Obstacles of construction companies Canada 2025| ��ƽ��

Share of construction companies that expected the following obstacles in the next three months in Canada as of the 3rd quarter of 2025

Characteristic	Share of construction companies
Inflation	50.7%
Recruiting skilled employees	29.7%
Cost of insurance	28.1%
Cost of inputs	26.6%
Interest rates and debt costs	26.2%
Increasing competition	23.2%
Shortage of labour force	23%
Insufficient demand for goods or services offered	22.3%
Retaining skilled employees	22.1%
Fluctuations in consumer demand	21.6%
Costs in real estate, leasing or property taxes	21.5%
Attracting new or returning customers	19.4%
Transportation costs	18.8%
Maintaining sufficient cash flow or managing debt	15.9%
Difficulty acquiring inputs, products or supplies from within Canada	12.3%
Obtaining financing	11.5%
Lack of financial resources	11.2%
Regulatory constraints	9.9%
Shortage of space or equipment	6%
Difficulty acquiring inputs, products or supplies from abroad	5%
Maintaining inventory levels	4.5%
Attract local investment	3.8%
Technological limitations	2.3%
Challenges related to exporting or selling goods and services to customers in other provinces or territories	2.2%
Challenges related to exporting or selling goods and services outside of Canada	0.2%
Attract foreign direct investment	0.2%

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August 2025

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Canada

Survey time period

Q3 2025

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Several of the obstacles that most construction companies in Canada expected to face in the three months following the third quarter of 2025 were related to costs and inflation. Nearly 50.7 percent of Canadian construction companies were worried about inflation, and 29.7 percent were concerned about recruiting skilled employees. Cost- and labor-related issues were also common.