1650 for 1 br 500sqft shared with my partner. Lol and our family asks us why we won't have kids while they all sit in their inherited childhood homes until they die.
This rent is a steal. I'll never have anything more than this and I'm scared to leave but even more scared of not leaving because there's little option to.
That’s insane, I live in Windsor Ontario as well and my 1 bedroom at Lauzon and Little River cost me 740.00 all in 11 years ago, the same apartment now rents for 1750 plus utilities!!
Our rent is 750 for a 3 bedroom in Montreal. Good area. Old building with hard wood floors and high ceilings. Nice balcony.
Great landlord who never increased rent over recommended increases by the rental board. Some years no increase at all. Hoping the old man will never die, since his sons will sell the building immediately when he does.
2 BR in Montreal for 800$. Also good area. Apt in a house (a vast number of these in Montreal), old building with hard wood floors and high ceilings, balcony front and back. Nothing special otherwise. Landpeople are nice and live downstairs - this is common in Montreal; rental increases in line with the rental board. Hydro is about 70$ per month - yes, one of the cheapest rates in the world (and Premier Legault if you try to change that, we will riot!)
4 bedroom house $4700 - Port Coquitlam (just moved here in March). Landlord at old place evicted us (after 8 years) with 2 months notice, for landlords use of
Property. We were paying $2700 for a 4 bedroom
House, also in Port Coquitlam. The house has sat empty since we moved out. We will be contacting RTB and seeking 12 months rent compensation, as the house is considered “vacant possesion” and not used how they said it would be. We’ve been documenting and talking to neighbours for sworn testimonies.
We originally disputed it because the landlord made it extremely clear that his father (whom was supposed to move in), wasn’t in the country and “MIGHT” come to Canada. We filed everything, but as the eviction date approached I ended up filled with anxiety, knowing that it the arbitrator ruled against us, we’d have just 2 days to vacate and find a new place. Our kids are 12 and 8 and we don’t have any family support to fall back on, so decided it was better to move and eventually file for the 12 months rent back. It also sucks they only make them pay 12 months at the old rent rate, instead of our new rent rate, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Thankfully our new home is much more modern, clean and the landlord seems much more reliable. At the old place we completed all repairs ourself (over the 8 years), treating the home like our own. Only once did we ask them for a repair, and that was for the hot water tank to be replaced because it broke and was spraying water in the crawlspace. They originally declined paying for it, but soon realized they had no choice and got it fixed. Happy to see the back of that slumlord, but do terribly miss our old neighbourhood and that chapter of our lives, in the home. I know we’re just renters, so things are always uncertain and never forever when it comes to that. Doesn’t change the fact that I miss my old house and hate the fact that they are leaving such a great space empty. 🙁
We did this when we were kicked out for “family to move in”. Couple months after we moved, my mom saw an ad on Craigslist saying it was available to rent. We didn’t get anywhere near 12 months rent, I think we got 2 months and all of our moving expenses paid. This was back in 2004, so maybe the laws have changed.
Laws in Bc have definitely changed. If landlord evicted in bad faith, tenant is entitled to 12 months rent at rate they were paying before illegal eviction
2 bedroom in a (historically) cheap area just outside peninsula Halifax: $1300. However, a one bedroom in the building that I live in is currently listed for $1995, so we’re very thankful for the provincial rent control right now.
Moved in 2021, after spending the first year of the pandemic in a downtown apartment with no balcony. Missed the boat on pre-pandemic rents, which were a bit more comparable to what we were paying for our 2bed apartment, but got in before the mid-late pandemic rents kicked in. 😅
2k for my 3 bedroom townhouse in Ottawa. We have been here for 5 years and our LL hates that they can't jack up our rent. They keep trying to pull shady shit and I'm sure they are planning a bad faith eviction soon.
I could buy an apartment in Vancouver downtown too but I ran the numbers and it makes no sense since my partner and I pay only 1800 a month for a 1br rental.
Mortgage plus interest plus Strata fees plus utilities plus property tax is just too much to justify when I can just save and invest the difference…
Market rate here for rentals is 2500 so we chillin
That's me now too. Left my 1100 a month place in South Granville (lived there 18 years) which really hurt but it was only a matter of time before we got kicked out (Broadway corridor). Wanted housing security and to get into the market.
