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Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo — Historical Average Rent by Year of Construction

  Before 1960 1960 - 1979 1980 - 1999 2000 or Later Total
1990 October 384 a 488 a 675 a ** 517 a
1991 October 397 b 508 a 703 a ** 553 a
1992 October 408 a 542 a 738 a ** 580 a
1993 October 439 a 555 a 720 a ** 582 a
1994 October 444 a 573 a 709 a ** 583 a
1995 October 445 a 588 a 688 a ** 600 a
1996 October 466 a 593 a 692 a ** 605 a
1997 October 484 a 600 a 689 a ** 611 a
1998 October 492 a 615 a 695 a ** 623 a
1999 October 513 a 626 a 730 a ** 640 a
2000 October 547 a 659 a 773 a ** 675 a
2001 October 562 a 687 a 776 a ** 700 a
2002 October 582 a 715 a 798 a ** 724 a
2003 October 594 a 731 a 808 a ** 732 a
2004 October 622 a 740 a 800 a ** 744 a
2005 October 616 a 745 a 856 a 1,271 b 782 a
2006 October 617 a 762 a 857 a 1,326 b 803 a
2007 October 662 a 768 a 851 a 1,100 b 794 a
2008 October 652 a 789 a 863 a 1,104 b 811 a
2009 October 679 a 804 a 881 a 1,045 b 820 a
2010 October 696 a 818 a 893 a 1,087 b 836 a
2011 October 700 a 835 a 923 a 1,083 b 852 a
2012 October 736 a 849 a 942 a 1,113 b 869 a
2013 October 771 a 886 a 989 a 1,151 a 913 a
2014 October 777 a 893 a 987 a 1,206 a 925 a
2015 October 823 a 924 a 1,017 a 1,188 b 955 a
2016 October 795 a 946 a 1,043 a 1,401 b 1,011 a
2017 October 827 b 1,006 a 1,097 a 1,362 b 1,042 a
2018 October 862 b 1,021 a 1,187 b 1,556 a 1,138 a
2019 October 916 a 1,079 a 1,198 a 1,555 a 1,161 a
2020 October 968 b 1,130 a 1,229 a 1,643 b 1,221 a
2021 October 1,008 a 1,176 a 1,291 a 1,745 b 1,305 a
2022 October 1,122 b 1,287 a 1,365 a 1,769 a 1,390 a
2023 October 1,413 c 1,374 a 1,525 a 2,030 a 1,561 a
2024 October 1,240 c 1,481 a 1,593 a 2,016 a 1,658 a
2025 October 1,494 c 1,500 a 1,687 a 2,109 a 1,716 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)