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Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo — Historical Average Rents by Bedroom Type

  Bachelor 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom + Total
1990 October 351 a 440 a 524 a 680 a 517 a
1991 October 372 a 465 a 565 a 707 a 553 a
1992 October 373 a 491 a 596 a 748 a 580 a
1993 October 372 a 495 a 602 a 730 a 582 a
1994 October 395 a 497 a 597 a 744 a 583 a
1995 October 385 a 511 a 619 a 752 a 600 a
1996 October 405 a 526 a 626 a 747 a 605 a
1997 October 409 a 538 a 631 a 743 a 611 a
1998 October 419 b 545 a 644 a 768 a 623 a
1999 October 432 a 565 a 662 a 766 a 640 a
2000 October 484 a 599 a 700 a 802 a 675 a
2001 October 482 a 615 a 723 a 875 a 700 a
2002 October 518 a 638 a 752 a 877 a 724 a
2003 October 517 a 646 a 756 a 918 a 732 a
2004 October 541 a 651 a 766 a 937 a 744 a
2005 October 544 a 678 a 807 a 1,005 a 782 a
2006 October 563 a 688 a 821 a 1,079 a 803 a
2007 October 548 a 692 a 827 a 982 a 794 a
2008 October 562 a 712 a 843 a 1,010 a 811 a
2009 October 589 a 723 a 854 a 976 a 820 a
2010 October 589 a 740 a 872 a 999 a 836 a
2011 October 608 a 752 a 889 a 1,015 a 852 a
2012 October 644 a 773 a 906 a 1,031 a 869 a
2013 October 659 a 811 a 951 a 1,086 a 913 a
2014 October 667 a 817 a 974 a 1,089 a 925 a
2015 October 703 a 850 a 996 a 1,139 a 955 a
2016 October 710 a 871 a 1,046 a 1,352 c 1,011 a
2017 October 734 a 916 a 1,087 a 1,258 a 1,042 a
2018 October 794 b 1,019 a 1,202 a 1,250 a 1,138 a
2019 October 804 a 1,041 a 1,223 a 1,285 a 1,161 a
2020 October 861 a 1,073 a 1,287 a 1,398 b 1,221 a
2021 October 948 a 1,131 a 1,349 a 1,742 c 1,305 a
2022 October 1,063 b 1,240 a 1,454 a 1,590 b 1,390 a
2023 October 1,157 b 1,342 a 1,637 a 1,935 b 1,561 a
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).
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey (opens in new window)