ottawacanadian capital spending on nonresidential construction and productivityenhancing equipment is expected to rise this year at a slightly slower pace after a sharp rebound in 2021 on the strength of government expenditures on public transit statistics canadas annual survey of private and publicsector capitalspending intentions released friday indicated organizations intend to increase expenditures 86 in 2022 to roughly 300 billion canadian dollars or the equivalent of us234 billion after a 104 rise in the previous year publicsector expenditures are set to rise 97 versus a 78 increase from the private sector the data agency said based on survey results the share of capital spending from the public sector is set to increase to about 40 from onethird prior to the pandemic most of the planned 2022 publicsector spending will be focused in the transportation and warehousing sector reflecting transit projects in the private sector the resourcecommodity groupwhich incorporates mining and oilandgas extractionsis set to increase capital spending by 21 in 2022 although cibc capital markets notes that would still leave expenditures below 2019 levels the only real boom in 2022 relative to 2019 is in the public sector where spending plans for this year are 27 higher than 2019 actuals cibc added