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About the Industry Exposure Index
Verisk developed global industry exposure indexes using the Verisk Global Capital Stock Index (VGCSI) to keep Industry Exposure Databases current between full updates.
Industry exposure index values
Industry exposure indexes for the 92 countries provided with the 2025 release.
Canada: update on capital stock
Capital stock value grew nine percent per year, reflecting revisions to the underlying economic data and recent trends in construction activity.

Revision History
About the Industry Exposure Databases
To provide current and robust results for each modeled country or area, Verisk develops Industry Exposure Databases.
About the Industry Exposure Index
Verisk developed global industry exposure indexes using the Verisk Global Capital Stock Index (VGCSI) to keep Industry Exposure Databases current between full updates.
- How Verisk develops industry exposure indexes
  Verisk develops industry exposure indexes using the Verisk Global Capital Stock Index (VGCSI).
- Industry exposure index values
  Industry exposure indexes for the 92 countries provided with the 2025 release.
  - Index growth sources
    The Verisk Global Capital Stock Index measures capital stock values over time using a time series of gross fixed capital investment (GFCI).
  - Asia: update on capital stock
    Capital stock values grew (on average) six percent per year, excluding Lebanon.
  - Canada: update on capital stock
    Capital stock value grew nine percent per year, reflecting revisions to the underlying economic data and recent trends in construction activity.
  - Caribbean: update on capital stock
    Among these economies, capital stock values grew an average of six percent per year.
  - Central America: update on capital stock
    Capital stock values in Central America grew an average of eight percent per year.
  - Europe: update on capital stock
    Within the Europe region, capital stock values grew an average of seven percent per year.
  - India: update on capital stock
    Capital stock for India grew 11 percent annually since 2015.
  - Pacific Rim: update on capital stock
    On average, capital stock values grew six percent annually across the Pacific Rim.
  - South America: update on capital stock
    Capital stock values for South America (excluding Venezuela) grew eight percent annually (on average).
Applying the Industry Exposure Index
We use the industry exposure index in Touchstone Re to adjust Verisk's industry loss curves so that they reflect a country's current building stock.

Canada: update on capital stock

Capital stock value grew nine percent per year, reflecting revisions to the underlying economic data and recent trends in construction activity.

Gross fixed capital investment flows and prices were revised by the country’s statistics office (Statistics Canada) from 2020 to 2023 in accordance with periodic revisions to national accounts statistics. Statistical revisions are carried out regularly to incorporate the most current information available and generally impact the preceding two to three years. Over this period, real estate values were revised upwards to reflect updated real estate property records.

From 2020 to 2023, construction price inflation in Canada has significantly outpaced growth in overall prices. In 2023, construction activity began to slow, driven by a slowdown in residential construction. According to Statistics Canada, the slowdown is a result of lower investment in new construction and renovations to existing structures, coinciding with deteriorating credit conditions and rising mortgage interest rates.