The measure close to EBITDA is our calculation from Statistics Canada's figures.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Balance sheet, income statement and taxation statistics with selected financial ratios, by non-financial industries (33-10-0500-01), 2024. Ratios computed by onestepright. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Businesses that started and stopped
Each is a share of the industry's businesses with employees in 2023.
Statistics Canada counts businesses with employees. A business counts as stopped when it no longer has employees. These are Statistics Canada's own rates.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Business Dynamics measures, by industry (33-10-0164-01), 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
What costs did
What earnings and raw material prices did in this industry. Each comes from its own Statistics Canada series and grouping of industries. Earnings move with the mix of jobs and hours as well as with pay, so they are not a pay rate.
Each bar comes from its own Statistics Canada series, named below.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Employment and average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees by industry, monthly, seasonally adjusted (14-10-0223-01), June 2025 and June 2026. Change computed by onestepright. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
No Statistics Canada price series measures this industry's inputs closely enough to show.
Prices businesses expect to charge
In the third quarter of 2026, 23.1% of construction businesses expected to raise their prices over the next three months. Across all businesses, 20.6% did.
Statistics Canada asked businesses with employees. Each business counts once, whatever its size.
Source: adapted from Statistics Canada, Business or organization expectations over the next three months, third quarter of 2026 (33-10-1178-01), 2026Q3. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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