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Rental vacancy rates and rents by province

Purpose-built rental apartments in privately initiated structures of three or more units in centres of 10,000 people or more, from CMHC's October 2025 Rental Market Survey: vacancy rate and turnover rate (October 2024 and 2025), average rent for a two-bedroom apartment, and the year-over-year change in average two-bedroom rent for units surveyed in both years (fixed sample). Territories are not included in this summary table. Estimates CMHC rates as poor quality or suppresses are left blank.

Reference period
October 2025
Licence
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This information is reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of CMHC (CMHC licence for the use of data).
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Rental vacancy rates and rents by province: Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%)10 areas ranked by Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%). Highest: Alberta (4.3); lowest: Newfoundland and Labrador (2.1); national value 3.1.AlbertaAlberta: 4.34.3British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 3.53.5SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 3.43.4OntarioOntario: 3.23.2New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 2.92.9ManitobaManitoba: 2.92.9QuebecQuebec: 2.72.7Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 2.62.6Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador: 2.12.1Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island: 2.12.1National 3.1
Rental vacancy rates and rents by province: Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%)10 areas ranked by Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%). Highest: Alberta (4.3); lowest: Newfoundland and Labrador (2.1); national value 3.1.AlbertaAlberta: 4.34.3British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 3.53.5SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 3.43.4OntarioOntario: 3.23.2New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 2.92.9ManitobaManitoba: 2.92.9QuebecQuebec: 2.72.7Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 2.62.6Newfoundland and …Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.12.1Prince Edward Isl…Prince Edward Island: 2.12.1National 3.1
Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%), October 2025, sorted high to low. 10 areas ranked by Vacancy rate, October 2025 (%). Highest: Alberta (4.3); lowest: Newfoundland and Labrador (2.1); national value 3.1. Full data in the table below.Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

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Canada3.12.212.81,5505.1
Newfoundland and Labrador2.11.811.31,2086.6
Prince Edward Island2.10.89.81,293
Nova Scotia2.628.91,7116.7
New Brunswick2.9213.21,3685.3
Quebec2.71.810.41,2737.2
Ontario3.22.711.21,8273.7
Manitoba2.91.721.71,5071.9
Saskatchewan3.42.6231,4515.1
Alberta4.33.627.21,6802.4
British Columbia3.51.914.32,0653.6

Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey 2025, Canada data tables (rmr-canada-2025-en.xlsx), Table 1.0: Rental market indicators, privately initiated apartment structures of three units and over, provinces (centres 10,000+). Reference period: October 2025.

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Source agency
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Dataset
Rental Market Survey 2025, Canada data tables (rmr-canada-2025-en.xlsx), Table 1.0: Rental market indicators, privately initiated apartment structures of three units and over, provinces (centres 10,000+)
Table
Rental vacancy rates and rents by province
Data last updated
2026-11-09
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https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-rental-market/

Rental vacancy rates and rents by province (Canada, October 2025). Data: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey 2025, Canada data tables (rmr-canada-2025-en.xlsx), Table 1.0: Rental market indicators, privately initiated apartment structures of three units and over, provinces (centres 10,000+). Retrieved 2026-11-09 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-rental-market/