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Saskatchewan — Historical Vacancy Rates by Structure Size (Apt. only)

  3-5 Units 6-19 Units 20-49 Units 50-199 Units 200+ Units Total
1990 October 7.8 a 8.4 a 8.3 a 3.4 a ** 7.3 a
1991 October 10.1 c 6.5 a 7.4 a 4.0 a ** 6.5 a
1992 October 6.4 b 5.7 a 4.5 a 3.3 a ** 4.7 a
1993 October 7.3 a 4.8 a 3.6 a 2.4 a ** 3.9 a
1994 October 4.1 b 3.9 b 2.3 a 1.4 a ** 2.7 a
1995 October 4.8 b 2.8 a 2.0 a 1.0 a ** 2.2 a
1996 October 4.5 b 2.5 a 1.6 a 0.8 a ** 1.9 a
1997 October 2.9 a 2.2 a 1.5 a 0.5 a ** 1.6 a
1998 October 2.9 a 2.3 a 1.4 a 0.9 a ** 1.6 a
1999 October 3.5 b 2.0 a 1.6 a 0.7 a ** 1.7 a
2000 October 2.8 a 2.8 a 2.1 a 1.5 a ** 2.2 a
2001 October 5.8 a 3.9 a 3.5 a 2.4 a ** 3.5 a
2002 October 5.8 a 4.5 a 3.8 a 2.9 a ** 3.9 a
2003 October 5.3 a 4.9 a 4.1 a 2.4 a ** 4.1 a
2004 October 7.2 a 5.4 a 6.1 a 3.2 a ** 5.3 a
2005 October 5.0 a 4.8 a 4.8 a 3.2 a ** 4.5 a
2006 October 3.4 a 3.8 a 3.3 a 2.3 a ** 3.3 a
2007 October 1.7 a 1.3 a 1.0 a 1.5 a ** 1.2 a
2008 October 1.7 a 1.0 a 1.4 a 1.2 a ** 1.2 a
2009 October 1.7 a 1.3 a 1.8 a 1.3 a ** 1.5 a
2010 October 2.2 a 2.2 a 2.4 a 1.3 a ** 2.2 a
2011 October 2.2 a 1.8 a 2.2 a 1.3 a ** 1.9 a
2012 October 2.1 a 2.5 a 2.8 a 1.0 a ** 2.3 a
2013 October 3.4 a 3.4 a 3.4 a 1.8 a ** 3.1 a
2014 October 4.8 a 4.4 a 4.5 a 2.7 a ** 4.0 a
2015 October 6.2 a 7.9 a 6.3 a 4.5 a ** 6.4 a
2016 October 9.1 a 9.1 a 8.6 a 7.8 a ** 8.6 a
2017 October 12.6 a 10.3 a 9.3 a 6.3 a ** 8.9 a
2018 October 10.4 a 10.1 a 8.2 a 6.5 a ** 8.4 a
2019 October 12.1 a 11.2 a 7.8 a 4.6 a ** 8.1 a
2020 October 10.6 c 10.1 a 6.6 a 4.5 a ** 7.2 a
2021 October 11.9 c 8.9 a 5.8 a 3.2 a ** 6.2 a
2022 October 8.5 b 5.8 a 4.4 a 1.7 a ** 4.1 a
2023 October 6.7 c 3.4 a 2.2 a 1.0 a ** 2.4 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)