カナダ・モーゲージ・ハウジング・コーポレーションの調査によると、カナダ全土35主要都市においての賃貸空室率は2.9%となっています。経済が好調といわれているBC州は更に低く、バンクーバーでは1.7%と発表されていますが、ダウンタウンなどでは1%を切っているのが現状です。2ベッドルームの平均賃料は$1,345/月ですから、実に$30万ドル近いモーゲージ返済額と同額を家賃に払っている計算になります。数年単位で計算すると払い捨ての家賃はウン万ドルとばかになりません。ある程度頭金のご用意のある方はいち早くご購入へ転換される事をお勧めします。

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest assessment of the rental apartment market shows that national vacancy rates are stable; 2.9 per cent across the 35 major centres, compared to 2.7 per cent a year earlier.

Regional variations reflect the impact of lower oil prices in Alberta (vacancy rate up to 3.4 per cent from 1.8 per cent a year earlier) and Saskatchewan (5.6 per cent from 3.3 per cent), while stronger economic conditions in B.C. and Ontario mean fewer properties are available. In Vancouver, the vacancy rate is 1.7 per cent.

CMHC chief economist Bob Dugan noted: “In Ontario, improving employment conditions for young adults aged 15 to 24, a key source of rental demand, and a stable supply of rental units placed downward pressure on vacancy rates, while increased immigration to British Columbia, another key source of rental demand, more-than-offset an increase in the province’s rental market supply.”

The demand means that rents have increased in those areas in particular.

Across Canada the average rent for a two-bedroom unit is $949, but in Vancouver it’s $1,345, followed by Calgary at $1,319 and Toronto at $1,269. The lowest average rent was in Trois-Rivières at $571 per month.