Ranking
Rental vacancy rate by metro
Lowest vacancy first. Lower vacancy means fewer empty purpose-built apartments.
29 metros with comparable, current data. Reference period: October 2025 survey. Metros without published data are left out rather than estimated.
| Rank | Metro | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint John N.B. | 1.50% |
| 2 | St. John's N.L. | 1.60% |
| 3 | Kingston Ont. | 2.30% |
| 4 | Halifax N.S. | 2.50% |
| 5 | Sherbrooke Que. | 2.50% |
| 6 | Québec City Que. | 2.60% |
| 7 | Regina Sask. | 2.70% |
| 8 | Trois-Rivières Que. | 2.70% |
| 9 | Peterborough Ont. | 2.70% |
| 10 | Winnipeg Man. | 2.80% |
| 11 | Abbotsford–Mission B.C. | 2.80% |
| 12 | Toronto Ont. | 3.00% |
| 13 | Victoria B.C. | 3.10% |
| 14 | Saskatoon Sask. | 3.20% |
| 15 | Montréal Que. | 3.30% |
| 16 | Ottawa–Gatineau Ont. | 3.40% |
| 17 | St. Catharines–Niagara Ont. | 3.50% |
| 18 | Brantford Ont. | 3.50% |
| 19 | Hamilton Ont. | 3.60% |
| 20 | Windsor Ont. | 3.60% |
| 21 | Vancouver B.C. | 3.70% |
| 22 | Oshawa Ont. | 3.70% |
| 23 | Moncton N.B. | 3.70% |
| 24 | Edmonton Alta. | 3.90% |
| 25 | London Ont. | 3.90% |
| 26 | Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo Ont. | 4.20% |
| 27 | Barrie Ont. | 4.20% |
| 28 | Calgary Alta. | 5.00% |
| 29 | Kelowna B.C. | 6.30% |
Rankings describe published figures; they are not recommendations. Methodology