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 2.9 a 2.3 a 2.4 a 4.1 b 2.7 a
Barrie ** 2.3 b 2.5 b 4.4 b 3.4 b
Belleville - Quinte West ** 2.5 c 3.2 b 2.3 c 3.5 c
Bracebridge T ** 0.0 d 1.2 a ** 1.1 d
Brantford ** 2.2 b 0.8 a ** 2.2 b
Brighton MU ** ** ** ** 0.0 d
Brock TP ** ** 0.0 a ** 0.0 d
Brockville ** 8.6 c 6.2 c ** 6.6 c
Centre Wellington ** 2.0 a ** ** 1.9 b
Chatham-Kent ** 3.2 c 3.6 c ** 4.3 c
Cobourg ** 1.4 a 0.6 b 3.0 c 1.5 a
Collingwood 0.0 d 4.4 d 2.1 b ** 2.3 c
Cornwall 3.3 d 2.9 b 1.5 d ** 2.7 b
Elliot Lake ** 2.2 b 1.7 a ** 2.0 a
Erin T ** ** ** ** **
Gravenhurst T ** ** ** ** **
Greater Napanee T ** ** 0.0 d ** **
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 1.2 d 1.6 b 0.7 a 3.3 d 1.4 a
Grey Highlands MU ** ** ** ** **
Guelph ** 1.5 a 1.4 a 4.1 b 1.8 a
Haldimand County CY ** ** ** ** **
Hamilton 2.3 c 2.5 a 0.7 a 1.8 c 2.4 a
Hawkesbury 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d ** 0.2 b
Huntsville T ** ** ** ** **
Ingersoll ** 2.2 a ** ** 2.2 a
Kawartha Lakes ** 1.5 b 2.9 b ** 3.3 d
Kenora 0.0 d ** ** ** **
Kincardine MU ** 0.0 d ** 0.0 d 0.0 d
Kingston 4.6 d 3.1 b 2.9 b 1.0 a 2.8 a
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo ** 3.5 b 3.8 b 3.7 d 3.5 b
Lambton Shores MU ** ** 0.0 a ** 0.7 a
London 3.9 c 2.7 a 3.2 b 2.4 a 2.8 a
Meaford MU 1.3 d 2.1 a ** ** 1.8 c
Midland ** ** ** ** 2.4 c
Norfolk ** ** ** ** **
North Bay 0.2 b 1.8 c 3.1 d ** 1.6 c
North Perth MU ** 3.3 b 0.0 d 1.1 a 1.8 b
Orillia 0.7 b ** 2.0 c ** 4.5 d
Oshawa ** 3.5 c 1.1 a 7.1 c 3.5 b
Ottawa 1.9 b 1.8 a 3.2 b 4.3 c 2.5 a
Owen Sound ** 1.6 c 0.8 d ** 1.7 c
Pembroke ** ** 2.2 c ** **
Petawawa ** ** ** ** 1.5 d
Peterborough 2.4 c 3.5 c 4.1 c 2.7 b 3.3 b
Port Hope ** 1.9 c ** ** 1.5 a
Prince Edward County CY 3.5 d ** ** ** 3.5 d
Sarnia 8.3 c 5.4 a ** 0.2 b 5.2 a
Saugeen Shores T ** 5.9 b ** 1.7 c 3.4 b
Sault Ste. Marie ** 2.9 b 2.0 a ** 2.4 a
Scugog TP 0.0 d ** ** ** 0.0 d
South Dundas MU ** ** ** ** **
South Huron MU ** ** ** ** 4.5 c
St. Catharines - Niagara ** 3.2 b 1.3 a 5.5 d 3.6 b
Stratford ** 2.4 a 3.1 b 0.4 a 2.3 a
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** ** ** **
Thunder Bay 2.2 c 3.8 b 2.6 c 0.0 c 3.0 b
Tillsonburg ** 3.3 c 5.5 d ** 3.7 c
Timmins ** ** 0.7 b 0.0 d 2.3 c
Toronto 2.8 a 2.0 a 2.2 a 5.5 c 2.5 a
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** ** **
Wasaga Beach ** ** ** ** **
West Grey MU ** ** ** ** **
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 0.0 d ** ** ** 0.0 c
Windsor ** 3.3 b 1.9 a 4.9 d 3.2 b
Woodstock ** 2.4 b 0.8 d 0.8 a 1.7 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).
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey (opens in new window)