Ontario

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Ontario — Rental Market Statistics Summary by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Vacancy Rate (%) Availability Rate (%) Average Rent ($) Median Rent ($) % Change Units
Ontario 3.2 a ** 1,730 a 1,670 a 3.8 a 754,038
Barrie 4.2 b ** 1,697 a 1,700 a 4.0 c 4,431
Belleville - Quinte West 3.3 c ** 1,447 a 1,495 a ** 6,224
Bracebridge T 3.9 d ** 1,392 a 1,400 b ** 320
Brantford 3.2 b ** 1,549 a 1,517 a ** 5,871
Brighton MU 4.3 a ** 1,383 a 1,550 a 3.8 a 190
Brock TP 0.0 d ** 1,222 a 1,250 a ** 102
Brockville 4.3 c ** 1,294 a 1,345 b 2.7 c 2,198
Centre Wellington 3.7 c ** 1,467 a 1,371 b 6.7 b 759
Chatham-Kent 4.4 b ** 1,294 a 1,225 b 8.8 c 5,507
Cobourg 3.2 c ** 1,433 a 1,475 a ** 1,411
Collingwood 4.5 d ** 1,519 a 1,600 b 6.8 b 726
Cornwall 3.5 c ** 1,211 a 1,150 a 6.9 c 4,168
Elliot Lake 1.9 a ** 874 a 875 a 11.1 a 1,361
Erin T ** ** ** ** ** 16
Gravenhurst T ** ** 1,524 a 1,500 d 7.2 c 403
Greater Napanee T ** ** 1,183 b 1,150 c ++ 594
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 1.1 a ** 1,482 a 1,500 a 7.8 c 13,396
Grey Highlands MU ** ** ** ** ** 71
Guelph 2.9 a ** 1,759 a 1,740 a 5.1 b 8,851
Haldimand County CY ** ** 1,136 a 1,174 a -24.9 a 471
Hamilton 3.5 a ** 1,552 a 1,473 a 1.4 a 47,799
Hawkesbury ** ** 988 b 900 c ** 750
Huntsville T 1.9 c ** 1,647 b 1,550 a 4.6 c 482
Ingersoll 3.8 a ** 1,173 a 1,178 a 6.1 b 257
Kawartha Lakes 3.3 d ** 1,435 b 1,450 b ** 1,486
Kenora ** ** 1,070 d 1,003 c ++ 357
Kincardine MU 3.4 d ** 1,703 a 1,850 b ** 285
Kingston 2.4 a ** 1,713 a 1,640 a 2.6 c 16,035
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 4.0 b ** 1,716 a 1,716 a 3.3 b 42,911
Lambton Shores MU 4.7 d ** 1,383 a 1,458 b ** 182
London 3.8 a ** 1,551 a 1,520 a 4.6 b 53,617
Meaford MU 0.0 d ** 1,105 b 1,100 c ** 260
Midland 3.4 d ** 1,425 c 1,300 b 5.3 d 1,217
Norfolk 0.9 d ** 986 b 900 b ++ 970
North Bay 2.7 c ** 1,294 a 1,200 b ** 3,648
North Perth MU 4.7 d ** 1,321 a 1,334 b 5.9 c 590
Orillia 3.2 d ** 1,501 a 1,600 a ** 2,065
Oshawa 3.6 b ** 1,748 a 1,770 a ** 13,551
Ottawa 2.9 a ** 1,743 a 1,675 a 3.9 b 89,170
Owen Sound 2.3 b ** 1,267 a 1,155 a 4.3 b 2,228
Pembroke 2.7 c ** 1,178 b 1,100 b 8.2 c 1,066
Petawawa 1.2 d ** 1,189 a 1,042 a ++ 428
Peterborough 3.3 b ** 1,422 a 1,375 a ** 6,836
Port Hope 2.9 c ** 1,577 b 1,550 b ** 588
Prince Edward County CY ** ** 1,437 a 1,450 b ** 535
Sarnia 4.9 a ** 1,407 a 1,369 a 2.6 b 6,796
Saugeen Shores T 8.2 a ** 1,660 a 1,835 a 1.2 d 808
Sault Ste. Marie 2.5 a ** 1,331 a 1,350 a 5.6 c 5,282
Scugog TP ** ** 1,436 a 1,600 b ++ 147
South Dundas MU ** ** 970 a ** ** 319
South Huron MU 4.4 d ** 1,601 a 1,665 a 3.0 a 582
St. Catharines - Niagara 3.8 b ** 1,445 a 1,395 a 5.3 c 17,078
Stratford 4.1 b ** 1,599 a 1,683 a 5.0 c 2,384
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** 1,196 a 850 a ** 136
Thunder Bay 3.9 b ** 1,395 a 1,350 a 6.8 b 6,231
Tillsonburg 4.5 b ** 1,267 a 1,248 b 6.1 b 939
Timmins 3.7 d ** 1,269 a 1,250 b 10.3 d 1,784
Toronto 3.0 a ** 1,917 a 1,850 a 3.2 b 343,539
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** ** ** 36
Wasaga Beach ** ** ** ** ** 5
West Grey MU 0.0 d ** 1,006 b 950 d ** 147
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M ** ** 1,044 b 1,000 c ++ 420
Windsor 3.6 b ** 1,293 a 1,249 a 4.7 c 19,883
Woodstock 2.8 a ** 1,564 a 1,575 a ** 3,139
Notes:
  • The following letter codes are used to indicate the reliability of the estimates: a — Excellent, b — Very good, c — Good, d — Poor (Use with Caution))
  • ** — Data suppressed to protect confidentiality or data not statistically reliable
  • ++ — Change in rent is not statistically significant. This means that the change in rent is not statistically different than zero (0). (Applies only to % Change of Average Rent Tables).

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