Primary Rental Market
Vacancy Rate (%)

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Ontario — Vacancy Rates by Year of Construction by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Before 1960 1960 - 1979 1980 - 1999 2000 or Later Total
Ontario 3.7 a 2.8 a 3.1 a 4.2 a 3.2 a
Barrie ** 3.5 b 4.2 b 2.8 b 4.2 b
Belleville - Quinte West ** 3.8 d 1.7 c 2.6 c 3.3 c
Bracebridge T ** 2.8 c ** ** 3.9 d
Brantford ** 3.6 c 2.9 b ** 3.2 b
Brighton MU ** ** ** ** 4.3 a
Brock TP ** ** 0.0 a ** 0.0 d
Brockville ** 4.7 d 5.5 a 0.0 c 4.3 c
Centre Wellington ** 4.8 a ** ** 3.7 c
Chatham-Kent ** 3.7 c 3.9 c ** 4.4 b
Cobourg ** 3.1 d ** 3.6 d 3.2 c
Collingwood ** 5.1 d 3.7 d ** 4.5 d
Cornwall 4.4 d 3.5 c 2.7 c ** 3.5 c
Elliot Lake ** 2.1 b 1.8 a ** 1.9 a
Erin T ** ** ** ** **
Gravenhurst T ** 1.9 c ** ** **
Greater Napanee T ** ** 0.0 d ** **
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 1.4 d 1.2 a 0.9 a 0.7 b 1.1 a
Grey Highlands MU ** ** ** ** **
Guelph ** 3.4 b 0.6 b 2.6 c 2.9 a
Haldimand County CY ** ** ** ** **
Hamilton 3.9 d 3.6 a 1.3 a 2.5 c 3.5 a
Hawkesbury 0.0 d ** 0.0 d ** **
Huntsville T ** 0.0 d 6.0 d 0.0 d 1.9 c
Ingersoll ** 4.2 a ** ** 3.8 a
Kawartha Lakes ** 2.6 c 2.4 b ** 3.3 d
Kenora ** ** ** ** **
Kincardine MU ** ** ** 4.1 c 3.4 d
Kingston 3.3 d 3.1 b 2.2 a 1.3 a 2.4 a
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 4.5 d 3.7 b 3.7 b 4.4 c 4.0 b
Lambton Shores MU ** ** 8.0 a ** 4.7 d
London 5.7 c 3.5 a 3.3 b 3.8 b 3.8 a
Meaford MU ** ** ** ** 0.0 d
Midland ** 2.0 c ** ** 3.4 d
Norfolk ** 1.4 d 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.9 d
North Bay 2.0 c ** ** ** 2.7 c
North Perth MU ** 5.7 d 0.0 d 5.7 b 4.7 d
Orillia ** 1.7 c 3.7 d 2.0 b 3.2 d
Oshawa 4.6 d 3.6 b 3.8 d ** 3.6 b
Ottawa 2.3 b 2.1 a 2.1 b 5.5 c 2.9 a
Owen Sound 0.0 d 3.2 c 0.4 b 0.0 d 2.3 b
Pembroke ** 0.5 b 2.9 c ** 2.7 c
Petawawa ** 2.4 c 0.0 d ** 1.2 d
Peterborough 3.0 d 3.7 b 2.8 b ** 3.3 b
Port Hope ** 3.4 c ** ** 2.9 c
Prince Edward County CY ** 5.0 d ** ** **
Sarnia 4.8 d 4.5 b 1.4 a ** 4.9 a
Saugeen Shores T ** 2.3 b ** 10.5 c 8.2 a
Sault Ste. Marie ** 2.3 b 2.8 a 0.0 c 2.5 a
Scugog TP ** ** ** ** **
South Dundas MU ** ** ** ** **
South Huron MU ** 2.9 b ** ** 4.4 d
St. Catharines - Niagara ** 3.0 b 2.1 b ** 3.8 b
Stratford ** 5.3 b 3.0 b 1.6 c 4.1 b
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** ** ** **
Thunder Bay ** 4.6 b 5.3 c 2.3 c 3.9 b
Tillsonburg ** 5.8 b ** ** 4.5 b
Timmins ** ** 1.4 a 0.0 d 3.7 d
Toronto 3.6 b 2.5 a 4.1 b 4.5 b 3.0 a
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** ** **
Wasaga Beach ** ** ** ** **
West Grey MU ** ** ** ** 0.0 d
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 0.0 d ** ** ** **
Windsor ** 3.0 a 2.5 b ** 3.6 b
Woodstock ** 2.7 b 2.2 b 2.6 c 2.8 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)