{"id":194122,"date":"2019-07-15T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=194122"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:52:18","slug":"costs-rent-home-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/costs-rent-home-across-canada","title":{"rendered":"What it costs to rent a home across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/canadian-housing-market-rentals.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[194122]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/canadian-housing-market-rentals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: James Bombales<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sky-high rents in Toronto and Vancouver dominate much of the national discussion, but rental-housing costs continue to vary widely across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Look no further than the <a href=\"https:\/\/rentals.ca\/national-rent-report\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">latest monthly report from rentals.ca<\/a> to see just how wide of a gap there is between the most- and least-expensive markets in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the priciest average rent for a one-bedroom home is in Toronto, where landlords were asking an average of $2,266 a month in June, up 1.6 percent from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s $1,441 more than the cheapest rental market: the average one-bedroom rent in Gatineau, Quebec, was $825 per month, having decreased 10.6 percent from May.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of just six markets to see month-over-month one-bedroom rent declines out of all 33 included in the study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith children out of school and university students moving back home, June is a prime month for rental listings and rental demand,\u201d writes Ben Myers, founder of Bullpen Consulting and author of the rentals.ca report.<\/p>\n<p>The average for all rental listings Canada-wide was $1,953 per month, an increase of 1.9 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average rental rate in Canada for all property types increased for the second consecutive month,\u201d he continues, noting that the rate did however decline for purpose-built rentals in particular.<\/p>\n<p>The averages in the report are based on rentals.ca listings, which range from basement apartments all the way up to high-rise condos and houses. Rentals.ca doesn\u2019t automatically aggregate listings from websites such as Craigslist.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, researchers work with landlords to verify listings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs affordability continues to be a concern, the average size of units offered for rent is shrinking nationally, from over 1,000 square feet in October 2018 to 933 square feet in June 2019,\u201d Myers notes.<\/p>\n<p>See how rents in your city compare on the infographic below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Rent_Report_-_July_2019.width-720.png\" rel=\"lightbox[194122]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Rent_Report_-_July_2019.width-720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1821\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky-high rents in Toronto and Vancouver dominate much of the national discussion, but rental-housing costs continue to vary widely across Canada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":194123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-07-15T19:52:27Z","apple_news_api_id":"2e459f41-879d-48e9-9c75-eb1e63f30579","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2019-07-15T19:52:29Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ALkWfQYedSOmcdeseY_MFeQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/u48r14.digitalhub.com\/sections\/09b86915-7d2b-3acd-915b-b215002d01b7"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11108],"tags":[11132,11199,11209],"coauthors":[8692],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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