Alberta

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Vacancy Rate (%)

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Alberta — Historical Vacancy Rates by Rent Quartile

  Vacancy Rate (Q1) Vacancy Rate (Q2) Vacancy Rate (Q3) Vacancy Rate (Q4)
2012 October 2.9 a 1.9 a 1.3 a 1.9 a
2013 October 2.2 a 1.7 a 1.1 a 1.8 a
2014 October 2.2 a 2.0 a 1.6 a 3.0 a
2015 October 4.9 a 5.0 a 5.3 a 7.9 a
2016 October 10.2 a 8.1 a 7.6 a 8.2 a
2017 October 9.1 a 6.3 a 6.2 a 8.7 a
2018 October 6.5 a 4.7 a 4.6 a 7.3 a
2019 October 6.4 a 4.8 a 4.7 a 6.1 a
2020 October 8.6 a 6.4 a 5.7 a 7.3 a
2021 October 8.5 a 6.2 a 5.0 a 6.1 a
2022 October 5.0 a 3.1 a 2.3 a 4.3 a
2023 October 2.8 a 1.5 a 1.5 a 2.0 a
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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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