Common rents throughout Canada at the moment are up 32% from their pandemic lows.
The typical asking hire in Could was $2,202, up $200 from the earlier month and 9.3% from a yr in the past, based on the newest month-to-month report from Leases.ca.
Lease costs have been climbing steadily lately, rising $540 or 32% since hitting their low of $1,662 in April 2021.
“Canada’s rental market is getting into the height summer season season with continued energy,” mentioned Shaun Hildebrand, President of Urbanation, which co-released the report.
“Markets comparable to Vancouver and Toronto that had skilled some softening in rents in earlier months are stabilizing close to document highs, whereas most of the nation’s mid- and small-sized cities are nonetheless posting double-digit hire will increase,” he added.
The Leases.ca report famous that rents have averaged an annual progress price of 9.1% over the previous three years. Nonetheless, when incorporating the declines skilled in 2020 and 2021, the five-year common progress price is extra average at 4.7%.
Saskatchewan led the provinces in hire value progress
Provincially, rents elevated essentially the most in Saskatchewan, up 21.4% to $1,334. Alberta and Nova Scotia weren’t far behind with common year-over-year will increase of 17.5% and 17.1%, respectively.
Quebec was the one province to document a month-over-month decline in condominium rents throughout Could, dipping 0.6% from April to a mean of $1,999.
On the municipal stage, Regina led hire value progress, with an annual rise of twenty-two% to $1,381.
Amongst mid-sized markets, Quebec Metropolis and Waterloo topped the checklist, with common annual hire will increase of 20% and 19%, respectively.
| Common asking hire in Could | 12 months-over-year enhance | |
| Toronto, ON | $2,784 | -1% |
| Vancouver, BC | $3,008 | -4% |
| Montreal, QC | $2,037 | +6% |
| Calgary, AB | $2,093 | +8% |
| Ottawa, ON | $2,190 | +3% |
| Regina, SK | $1,381 | +22 |
| Winnipeg, MB | $1,636 | +10% |
| Halifax, NS | $2,209 | +17% |