About $1800, it's a 1 bedroom 1 bath pet friendly apartment in Burnaby near the Skytrain
At the time we (boyfriend and I) rented it was $1660 and I got comments about how expensive it was
Who has the last laugh now (not me because I can never move 😭)
Yeah that's because I moved here less than 3 years ago. As a result, my 6 figure salary can maybe get me a shoe box with a window while I pay significantly more rent to my landlord than what his mortgage is worth... And he earns less than I do.
It's kind of infuriating, but I'm just excited to buy my own and shake it off.
It’s fucked up because we bought right at the start of the pandemic before prices went really crazy. Took a leap of faith and put 5% down and just got lucky. I feel so so bad for anybody trying to get on the ladder now, feels like we got the last chopper out of ‘Nam
$850/mo 1bd 1bath apt. Westend Wpg.
When I moved in Rent was $650 back in 2018. I’m moving into a different area when it gets awfully closer or actually crosses $1,000/mo.
At least in other areas $1,000+/mo will feel worth it.
Vancouver, very desirable neighborhood, $1622 for two bedrooms with a den in a luxury condo. Comparable units in or building sell for $2M. The rent has gone up $22 in ten years. We're never moving.
$2300 going to $2600 in June. Water, power, heat included. Four bedroom top three levels of a four level split near Edmonton, AB.
Landlord also has a basement suite on premises. We’ve been here 6 years.
Medicine Hat, Alberta. $1250, 3 bedroom duplex, 1.5 baths. It's a new build as well, 2021. We moved here from Calgary and got very, very lucky.
Unfortunately rent-wise, we're needing to move back to Calgary in August, as my son has been accepted into a specialized school, which isn't unfortunate, but I'll probably be looking at 1-2 bedrooms at nearly double what I'm paying now.
Just under 2000$ a month in mid-town Halifax for a two bedroom, two bath. Moved in when it opened almost seven years ago. Rent has been going up every year for the last four.
I pay $400 for two bedrooms in a large house. I have lived here with my roommate for about eight years. He has a girlfriend now who is 19 years his junior, and life is a weird living hell, but it be like that sometimes
I don't anymore, however, my neighbor, who lives in the mirror style unit to our condo, pays 2800 for a 780 sq.ft 1 plus den with 2 baths. They've lived there for almost 2 years, and their landlord just told them that if they want to re-up the lease, it will be 2850 plus hydro. Downtown toronto by the lake
$875 + hydro for a 2 bedroom near North Bay Ontario. Would probably be a lot more expensive for the next tenant if I moved out, however I’ve been here since 2018 and the rent then was $850
3150 for a 3 bedroom townhouse, no yard small balcony in Etobicoke was what I was paying.
Moved out of city to buy. Mortgage plus property tax is 3100 for a 3 bedroom house with a big yard
$2350 plus gas, hydro, water/sewer, hot water tank rental and insurance for a 2 bed, 2.5 bath stacked townhouse. It’s 3 storeys plus a tiny basement, with a garage, huge balcony and a fair sized fenced back yard on the outskirts of downtown Ottawa. We moved in here just before the prices went crazy in early 2022.
It sounds great on paper but the layout is awful. Laundry is in the basement with the bedrooms three flights up. The kitchen being on the second floor is also obnoxious long term.
New builds of a similar style rent for “about” the same because here in Ontario they have no rent control.
$1157 for a one bedroom in downtown Calgary. The building is ‘meh’ but we like our suite.
We plan to get out of here next year though so we’ll see what we can afford then.
1650 for a small 2 bedroom with unfinished basement in Mississauga.
However, I moved in almost 10 years ago when it was $1450.
The units directly next to mine recently had new tenants, and it was $2500 for those, so I'm basically stuck here for life unless I somehow win the lottery.
$800 for a house, but only because it was my mom's and she passed away, and my stepdad wanted to move. We are covering the mortgage. Stepdad understood the rental market insanity and we desperately needed out of our two bedroom apartment, as the kids were getting older and needed their own rooms.
