Primary Rental Market
% Change of Average Rent

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Canada — % Change of Average Rents by Bedroom Type by Provinces

  Studio 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom + Total
Canada 5.4 a 5.0 a 5.1 a 5.1 a 5.2 a
Newfoundland and Labrador ** 5.9 b 6.5 b ** 5.0 b
Prince Edward Island ++ ++ 3.6 d 3.3 d 3.3 d
Nova Scotia 8.9 c 6.8 b 6.6 b 6.1 c 6.6 b
New Brunswick 6.3 c 6.4 c 5.3 b 5.3 b 5.7 b
Quebec 7.2 a 7.3 a 7.2 a 6.7 b 7.3 a
Ontario 3.8 b 3.5 a 3.8 a 4.3 b 3.8 a
Manitoba 2.3 c 1.8 b 2.0 a 1.7 c 2.0 a
Saskatchewan 3.8 c 3.9 a 4.9 a 5.1 a 4.6 a
Alberta 3.4 b 2.1 a 2.8 a 3.1 b 2.6 a
British Columbia 3.7 b 3.4 b 3.7 b 3.1 c 3.4 b
Yukon Territories ** ** ** ** **
Northwest Territories 7.5 c 6.5 b 6.1 c 5.8 c 5.7 b
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).
  • Percentage (%) change of average rent is from a fixed sample (existing structures only). This is a measure that estimates rent level movement. The estimate is based on structures that were common to the survey sample for both the previous year and the current year.
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey (opens in new window)