As home ownership becomes less attainable, more Canadians are turning to renting as a long-term housing solution.Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press
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For some people, rental accommodations are the step they take before home ownership. For others, renting may be a lifetime proposition, with different considerations taken into account.
To keep up with the changing rental landscape that goes hand-in-hand with the challenges of buying a home in Canada, The Globe built a tool to help Canadians find the best cities for renting. Using monthly listing data from Rentals.ca, we ranked 235 cities (each with a population exceeding 20,000) on four attributes: affordability, availability, stability and livability. And according to the results, Edmonton is Canada’s most renter-friendly city.
Why Edmonton is Canada’s most renter-friendly city. Plus, your best bets in Toronto and Vancouver
Data editor Mahima Singh and reporter Salmaan Farooqui answered reader questions about this year’s list of renter-friendly cities, how it was put together and what we can learn from the regions in the list.