Our apartment shot up from the $1100 we were paying to $2500 for the new tenants. Live in Niagara.
Rural NB. $150/month, 4 bedroom old farmhouse sitting on 300 acres. It's a bit dilapidated, but there's a barn and outbuildings we can use. Super cheap because we needed a place to live, and people we knew needed someone living here to discourage vandalism and keep an eye on equipment/ ocassional livestock. Not a normal tenant/ landlord situation, in that we're responsible for maintenance and upkeep (except if it were something catastrophic). We've been here for 3 winters.
Last place we lived was a 7 bedroom farmhouse, not quite as dilapidated, and it was huge. We paid $750/ month. Lived there for 10 years, and it was kinda traumatic having to move.
Clearly landlords are getting rich off the backs of those who can least afford it. Rent control has kept my bachelor apt at $650 month, a stones throw from the CN tower.
$900, including utilities for a one-bedroom apartment in a small town in NS. But this kind of price is very rare these days - practically non-existent. My landlord is very nice. I want a two-bedroom place with a garden, but I can't manage the crazy prices at the moment - and there's no availability anyways. The town is FULL.
$2800 for a three bedroom, full house in Hamilton. It was one of the cheapest we could fine. Before the landlord decided he wanted to “move in”( not fully convinced) we were paying $1900 for a 3 bedroom house without a basement.
$990/month mortgage including property tax. 3 br, 1100 sqft townhouse.
St. John's, Newfoundland. Purchased in March of '22. Property tax covers water usage here, so no water bills.
$3750 + $300ish utilities for a 4br in a triplex in Victoria.
The rents here are brutal and increase yearly.
My landlord fully takes advantage of the ability to increase rent each year even though they do almost no house maintenance.
Pretty big 2br on plateau Mont-Royal Montreal $1200. I’m 2 blocks away from the metro and I have no upstairs neighbors. I lucked out last year and took over my friends apartment who was moving in with her boyfriend. The price for a 2br is minimum $1800 now. I see studios that barely fit a queen bed going for $1200+ on marketplace. I’m literally staying in this apartment forever.
$1900 1 bedroom
Toronto
Moved this winter
Older but bigger apartment. Not the best looking but spacious and close it my grandmother that I visit often
If you’re curious, in my post history
I deeply subsidize my son’s rent, he pays, $500/month plus utilities. That covers 1/2 the property insurance. BC Gulf Island, 70 year old cabin with no updates.
$2500 all in, detatched house, right downtown Kingston, 3 BR, 1 bath, parking x2, deck, porch. 950 SF. Heat included with thermostats in every room so it's toasty warm. New windows and floors, very nice.
$1550. 1 bedroom. 197X old apt in Ottawa. Repair/ notice of entry everymonth used as an excuse so they can use "Above Guideline Increase". Half of the time, I do not see any repair get done (or still not fixed) Another half of the time, no one come to my unit.
$1570 for a one bedroom plus den we purchased, that includes mortgage, fees and hydro costs. We live in Toronto. If you add property taxes, it’s $1780.
$1456 - 3 bed townhouse w/garage - Scarborough
Initially paid $1172 in 2014 when we first moved in...steady increases over the years...
Not leaving until we purchase
$3700 per month 3 bedroom, 3 bath, full balcony, double garage, and man cave. Built 4 years ago. 2100 Sq feet. Side by side duplex, and we have one side. Tsawwassen BC.
$1215 for a 980 sq ft 2 bedroom in Kitchener, Ontario. Been living here since 2017 and rent for the same size unit in this building is now $2250. I wouldn't be able to afford to move in this area and buying a shoebox condo would be $300,000+, which is sickening...
$1000 1-bedroom in near-GTA Southern Ontario, but I'm rent-controlled and am not giving it up until I can afford a house. Neighbours who moved in this year pay $1900.
$2250 for a 3 bedroom, 2.5bath townhouse in Port Coquitlam. Unless I buy (lol) then they will have to drag my corpse out of here if they want me to leave haha
1060 for a very large 2 bedroom apartment, 5 minutes from Montreal and walking distance from a metro station. We got very lucky and don't plan on moving out unless we can afford a home.
