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A two-bedroom apartment averaged $2,438 a month in Canmore, the highest of 189 centres in CMHC's October 2025 survey, and $0 in Yellowhead County. Look up your city before you sign a lease.

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Biggest cities: average monthly rent (Oct 2025)

City	Bachelor	1 bedroom	2 bedrooms	3+ bedrooms	2-bed 1 yr
Toronto	$1,491	$1,761	$2,045	$2,294	▲ 3.7%
Vancouver	$1,667	$1,807	$2,364	$2,820	▲ 2.2%
Montréal	$1,005	$1,131	$1,346	$1,625	▲ 14.5%
Calgary	$1,438	$1,581	$1,908	$2,118	▲ 1.7%
Edmonton	$1,108	$1,301	$1,598	$1,802	▲ 4.5%
Ottawa-Gatineau	$1,295	$1,542	$1,757	$1,919	▲ 4.3%
Winnipeg	$914	$1,232	$1,570	$1,849	▲ 4.2%
Québec	$855	$1,107	$1,276	$1,464	▲ 10.1%
Halifax	$1,362	$1,539	$1,828	$2,254	▲ 7.0%
Victoria	$1,349	$1,624	$2,121	$2,742	▲ 6.3%

Can I afford it? (30% rule)Your gross annual household income ($)

All 189 centres – 2-bedroom rent, highest first

Canmore

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 7.7%

$2,438 Vancouver

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 2.2%

$2,364 Squamish

British Columbia · 1 yr ▼ 0.5%

$2,179 Victoria

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

$2,121 Yellowknife

Northwest Territories · 1 yr ▲ 4.4%

$2,109 Kelowna

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 9.5%

$2,098 Toronto

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

$2,045 Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario part)

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 2.5%

$1,916 Calgary

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

$1,908 Nanaimo

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 6.8%

$1,895 Halifax

Nova Scotia · 1 yr ▲ 7.0%

$1,828 Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 3.9%

$1,816 Guelph

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 3.9%

$1,803 Saugeen Shores

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.8%

$1,790 Okotoks

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 21.2%

$1,778 Kincardine

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 40.9%

$1,767 Kingston

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

$1,763 Oshawa

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

$1,762 Ottawa-Gatineau

Ontario/Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

$1,757 Barrie

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 2.7%

$1,749 Red Deer County

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 6.3%

$1,703 The Nation

Ontario · 1 yr –

$1,692 Courtenay

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 1.0%

$1,691 Kamloops

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 7.9%

$1,673 Summerland

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

$1,671 Stratford

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.5%

$1,663 Hamilton

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 1.4%

$1,659 Campbell River

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 8.8%

$1,656 London

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.7%

$1,645 Woodstock

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 7.5%

$1,645 Collingwood

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

$1,634 Duncan

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 13.3%

$1,624 Abbotsford-Mission

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 7.7%

$1,623 Cobourg

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 5.2%

$1,610 Vernon

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

$1,607 Brantford

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 11.2%

$1,604 Edmonton

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 4.5%

$1,598 Lethbridge

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 7.9%

$1,593 Kawartha Lakes

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 7.1%

$1,591 Port Hope

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

$1,588 Huntsville

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 12.5%

$1,581 Winnipeg

Manitoba · 1 yr ▲ 4.2%

$1,570 Parksville

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 1.2%

$1,563 Centre Wellington

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 8.3%

$1,562 Saskatoon

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 5.4%

$1,559 Gravenhurst

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 16.0%

$1,555 Greater Sudbury

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 7.5%

$1,555 Orillia

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 13.2%

$1,553 Midland

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.3%

$1,541 St. Catharines-Niagara

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 3.5%

$1,527 Chilliwack

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 8.7%

$1,523 Strathmore

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 4.2%

$1,520 Bracebridge

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 5.9%

$1,513 Peterborough

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 1.0%

$1,513 Penticton

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 2.4%

$1,511 Sarnia

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

$1,502 Thunder Bay

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

$1,493 Regina

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 4.2%

$1,478 Lambton Shores

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 12.1%

$1,473 Cranbrook

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 10.9%

$1,472 Sylvan Lake

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 11.6%

$1,467 Wood Buffalo

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 0.1%

$1,457 Williams Lake

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 38.3%

$1,455 Moncton

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

$1,452 Scugog

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 9.4%

$1,452 Lacombe

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 5.3%

$1,451 Ottawa-Gatineau (Quebec part)

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 7.5%

$1,451 Windsor

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 5.5%

$1,451 Fredericton

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

$1,431 Grande Prairie

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 7.3%

$1,427 Prince George

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 12.1%

$1,422 Red Deer

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

$1,418 Brooks

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 0.2%

$1,406 Prince Edward

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 11.2%

$1,405 North Bay

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

$1,404 Brighton

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 15.0%

$1,403 Sault Ste. Marie

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 9.3%

$1,394 Chatham-Kent

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 9.6%

$1,365 Owen Sound

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 12.1%

$1,361 Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island · 1 yr ▲ 9.3%

$1,354 St. John's

Newfoundland and Labrador · 1 yr ▲ 8.5%

$1,348 Camrose

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 3.8%

$1,346 Montréal

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 14.5%

$1,346 Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part)

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 11.7%

$1,345 Brockville

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 8.4%

$1,339 Moose Jaw

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 13.6%

$1,337 Salmon Arm

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 10.6%

$1,336 Cold Lake

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 8.2%

$1,328 Prévost

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 47.5%

$1,322 Tillsonburg

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.0%

$1,308 Lloydminster (Alberta part)

