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 1.7 a ** 1,609 a 1,500 a 8.1 a 717,887
Barrie 2.7 a ** 1,550 a 1,504 a 5.1 b 4,021
Belleville - Quinte West 3.1 c ** 1,287 a 1,200 a 6.7 c 6,079
Bracebridge T 1.0 d ** 1,262 b 1,250 b 5.2 d 319
Brantford 1.9 b ** 1,350 a 1,298 b 5.4 d 5,863
Brighton MU 1.3 a ** 1,184 a 1,150 a ** 187
Brock TP 0.0 d ** 1,203 b 1,200 c ** 102
Brockville 4.4 b ** 1,139 b 1,059 b ++ 2,059
Centre Wellington 2.0 b ** 1,364 a 1,337 b 5.8 c 766
Chatham-Kent 3.2 b ** 1,099 a 1,028 a ** 5,249
Cobourg 1.7 c ** 1,447 c 1,325 b ++ 1,215
Collingwood 2.5 c ** 1,371 a 1,300 b 6.9 b 562
Cornwall 2.8 b ** 1,030 a 1,000 a 7.0 c 4,041
Elliot Lake 2.0 a ** 890 a 875 a 16.9 a 1,435
Erin T ** ** ** ** ** 15
Gravenhurst T 5.4 a ** 1,202 b 1,169 c 8.0 c 272
Greater Napanee T ** ** 1,199 a 1,200 c ++ 602
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 1.1 a ** 1,251 a 1,200 a 7.4 b 13,006
Grey Highlands MU ** ** ** ** ** 71
Guelph 1.3 a ** 1,624 a 1,595 a 7.9 b 8,493
Haldimand County CY 0.6 b ** 1,246 a 1,255 b 41.0 a 460
Hamilton 2.1 a ** 1,501 a 1,450 a 12.6 a 47,095
Hawkesbury ** ** 827 b 766 b 13.7 c 729
Huntsville T 0.0 d ** 1,299 a 1,300 b 11.3 d 372
Ingersoll 1.3 a ** 1,302 a 1,375 b 10.1 d 257
Kawartha Lakes 1.5 c ** 1,431 a 1,400 b ** 1,495
Kenora ** ** 901 c 900 c ** 363
Kincardine MU ** ** 1,307 b 1,399 b ** 232
Kingston 0.8 a ** 1,525 a 1,460 a 7.4 b 15,068
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 2.1 a ** 1,561 a 1,500 a 8.8 b 38,582
Lambton Shores MU 3.3 d ** 1,455 a 1,450 a ** 140
London 1.7 a ** 1,366 a 1,300 a 6.0 a 51,092
Meaford MU 4.4 d ** 1,007 b 990 b 6.1 b 260
Midland 2.1 c ** 1,278 d 1,166 d ** 1,167
Norfolk 0.2 a ** 1,058 c 950 c ++ 958
North Bay 2.4 c ** 1,184 a 1,100 a 12.8 d 3,588
North Perth MU 2.3 a ** 1,124 a 1,000 a ++ 712
Orillia 3.1 d ** 1,297 a 1,226 a 9.0 c 1,763
Oshawa 1.5 a ** 1,623 a 1,550 a 6.7 c 13,197
Ottawa 2.2 a ** 1,553 a 1,481 a 4.3 b 79,463
Owen Sound 3.5 c ** 1,100 a 1,000 a 7.6 c 1,904
Pembroke 3.3 d ** 1,043 b 950 a 9.6 c 1,054
Petawawa 0.3 b ** 1,141 a 1,040 b ** 398
Peterborough 1.0 a ** 1,318 a 1,233 a 3.9 d 6,710
Port Hope 1.0 d ** 1,573 a 1,494 c ++ 599
Prince Edward County CY ** ** 1,123 a 1,109 b 4.2 d 526
Sarnia 2.7 a ** 1,242 a 1,195 a 8.0 b 6,227
Saugeen Shores T 3.0 b ** 1,450 a 1,672 a 5.2 c 642
Sault Ste. Marie 1.8 b ** 1,104 a 1,060 a 5.7 c 5,024
Scugog TP 0.0 d ** 1,314 a 1,375 b ++ 147
South Dundas MU 0.0 d ** 754 b ** 5.8 d 326
South Huron MU 0.0 d ** 1,138 a 900 a -7.4 c 450
St. Catharines - Niagara 2.7 a ** 1,329 a 1,300 a 8.9 b 16,128
Stratford 2.2 a ** 1,508 a 1,504 a 9.2 b 2,459
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** ** ** ** 99
Thunder Bay 2.9 a ** 1,237 a 1,200 a 7.6 c 6,150
Tillsonburg 2.2 b ** 1,049 a 969 a 4.0 d 899
Timmins 2.5 c ** 1,167 a 1,150 b ++ 1,861
Toronto 1.4 a ** 1,830 a 1,750 a 9.1 a 333,087
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** ** ** 23
Wasaga Beach ** ** ** ** ** 5
West Grey MU ** ** ** ** ** 154
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 0.0 c ** 894 a 825 b ** 412
Windsor 2.1 a ** 1,130 a 1,070 a 4.9 c 18,199
Woodstock 0.6 a ** 1,398 a 1,384 a ** 3,054
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  • 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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