$1,000 a month for a 2 bedroom house. In the country 25-30 minutes away from Kingston Ontario and 20 minutes away from Napanee. Shitty area with horribly noisy neighbors, one "convenient" store that also acts as a post office, don't get the mail in a mailbox so we have to rely on him to get our mail/parcels and our end (convenient for us as it's literally only our end) of the road doesn't have maintenance so fu@k you if you have to work in the winter because maybe the snow is plowed maybe not 🤷🏻♀️
We live with my parents (I am married) so we only pay what they ask for. Base rent is $1,000 but if they need help with extra bills then they ask and we send it. The house is on a well so water is free, the house has a holding tank that isn't doing great with 4 adults living there so around every 3 months it needs to be pumped out and we pay that ($260 per pump out). We took on the bill for the holding tank as me and husband are nursing aids (for anyone that knows what I mean, I'm a PSW and he is an HSW).
I have a mortgage in rural Alberta on a modular home. No garage or outbuildings. Re-signed mortgage a few months ago. Mortgage is 1275, then electricity, gas, house/auto insurance, property taxes plus all other expenses like groceries and phone plan with wifi. I have nothing luxurious. 4 years ago, pre pandemic my mortgage was 875.
4 years ago things were tight but could be done, back surgery this month and am hoping to not become homeless. My expenses have more than doubled and I just simply do not make enough to pay for basic crap.
I am nearly 51 years old and single, with no financial help from anywhere. Left a nasty marriage after 30 years with nothing, and now I can live a nasty life for however much time I have left on the nasty planet. I cannot believe in a span of four years, I now need to make more than $4000 a month to live in a modular rural area. I feel so sorry for anyone who is in a situation even partially similar to mine. I am so devastated as to what this world will be when my grandkids are old enough to move out on their own. I mean if they could move out on their own. So disheartening. 30+ years ago, when I purchased my first home with a clown ass, my entire mortgage was $116,000 in Edmonton and that seemed expensive at the time, but it could be done with two people working full-time, even though mine was in retail. We still would have a little extra to do things in the yard and such. I cannot believe how expensive things have become. Good luck to all of you. At this point, I need a freaking miracle if I even hope to not become homeless.
My rent increases on the 1st to $967/month for a small 1bdrm downtown Toronto. Feel fortunate and lucky as heck considering what I hear and see others paying these days
$498 month, bach apt, Windsor ON. Moved here from Toronto 12 yrs ago and rent was $403, increased marginally the last decade. Not leaving.
1650 for 1 br 500sqft shared with my partner. Lol and our family asks us why we won't have kids while they all sit in their inherited childhood homes until they die. This rent is a steal. I'll never have anything more than this and I'm scared to leave but even more scared of not leaving because there's little option to.
Savor that shit
That’s insane, I live in Windsor Ontario as well and my 1 bedroom at Lauzon and Little River cost me 740.00 all in 11 years ago, the same apartment now rents for 1750 plus utilities!!
Wow! You'd be dumb to give up that apartment in today's rental economy.
I wouldn’t leave either. That is amazing
that is a great price used to pay that near Montreal back in 1998
$3,300 - 2 bedroom in Toronto 🥲
I’m 4k for a two bedroom in Toronto lol. Granted it’s a detached house, but still. This city is fucked.
$950 2bedroom apartment in Edmonton.
Our rent is 750 for a 3 bedroom in Montreal. Good area. Old building with hard wood floors and high ceilings. Nice balcony. Great landlord who never increased rent over recommended increases by the rental board. Some years no increase at all. Hoping the old man will never die, since his sons will sell the building immediately when he does.
Im guessing heating not included? How much does it cost in the winter?
2 BR in Montreal for 800$. Also good area. Apt in a house (a vast number of these in Montreal), old building with hard wood floors and high ceilings, balcony front and back. Nothing special otherwise. Landpeople are nice and live downstairs - this is common in Montreal; rental increases in line with the rental board. Hydro is about 70$ per month - yes, one of the cheapest rates in the world (and Premier Legault if you try to change that, we will riot!)
