Data sourced from CMHC's annual Rental Market Survey conducted in October 2024. These tables provide detailed rental market statistics, including:

• Core Metrics: universe (rental unit count), average_rent, rent_median, rent_quartile_1, rent_quartile_3, vacancy_rate_percent, availability_rate_percent, Turnover_rate_percent, and rent_change_percent.
• Reliability Indicators: Corresponding reliability codes are provided for most metrics (e.g., average_rent_reliability, vacancy_rate_reliability, rent_median_reliability, Turnover_rate_reliability, etc.).

These statistics are disaggregated by various characteristics:

• dwelling_type
• construction_year_range
• size_in_units_range
• rent_range
• rent_quartile_group
• heating_included
• bedroom_type

Survey Methodology: The survey employs a sample basis across all urban areas with populations >= 10,000. It focuses exclusively on privately initiated structures containing 3 or more rental units that have been available on the market for a minimum of 3 months.

Included in the file package are data for Canada, PR, CSD, CT, MET, Neighbourhood and Zone geographies. The latter three levels of geography are defined as follows: 

• MET: Metropolitan area boundaries correspond to CMAs, CAs, or CSDs with a population of 10,000+ people as defined by Statistics Canada. This is updated annually based on population fluctuations.
• Neighbourhood: Neighbourhoods are made up of CMHC-defined census tracts (which match Statistics Canada census tracts for the most part) and cannot cross zone boundaries.
• Zone: Zones are primarily made up of one or many Statistics Canada Census Tract (CT) boundaries. Zone boundaries respect CT boundaries