North Vancouver was the most expensive Canadian city for one-bedroom apartment rentals, with a median rent of about ***** Canadian dollars in June 2025. Coquitlam followed behind with a median rent of ***** Canadian dollars.

Vancouver, Burnaby, and Toronto were the most expensive cities to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Canada in June 2025. In all three cities, the average two-bedroom rent exceeded ***** Canadian dollars.

The Municipality of West Vancouver is the most expensive area to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Metro Vancouver in October 2024, with a median rent of ***** Canadian dollars. In comparison, the average for the metro stood at ***** Canadian dollars. Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows, Surrey, and White Rock, on the other hand, were some of the most affordable areas. In Canada, Vancouver is the most expensive city for rental properties.The data is based on the results of an annual survey among owners, managers, and building superintendents and includes only apartments in privately initiated buildings with three or more rental units on the market for more than three months.

Portugal, Canada, and the United States were the countries with the highest house price to income ratio in 2024. In all three countries, the index exceeded 130 index points, while the average for all OECD countries stood at 116.2 index points. The index measures the development of housing affordability and is calculated by dividing nominal house price by nominal disposable income per head, with 2015 set as a base year when the index amounted to 100. An index value of 120, for example, would mean that house price growth has outpaced income growth by 20 percent since 2015. How have house prices worldwide changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? House prices started to rise gradually after the global financial crisis (2007–2008), but this trend accelerated with the pandemic. The countries with advanced economies, which usually have mature housing markets, experienced stronger growth than countries with emerging economies. Real house price growth (accounting for inflation) peaked in 2022 and has since lost some of the gain. Although, many countries experienced a decline in house prices, the global house price index shows that property prices in 2023 were still substantially higher than before COVID-19. Renting vs. buying In the past, house prices have grown faster than rents. However, the home affordability has been declining notably, with a direct impact on rental prices. As people struggle to buy a property of their own, they often turn to rental accommodation. This has resulted in a growing demand for rental apartments and soaring rental prices.

The vacancy rate for apartments in Canada in 2024 was the highest in Alberta and the lowest in Prince Edward Island. As of October that year, 3.6 percent of privately initiated apartment structures of three units and over in Alberta were vacant. Nationwide, this share stood at 2.2 percent. Meanwhile, Ontario had *** percent and British Colombia, *** percent of rental properties unoccupied. The two provinces were home to the most expensive rental markets in the country, Vancouver and Toronto.

In 2024, the net asking rent for office space in Downtown Toronto amounted to **** Canadian dollars per square foot. The most expensive submarket in the city was the Financial Core - a location concentrating a major share of the office inventory, with a rapidly developing new stock.Toronto’s office market Toronto is the capital of Ontario and a global financial center. Ontario generates a large portion of Canada’s GDP, which means that office real estate is vital for the region. Downtown Toronto had significantly more office space inventory than Midtown Toronto, and also a lower vacancy rate. Comparison with other leading cities Offices in Toronto have a higher vacancy rate than the national average. Overall, vacancy rates were the lowest in Vancouver and Montreal.