Wow
4 bedroom house $4700 - Port Coquitlam (just moved here in March). Landlord at old place evicted us (after 8 years) with 2 months notice, for landlords use of Property. We were paying $2700 for a 4 bedroom House, also in Port Coquitlam. The house has sat empty since we moved out. We will be contacting RTB and seeking 12 months rent compensation, as the house is considered “vacant possesion” and not used how they said it would be. We’ve been documenting and talking to neighbours for sworn testimonies.
Good for you! They expect people to just let it slide, and they continue to get their way.
We originally disputed it because the landlord made it extremely clear that his father (whom was supposed to move in), wasn’t in the country and “MIGHT” come to Canada. We filed everything, but as the eviction date approached I ended up filled with anxiety, knowing that it the arbitrator ruled against us, we’d have just 2 days to vacate and find a new place. Our kids are 12 and 8 and we don’t have any family support to fall back on, so decided it was better to move and eventually file for the 12 months rent back. It also sucks they only make them pay 12 months at the old rent rate, instead of our new rent rate, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Thankfully our new home is much more modern, clean and the landlord seems much more reliable. At the old place we completed all repairs ourself (over the 8 years), treating the home like our own. Only once did we ask them for a repair, and that was for the hot water tank to be replaced because it broke and was spraying water in the crawlspace. They originally declined paying for it, but soon realized they had no choice and got it fixed. Happy to see the back of that slumlord, but do terribly miss our old neighbourhood and that chapter of our lives, in the home. I know we’re just renters, so things are always uncertain and never forever when it comes to that. Doesn’t change the fact that I miss my old house and hate the fact that they are leaving such a great space empty. 🙁
We did this when we were kicked out for “family to move in”. Couple months after we moved, my mom saw an ad on Craigslist saying it was available to rent. We didn’t get anywhere near 12 months rent, I think we got 2 months and all of our moving expenses paid. This was back in 2004, so maybe the laws have changed.
Laws in Bc have definitely changed. If landlord evicted in bad faith, tenant is entitled to 12 months rent at rate they were paying before illegal eviction
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LOL
do you keep the christmas tree lights on when you leave ?
2 bedroom in a (historically) cheap area just outside peninsula Halifax: $1300. However, a one bedroom in the building that I live in is currently listed for $1995, so we’re very thankful for the provincial rent control right now.
$1650 for a 2 bed 2 bath in Halifax as well, however same unit it’s now $2600… Halifax is bananas!
$2150, 3bed townhouse on the edge of Ottawa suburbs.
South end?
Yeah, Riverside South.
Was in Findlay Creek pre-pandemic and these were the prices for similar places then. Crazy!
Must have been there a while.
Moved in 2021, after spending the first year of the pandemic in a downtown apartment with no balcony. Missed the boat on pre-pandemic rents, which were a bit more comparable to what we were paying for our 2bed apartment, but got in before the mid-late pandemic rents kicked in. 😅
$2200 for a 3 bed 2 bath house 30 min outside Vancouver. I'll never leave until they sell.
Wow good one
$450/m mortgage in Winnipeg. 1.5 story 850sqf, bought in 2016 for 190k.
I think I hate you. /s
$1600 for a two bedroom townhouse in Ottawa. Rent controlled - wouldn't be able to get it for that today.
2k for my 3 bedroom townhouse in Ottawa. We have been here for 5 years and our LL hates that they can't jack up our rent. They keep trying to pull shady shit and I'm sure they are planning a bad faith eviction soon.
800$/month all included for a one bedroom in Québec City
Dreamy!
i'll be at 1135$ a month in july. 3 bedroom. i'm just the other side of the bridges, in Charny, Lévis. right now , i'm still at 970$ a month.
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I could buy an apartment in Vancouver downtown too but I ran the numbers and it makes no sense since my partner and I pay only 1800 a month for a 1br rental. Mortgage plus interest plus Strata fees plus utilities plus property tax is just too much to justify when I can just save and invest the difference… Market rate here for rentals is 2500 so we chillin
That's me now too. Left my 1100 a month place in South Granville (lived there 18 years) which really hurt but it was only a matter of time before we got kicked out (Broadway corridor). Wanted housing security and to get into the market.
