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Vacancy Rate (%)

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

  Before 1960 1960 - 1979 1980 - 1999 2000 or Later Total
Alberta 2.2 b 2.7 a 2.2 a 4.9 a 3.4 a
Blackfalds T ** ** ** ** 0.0 d
Bonnyville No. 87 MD ** ** ** ** **
Brooks ** 2.4 a 0.0 a 0.0 a 1.9 a
Calgary 2.1 c 3.6 b 2.4 a 6.6 b 4.6 b
Camrose ** 1.8 c 1.6 c 0.0 c 1.1 a
Canmore ** ** ** 0.4 a 1.1 a
Cold Lake CY ** 2.4 b 5.2 c 0.3 a 2.3 a
Edmonton 2.2 b 2.1 a 1.7 a 4.6 b 3.0 a
Grande Prairie ** 1.7 a 1.5 a 3.0 b 2.1 a
Grande Prairie County No. 1 MD ** ** ** ** **
High River ** ** 3.4 d ** **
Lacombe ** 0.8 a 2.3 b 0.3 a 0.8 a
Lethbridge ** 1.4 d 0.6 b 0.0 b 0.6 b
Lloydminster ** 1.9 b 2.2 b 4.6 c 2.6 b
Mackenzie County SM ** ** ** 0.0 a 0.0 a
Medicine Hat 2.2 c 1.9 a 2.2 a 2.6 b 2.1 a
Okotoks ** ** ** 1.4 a 1.3 a
Red Deer 2.3 c 2.0 b 0.6 a 1.6 c 1.6 b
Red Deer County MD ** ** ** ** 4.2 a
Strathmore ** ** 1.6 c 1.4 a 1.4 a
Sylvan Lake ** 2.0 a 0.0 c 0.6 a 0.7 a
Wetaskiwin ** 2.7 c 0.8 d 3.5 a 2.4 a
Wood Buffalo ** 10.8 c 10.3 a 9.3 b 10.2 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)