The average mortgage payment in the large and mid-sized cities in Canada ranged between 1,300 Canadian dollars and 2,600 Canadian dollars. In the fourth quarter of the year, Vancouver topped the ranking, with homebuyers paying, on average, ***** Canadian dollars monthly. In Toronto, the average monthly scheduled mortgage payment was ***** Canadian dollars. Canada’s housing market House prices in Canada vary widely across the country. In 2023, the average sales price of detached single-family homes in Vancouver was nearly three times as expensive as the national average. Vancouver is undoubtedly considered the least affordable housing market: In 2023, the cost of buying a home with a **-year mortgage in Canada was approximately ** percent of the median household income, whereas in Vancouver, it was nearly *** percent. Development of house prices The development of house prices depends on multiple factors, such as availability on the market and demand. Since 2005, house prices in Canada have been continuously growing. According to the MSL composite house price index, 2021 measured the highest house price increase.

The average loan size of new mortgages in Canada increased in 2024, after a year of steady decline in 2023. In the third quarter of 2024, the average size of a mortgage amounted to ******* Canadian dollars, up from ******* in the second quarter of 2024. Mortgages varied in size in different metropolitan areas, with Toronto and Vancouver seeing the highest value of new mortgages.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...).

In 2025, mortgage interest rates in Canada decreased. The five-year insured fixed mortgage interest rate as of May 2025 stood at **** percent, making it the most affordable mortgage type. Meanwhile, the insured mortgage rate fixed for under one year was the highest, at **** percent.

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This table contains 44 series, with data starting from 1969 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Monthly (2 items: At month-end; Average at month-end ...), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted; Seasonally adjusted ...), Components (11 items: Total outstanding balances; Finance companies and other institutions; Total of foregoing; Chartered banks ...).

Rates have been trending downward in Canada for the last five years. The ebbs and flows are caused by changes in Canada’s bond yields (driven by Canadians economic developments and international rate movements, particularly U.S. rate fluctuations) and the overnight rate (which is set by the Bank of Canada). As of August 2022, there has been a 225 bps increase in the prime rate, since beginning of year 2022, from 2.45% to 4.70% as of Aug 24th 2022. The following are the historical conventional mortgage rates offered by the 6 major chartered banks in Canada in the past 20 years.

Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are Canada's largest mortgage markets. With nearly 419 billion Canadian dollars in mortgages outstanding, Toronto accounted for close to 23 percent of the country's 1.8 trillion Canadian dollar mortgage market. Toronto was also the metropolitan area with the second-highest average loan size for new mortgages.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (13 items: Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Atlantic provinces; Canada ...).

This table contains 102 series, with data starting from 2013, and some select series starting from 2016. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada), Components (51 items: Total, funds advanced, residential mortgages, insured; Variable rate, insured; Fixed rate, insured, less than 1 year; Fixed rate, insured, from 1 to less than 3 years; ...), and Unit of measure (2 items: Dollars; Interest rate). For additional clarification on the component dimension, please visit the OSFI website for the Report on New and Existing Lending.

As of the first quarter of 2023, the average LTV ratio in Canada was **** percent. The loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is a key metric that measures the size of the mortgage loan compared to the value of the asset purchased. Generally, higher loan-to-value ratios are associated with higher risk.

In 2023, the total value of mortgage debt outstanding in Canada amounted to nearly 1.8 trillion Canadian dollars. Chartered banks held the largest share of mortgages outstanding.

Canada Conventional Mortgage: 5 Years: Weekly data was reported at 6.490 % pa in 07 May 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 6.490 % pa for 30 Apr 2025. Canada Conventional Mortgage: 5 Years: Weekly data is updated weekly, averaging 5.700 % pa from Jan 2000 (Median) to 07 May 2025, with 1323 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.750 % pa in 31 May 2000 and a record low of 4.640 % pa in 12 Jul 2017. Canada Conventional Mortgage: 5 Years: Weekly data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Canada. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.M005: Conventional Mortgage Rate. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (247 items: Carbonear; Newfoundland and Labrador; Corner Brook; Newfoundland and Labrador; Grand Falls-Windsor; Newfoundland and Labrador; Gander; Newfoundland and Labrador ...), Type of structure (4 items: Apartment structures of three units and over; Apartment structures of six units and over; Row and apartment structures of three units and over; Row structures of three units and over ...), Type of unit (4 items: Two bedroom units; Three bedroom units; One bedroom units; Bachelor units ...).

In 2023, banks held over ** percent of the mortgages outstanding in Canada. Mortgage Investment Entities (MIEs) and private lenders only had a market share of **** percent. The average mortgage rate in Canada has increased notably since 2021. This has led to the housing market slowing and the value of mortgages outstanding to plateau.

Mortgage credit interest rate, percent in Canada, September, 2025 The most recent value is 4.35 percent as of September 2025, a decline compared to the previous value of 4.42 percent. Historically, the average for Canada from July 2016 to September 2025 is 3.36 percent. The minimum of 2.32 percent was recorded in February 2022, while the maximum of 4.84 percent was reached in May 2024. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

The affordability of single-family detached homes in Canada in the second quarter of 2021, by market, was calculated as a share of mortgage payment in average household income. The mortgage payments in Vancouver constituted **** percent of average household income in the second quarter of 2021, making it the most expensive area in Canada to own a single-family home. The average mortgage payment in Canada constituted **** percent of the average household income.

This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (39 items: All census agglomerations 50,000 and over; Barrie; Ontario; Belleville; Ontario; Abbotsford-Mission; British Columbia ...).

The benchmark interest rate in Canada was last recorded at 2.25 percent. This dataset provides - Canada Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.