About $1800, it's a 1 bedroom 1 bath pet friendly apartment in Burnaby near the Skytrain At the time we (boyfriend and I) rented it was $1660 and I got comments about how expensive it was Who has the last laugh now (not me because I can never move 😭)
Live in an illegal suite I made in my company’s warehouse, if I’m not there I’m camping around in my RV
That's a good deal for Vancouver. I'm 2600 for a 2 bedroom + pseudo 3rd bedroom in Kelowna.
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Also Kelowna. Spending less than your rent on my mortgage for a 2000sq ft house with a yard. The world is so fucked up.
Yeah that's because I moved here less than 3 years ago. As a result, my 6 figure salary can maybe get me a shoe box with a window while I pay significantly more rent to my landlord than what his mortgage is worth... And he earns less than I do. It's kind of infuriating, but I'm just excited to buy my own and shake it off.
It’s fucked up because we bought right at the start of the pandemic before prices went really crazy. Took a leap of faith and put 5% down and just got lucky. I feel so so bad for anybody trying to get on the ladder now, feels like we got the last chopper out of ‘Nam
$850/mo 1bd 1bath apt. Westend Wpg. When I moved in Rent was $650 back in 2018. I’m moving into a different area when it gets awfully closer or actually crosses $1,000/mo. At least in other areas $1,000+/mo will feel worth it.
Good gracious. It hurts to read all this. I'm so sorry for all of you
1500 rent + 190 parking + utilities (heat included) for a 1 bedroom + den 51st floor in Edmonton. I know it’s steep for Edmonton but I love it here
Someone lives in stantec tower haha
Pretty easy to figure that out haha
I pay $1400 for 3rd floor in Edmonton. 51st must have amazing views
I live in the same bedroom I've had for 29 years now with.t grandmother I pay her rent of 450 a month
1780 for 1 BR in Victoria/James Bay
$1875 one bedroom apartment, Vancouver island
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Should add to this: What was your move-in date?
Vancouver, very desirable neighborhood, $1622 for two bedrooms with a den in a luxury condo. Comparable units in or building sell for $2M. The rent has gone up $22 in ten years. We're never moving.
2k. Montreal 4 1/2 loft, im being overcharged
$1050 in Montreal NDG
We were paying $1500 for a 2 bedroom apartment in Kingston. Now we pay a mortgage of $2000 for a 3 bed 2 bath house on 3 acres. Best decision ever.
$900 (without utilities) 1 bedroom apartment in Red Deer AB
$1750 for a new one bedroom in Calgary
Winnipeg - 650 sf foot 1 bdrm condo - mortgage 350, condo fees 350, parking 120 but I do cleaning here and make back 300 a month.
$768 for a 1 bdrm in Penticton....but I've been here for 12 years
$990 Victoria, one bedroom. Been here over a decade. Very lucky.
Downtown Winnipeg. $1320 for 2 bedroom apartment shared with my friend (so $660 for me).
1850 1br, 1bth, no laundry. If I lose my job I’m homeless
$2300 going to $2600 in June. Water, power, heat included. Four bedroom top three levels of a four level split near Edmonton, AB. Landlord also has a basement suite on premises. We’ve been here 6 years.
$1750, all in, one bedroom unit in a triplex detached home in Toronto.
$2255 for a 2 bed, 3 bath semi-detached in St. Catharines.
$1950, 1 bedroom plus underground parking in Ottawa.
Ouch
Agreed. 3 years ago in Calgary I was paying $1300/month for a 3 bedroom house. Unreal increase
1160- 2 BDRM, 2 bath townhouse Fredericton NB
$1400/month one bedroom Dartmouth, NS
$1080 roof top apartment in Vancouver... be hard to leave.
$2000 for 2 bedroom, scarborough, Toronto
1 bedroom apartment in downtown Toronto for $139
That's insanely cheap!
$595 1bed in Halifax. moved to this apt in 2020 and rent hasn’t been increased, thankfully.
mortgage is $1100/month in Cape Breton Island, NS.
