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

  Vacancy Rate (Q1) Vacancy Rate (Q2) Vacancy Rate (Q3) Vacancy Rate (Q4)
Alberta 1.9 a 2.4 a 3.3 a 6.1 a
Blackfalds T ** ** ** **
Bonnyville No. 87 MD ** **
Brooks 2.3 a 0.8 a 3.9 a 0.9 a
Calgary 2.2 c 3.7 b 4.4 b 8.6 b
Camrose ** 0.5 b 1.6 c 2.4 c
Canmore 0.0 d 0.7 a ** **
Cold Lake CY 3.7 c 0.0 c 0.5 a **
Edmonton 2.0 a 1.8 a 2.7 a 5.3 b
Grande Prairie 1.5 a 1.5 b 2.0 a 3.5 b
Grande Prairie County No. 1 MD ** **
High River 0.0 d 0.0 d ** **
Lacombe 0.0 c 2.4 b ** 0.8 a
Lethbridge 0.8 a 1.1 d 0.7 b 0.0 d
Lloydminster 1.0 a 1.4 a 0.7 a 6.9 c
Mackenzie County SM ** 0.0 a ** **
Medicine Hat 2.2 b 1.5 a 1.3 a 2.9 b
Okotoks ** 5.6 a ** **
Red Deer 2.6 c 1.1 a 1.5 a 0.4 a
Red Deer County MD ** 0.0 a 0.0 a 17.6 a
Strathmore 2.3 c 0.0 d 2.1 b **
Sylvan Lake 1.3 a 0.7 a 0.0 c 0.7 a
Wetaskiwin ** 0.3 b 5.6 c 3.9 c
Wood Buffalo 8.2 b 11.3 c 12.3 c 8.1 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)