(Ottawa) According to Statistics Canada, it is in Vancouver that the average rent requested for a two -bedroom apartment is the highest in the first quarter.
The average price requested in the largest city in British Columbia for a two-room apartment was $ 3,170, down from $ 3,440 in the first quarter of 2024, said the Federal Agency on Wednesday.
The average price requested in Toronto in the first quarter of this year was $ 2,690, against $ 2,850 a year ago, while in Victoria, it was $ 2,680, decreasing compared to $ 2,690 in the same quarter last year.
In Ottawa, the price of a two -room apartment reached $ 2,490 in the first three months of the year, compared to $ 2,290 in the first quarter of 2024.
These are the four metropolitan regions with the highest rents in the country. That of Montreal ranks 17e Rang, with an average requested rent of $ 1930 for two bedroom accommodation in the first quarter, against $ 1940 at the same period last year.
In Quebec, a two -room apartment was rented an average of $ 1470 in the first three months of the year, up compared to $ 1420 last year.
Sherbrooke and Drummondville have the lowest requested rents, respectively $ 1250 and $ 1,200. Nevertheless, this amount has, so to speak, doubled for six years, while it was $ 660 and $ 600, displaying the strongest increases in the country in the first quarter of 2019 in the first quarter of 2025.
Montreal also experienced a significant increase in rent prices over six years, 70.8 %, while a two -bedroom apartment was rented an average of $ 1130 during the first three months of 2019.
Compared in the first quarter of 2019, Statistics Canada indicates that the average rent requested for two -room apartments in Vancouver increased by 27.3 %.
In Toronto, the increase was 5.1 % compared to the first quarter of 2019.
