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Ontario — % Change of Average Rents by Bedroom Type by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Bachelor 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom + Total
Ontario 6.6 b 5.8 a 6.3 a 5.8 b 6.0 a
Arnprior ** ** ** ** **
Barrie ** 3.7 c 4.1 c 5.8 d 4.7 b
Belleville 3.8 d 4.5 d ** ** **
Bracebridge T ** 2.3 c ++ ** **
Brantford 4.8 d 6.4 c 6.4 c 5.6 d 6.5 c
Brighton MU ** ** ** ** **
Brock TP ** ** -3.5 c ** ++
Brockville ++ ** 13.2 d ++ 10.9 d
Carleton Place ** 5.9 d ** ** **
Centre Wellington ** ** 13.0 d ** 12.8 d
Chatham-Kent ++ 12.9 d 13.8 d ** **
Cobourg ** 7.3 b ** ** 11.7 d
Collingwood ** 9.3 c 5.6 c ** 6.2 c
Cornwall 7.3 c 3.9 d 4.2 c 5.2 d 3.9 c
Elliot Lake ** ** ** ** **
Erin T ** ** ** ** **
Essex T ** ** ** ** **
Gravenhurst T ** ** 7.4 b ** 6.8 b
Greater Napanee T ** ++ ** ** ++
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury ** ** ** ++ **
Guelph 3.4 d 5.8 b 4.7 b 8.3 b 5.9 a
Haldimand County CY ** -16.7 a ** ** -10.7 a
Hamilton 4.0 c 5.2 a 5.4 a 5.2 b 5.4 a
Hawkesbury ** ++ -4.8 d ++ -5.2 d
Huntsville T ** ++ ++ ** ++
Ingersoll ** ** ** ** **
Kawartha Lakes ** ** 4.5 b ** **
Kenora ** 5.9 d ++ ** 3.9 d
Kincardine MU ** 13.9 d ** ** 14.6 d
Kingston ** 5.3 b 4.9 b 4.8 d 4.8 b
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 10.4 d 7.0 b 7.0 b 5.5 d 7.2 b
Lambton Shores MU ** ** ** ** **
Leamington ** 3.6 d 3.7 d ** 3.3 d
London 7.0 c 6.2 a 5.9 a 4.6 b 6.0 a
Meaford MU ** ++ 5.4 d ** 4.4 d
Midland ** 6.5 b ** ** **
Norfolk ** ++ ** ** **
North Bay ** ** ** ++ **
North Perth MU ** 9.1 b 8.9 b ** 10.6 c
Orillia ** ++ ++ 6.2 b 4.2 d
Oshawa ** 6.5 c 7.1 c 13.2 d 7.5 c
Ottawa 4.1 b 3.5 b 5.0 b ** 4.0 b
Owen Sound ** 7.6 c 7.0 b 3.4 c 6.7 b
Pembroke ** ++ ** ** **
Petawawa ** 14.1 d ** ** **
Peterborough ** ** 5.3 d ** 5.3 d
Port Hope ** ** ** 11.1 a **
Prince Edward County CY ** ** ++ ** **
Sarnia ** 5.0 b 6.8 b 3.3 c 6.2 b
Saugeen Shores T ** ** 6.0 d ** **
Sault Ste. Marie ** 7.9 c 7.1 c ++ 6.5 c
Scugog TP ** ++ 1.5 a ** ++
South Dundas MU ** ** ** ++ **
South Huron MU ** ** ** ** **
St. Catharines - Niagara 9.8 c 6.6 c 6.3 b 4.1 d 5.5 b
Stratford 3.8 d 21.7 d 12.7 d 12.5 d 23.0 d
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** ** ** **
Thunder Bay ++ 5.0 d 7.4 c ** 7.5 c
Tillsonburg ** ++ ++ ** ++
Timmins 12.1 c 5.2 b ++ ++ ++
Toronto 6.8 b 6.2 a 6.5 a 6.5 b 6.2 a
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** ** **
Wasaga Beach ** ** ** ** **
West Grey MU ** ** ** ** **
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M ** 14.0 d ** ** 14.9 d
Windsor 4.8 c 4.5 b 3.9 c 3.5 c 3.6 c
Woodstock ** ** 14.6 d ** 19.7 d
Notes:
  • The following letter codes are used to indicate the reliability of the estimates: a - Excellent, b- Very good, c - Good, d - Fair (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).
  • - No units exist in the universe for this category
  • n/a: Not applicable
  • 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)