Calgary vs Edmonton construction costs: 2026 Data
If you’re comparing Calgary vs Edmonton construction costs in 2026, the headline number depends entirely on which type of building you’re asking about. According to Statistics Canada’s Building Construction Price Index for the first quarter of 2026, residential and non-residential construction costs in Alberta’s two largest cities are moving in opposite directions — sometimes by..
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Calgary’s Housing Supply Gap: What the Airdrie, Chestermere and Cochrane Numbers Actually Show
Population in Calgary’s satellite communities is growing faster than almost anywhere else in Canada. But a closer look at the region’s building permit and housing start data reveals a Calgary’s housing supply gap that most market commentary is missing — and it matters directly for anyone running feasibility studies, site selection, or development underwriting in..
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Alberta Prompt Payment Adjudication: 2026 Data & Guide
Would you spend $3,000 to recover a $19,459 invoice in under 60 days? A year into Alberta’s Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act, that’s a real option — and one most companies still aren’t using. One Year Into Alberta’s Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act Alberta’s Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (PPCLA) closed its..
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Alberta Construction Talent Shortage 2026 Explained
Why Alberta Construction Firms Are Losing the War for Talent in 2026 Canada is losing skilled workers at the fastest pace in 74 years — and hiring has barely kept up. For companies wrestling with the Alberta construction talent shortage in 2026, the data tells a more complicated story than “there simply aren’t enough workers.”..
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Calgary vs Edmonton: What Two Opposite Zoning Bets Mean for Alberta Feasibility Studies
In 2024, Calgary vs Edmonton made the same regulatory bet: citywide upzoning, pitched as the fix for the same problem — a population growing faster than housing supply could keep up. Two years later, the two cities are running opposite plays, and the split has real consequences for anyone underwriting a construction or development project..
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Canada’s Productivity Super Deduction: What It Means
Canada just made its biggest capital-investment tax change in a generation — and most companies evaluating a manufacturing or industrial footprint in North America haven’t fully priced it into their numbers yet. On September 15, 2026, the federal government expanded the Productivity Super Deduction introduced in Budget 2025 into what officials are now calling the..
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Alberta Continuing Care Capital Cost: What $365,000 Per Space Tells Developers
Alberta has, for the first time in this cycle, put a public number on what it costs the province to add a continuing care bed. The Alberta continuing care capital cost implied by the April 2026 funding round is roughly $365,000 per space. Almost everyone in the sector read that announcement as health policy. It..
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Calgary Construction Costs vs Toronto: What the 2026 Data Actually Shows
For fifteen years the pitch has been the same in every boardroom west of Winnipeg: build in Alberta, it costs less than Toronto. In 2026 that sentence stopped being reliably true. Calgary construction costs now run above Greater Toronto on retail, warehousing and mid-rise residential, while remaining dramatically below the GTA on institutional, educational and..
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Alberta Industrial Real Estate vs BC: The 2026 Numbers
Alberta Industrial Real Estate vs British Columbia: Where the Advantage Actually Flips in 2026 British Columbia sells industrial power at roughly half Alberta’s price. Alberta leases industrial space at roughly half British Columbia’s price. Both statements are true, both are quoted selectively, and neither one decides anything on its own. This article works through the..
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Alberta Construction Adjudication: 50 Cases, a Staggering Gap
Alberta construction adjudication — the province’s statutory fast track for payment disputes — was used 50 times between April 2025 and March 2026. The United Kingdom, running a near-identical model, recorded 2,264 referrals in its last reported year. That gap opened in a year when Alberta was the only province in Canada where business insolvencies..
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Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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