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 8.8%

$1,301 Brock

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 23.4%

$1,296 Wetaskiwin

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 0.7%

$1,294 Timmins

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.4%

$1,291 Saint John

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 5.0%

$1,290 High River

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 7.8%

$1,286 North Perth

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 4.4%

$1,282 Port Alberni

British Columbia · 1 yr ▼ 0.8%

$1,279 Cornwall

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 11.9%

$1,276 Québec

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.1%

$1,276 Truro

Nova Scotia · 1 yr ▲ 13.5%

$1,273 Portage La Prairie

Manitoba · 1 yr ▼ 0.3%

$1,257 Greater Napanee

Ontario · 1 yr ▼ 4.0%

$1,244 Summerside

Prince Edward Island · 1 yr ▲ 13.1%

$1,241 Quesnel

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 15.8%

$1,226 Petawawa

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 6.0%

$1,225 Medicine Hat

Alberta · 1 yr ▲ 5.1%

$1,217 Yorkton

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 6.2%

$1,217 Prince Albert

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 10.7%

$1,213 Terrace

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 12.0%

$1,205 Saint-Hyacinthe

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.9%

$1,203 Dawson Creek

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 2.0%

$1,202 Pembroke

Ontario · 1 yr ▼ 3.8%

$1,200 Sainte- Sophie

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 4.6%

$1,198 Fort St. John

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 5.7%

$1,196 Ingersoll

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 7.6%

$1,194 Meaford

Ontario · 1 yr ▼ 12.5%

$1,192 Powell River

British Columbia · 1 yr ▲ 7.2%

$1,182 North Battleford

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 8.8%

$1,159 Granby

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 2.2%

$1,154 Prince Rupert

British Columbia · 1 yr ▼ 4.5%

$1,154 West Nipissing

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 9.7%

$1,151 Cowansville

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 13.6%

$1,147 Haldimand County

Ontario · 1 yr ▼ 22.7%

$1,137 Thompson

Manitoba · 1 yr ▲ 3.7%

$1,136 Cape Breton

Nova Scotia · 1 yr ▲ 4.9%

$1,134 Lachute

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 11.0%

$1,134 Miramichi

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 0.4%

$1,132 Kentville

Nova Scotia · 1 yr ▼ 5.4%

$1,128 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 14.1%

$1,125 Joliette

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.6%

$1,114 Queens

Nova Scotia · 1 yr –

$1,114 Bathurst

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 12.0%

$1,108 Hawkesbury (Ontario part)

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 21.1%

$1,108 Brandon

Manitoba · 1 yr ▲ 1.7%

$1,096 Val-d'Or

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.6%

$1,071 New Glasgow

Nova Scotia · 1 yr ▲ 10.1%

$1,062 Hawkesbury (Quebec part)

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 17.8%

$1,044 Sainte-Adèle

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 8.5%

$1,034 Kings Subdivision

Ontario · 1 yr ▼ 4.8%

$1,020 Trois-Rivières

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 14.5%

$1,017 Rouyn-Noranda

Quebec · 1 yr ▼ 2.5%

$1,007 Estevan

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 0.7%

$1,005 Gander

Newfoundland and Labrador · 1 yr ▲ 3.6%

$1,005 Amos

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 14.8%

$1,002 Swift Current

Saskatchewan · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

$999 Edmundston

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 9.8%

$995 Steinbach

Manitoba · 1 yr ▼ 3.3%

$991 Victoriaville

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 8.2%

$991 Norfolk

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 2.7%

$988 Saguenay

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 11.5%

$986 Sainte-Marie

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 11.3%

$965 Sept-Îles

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 14.8%

$956 Corner Brook

Newfoundland and Labrador · 1 yr ▲ 2.3%

$949 Grand Falls-Windsor

Newfoundland and Labrador · 1 yr ▲ 13.4%

$945 Sorel-Tracy

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.7%

$943 Rimouski

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 15.4%

$935 Campbellton (New Brunswick part)

New Brunswick · 1 yr ▲ 11.5%

$922 Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 9.4%

$921 Gaspé

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 12.1%

$918 Elliot Lake

Ontario · 1 yr ▲ 8.2%

$871 Montmagny

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 15.0%

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 13.7%

$828 Thetford Mines

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.2%

$819 Saint-Félicien

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 12.3%

$812 Saint-Georges

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 12.1%

$798 Mont-Laurier

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 11.1%

$788 Matane

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 13.4%

$786 Dolbeau-Mistassini

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 10.4%

$677 La Tuque

Quebec · 1 yr ▲ 7.0%

$600 Bay Roberts

Newfoundland and Labrador · 1 yr –

$0 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Quebec · 1 yr –

$0 Saint-Lin--Laurentides

Quebec · 1 yr –

$0 Temiskaming Shores

Questions and answers

What is the average rent in Canada?

In CMHC's October 2025 Rental Market Survey, the median of average two-bedroom rents across 189 centres was $1,290 a month. Canmore was highest at $2,438.

Where is rent cheapest?

Of the centres surveyed, Yellowhead County (Alberta) had the lowest average two-bedroom rent: $0.

What does the data cover?

Purpose-built rental apartments and row houses in structures of three or more units, surveyed by CMHC each October. Condominiums and secondary suites are not included, and asking rents for vacant units are usually higher.

How often is it updated?

Once a year. CMHC runs the survey in October and Statistics Canada publishes the results (table 34-10-0133-01) a few months later.

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0133-01, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over (Statistics Canada Open Licence) (row and apartment structures of three units and over). Survey of October 2025.