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Ontario — Vacancy Rates by Rent Quartile by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Vacancy Rate (Q1) Vacancy Rate (Q2) Vacancy Rate (Q3) Vacancy Rate (Q4)
Ontario 0.8 a 1.3 a 2.9 a 5.1 a
Barrie 2.2 c 1.7 c 4.2 c 6.1 b
Belleville - Quinte West 0.3 b ** 3.7 d 7.5 c
Bracebridge T ** 0.0 d ** 0.0 d
Brantford ** 0.7 b 4.1 d 4.5 c
Brighton MU ** ** ** **
Brock TP 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d
Brockville 0.0 c 0.4 b ** 18.9 d
Centre Wellington 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.6 b 5.6 c
Chatham-Kent 0.5 b ** 5.3 d 12.2 d
Cobourg 0.4 b 0.0 d 0.4 b 4.6 c
Collingwood 2.6 c 0.0 d ** **
Cornwall 0.2 b 1.5 d ** 5.6 c
Elliot Lake 0.0 c 0.0 c 4.4 d 3.7 c
Erin T
Gravenhurst T 0.0 d ** 0.0 d **
Greater Napanee T ** ** ** 0.0 d
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury ** 1.3 a 1.7 c 2.3 c
Grey Highlands MU **
Guelph 0.1 b 0.0 c 1.1 a 5.8 b
Haldimand County CY ** ** **
Hamilton 0.5 a 0.5 a 3.4 b 5.2 b
Hawkesbury 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d **
Huntsville T ** ** 0.0 d **
Ingersoll ** 3.8 b ** 5.4 a
Kawartha Lakes ** ** ** 4.8 d
Kenora ** ** ** 0.0 d
Kincardine MU ** ** ** **
Kingston 2.3 c 1.6 c 4.0 c 3.6 b
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 0.8 a 0.8 a 4.5 b 8.1 c
Lambton Shores MU ** 0.0 d ** **
London 0.4 a 1.7 b 3.4 b 4.9 a
Meaford MU 0.0 d 0.0 d ** 3.7 c
Midland 0.0 d 0.0 d ** 3.8 d
Norfolk ** ** 0.5 b **
North Bay 0.4 b 0.6 b 0.9 a **
North Perth MU 0.0 d 0.0 d 5.8 c 1.4 a
Orillia ** 0.2 b ** **
Oshawa 1.2 d 2.8 c 3.8 c 6.2 c
Ottawa 0.7 a 1.1 a 2.0 a 4.7 b
Owen Sound ** ** 0.2 b 2.4 c
Pembroke 0.0 c ** ** **
Petawawa 0.0 d 0.0 d ** **
Peterborough 2.0 c 1.5 c 2.8 c 7.2 b
Port Hope 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d **
Prince Edward County CY 0.0 d 2.5 c ** **
Sarnia 0.6 a 3.6 c 9.6 b 7.8 c
Saugeen Shores T 0.0 d 4.0 d ** 4.4 d
Sault Ste. Marie 0.6 b 1.1 a 2.7 b 5.6 b
Scugog TP ** ** ** **
South Dundas MU 0.0 d 0.0 d ** 0.0 d
South Huron MU 0.0 d ** ** **
St. Catharines - Niagara 0.9 d 2.0 c 5.5 c 4.9 c
Stratford 1.9 c 1.7 b 3.5 b 2.4 b
The Nation / La Nation M ** ** ** **
Thunder Bay 2.6 c 2.3 b 4.6 c 2.3 b
Tillsonburg 0.0 c 0.0 c 4.4 d 9.8 c
Timmins ** ** ** **
Toronto 0.4 a 0.8 a 2.6 a 5.5 a
Trent Hills MU ** ** ** **
Wasaga Beach
West Grey MU ** **
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d 0.0 d
Windsor 1.5 c 1.1 a 4.1 c 6.2 c
Woodstock 0.0 c 1.8 c 2.3 b 2.9 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)