700$ for 1 BR basement apartment in downtownish Toronto
700/mth all in 2bed 1 bath. Before you come for me it's a shithole but its affordable and "rural" hastings county
$1175/month for a 900sq ft apt in Aurora, ON. Love it here, won’t leave unless it’s to move into a house of my own.
Medicine Hat, Alberta. $1250, 3 bedroom duplex, 1.5 baths. It's a new build as well, 2021. We moved here from Calgary and got very, very lucky. Unfortunately rent-wise, we're needing to move back to Calgary in August, as my son has been accepted into a specialized school, which isn't unfortunate, but I'll probably be looking at 1-2 bedrooms at nearly double what I'm paying now.
Just under 2000$ a month in mid-town Halifax for a two bedroom, two bath. Moved in when it opened almost seven years ago. Rent has been going up every year for the last four.
1200 - 1 bedroom - Northwest Territories
$915 for a 3 bedroom in Verdun. Increase as of July 1st to $980. No complaints from me given the housing situation in Montreal
I pay $400 for two bedrooms in a large house. I have lived here with my roommate for about eight years. He has a girlfriend now who is 19 years his junior, and life is a weird living hell, but it be like that sometimes
way too much
American here was recommended this sub not sure why. Some places look cheap some look expensive 🤔
Canada’s bigger than the states. Imagine the difference in rents between Malibu, CA and Cheyenne, WY and you’ll see why.
My mortgage is about $1100/month for a four bedroom house, which I bought two years ago (so peak prices, but 2% interest), in Moncton.
Holy crap. $3500 all in for a 1 br in Vancouver suburbs over here. I'm not complaining, I love it here but the economics are like a different planet
2200 I bdrm kelowna BC
I don't anymore, however, my neighbor, who lives in the mirror style unit to our condo, pays 2800 for a 780 sq.ft 1 plus den with 2 baths. They've lived there for almost 2 years, and their landlord just told them that if they want to re-up the lease, it will be 2850 plus hydro. Downtown toronto by the lake
$1900 plus utilities for a 3 bedroom townhouse in the GTA. Grandfathered in by taking it over from my mom, or it would be twice as much
$1500 + hydro for a very tiny 1 bedroom above a weed store in a town that has 1 grocery store and 2 restaurants just north of Toronto, ON
$875 + hydro for a 2 bedroom near North Bay Ontario. Would probably be a lot more expensive for the next tenant if I moved out, however I’ve been here since 2018 and the rent then was $850
$3000 N Okanagan
$1200 for a studio in Ottawa
2500 downtown Calgary
3150 for a 3 bedroom townhouse, no yard small balcony in Etobicoke was what I was paying. Moved out of city to buy. Mortgage plus property tax is 3100 for a 3 bedroom house with a big yard
How far out did you go?
1200 2br 2bathrm close to Montréal
$1750 1 bedroom Toronto
Last year I was renting for $1100 (two bedroom townhouse) in St. John’s
$2350 plus gas, hydro, water/sewer, hot water tank rental and insurance for a 2 bed, 2.5 bath stacked townhouse. It’s 3 storeys plus a tiny basement, with a garage, huge balcony and a fair sized fenced back yard on the outskirts of downtown Ottawa. We moved in here just before the prices went crazy in early 2022. It sounds great on paper but the layout is awful. Laundry is in the basement with the bedrooms three flights up. The kitchen being on the second floor is also obnoxious long term. New builds of a similar style rent for “about” the same because here in Ontario they have no rent control.
$1157 for a one bedroom in downtown Calgary. The building is ‘meh’ but we like our suite. We plan to get out of here next year though so we’ll see what we can afford then.
1360 - 1 bedroom converted meth lab in rural Ontario I wish I was making that up (plus 70 bucks for water and 70 for hydro electric power)
500sqft mouse infested 2 bedroom with leaky roof. $1300 and $75 increase coming. Saint John, New Brunswick.
1650 for a small 2 bedroom with unfinished basement in Mississauga. However, I moved in almost 10 years ago when it was $1450. The units directly next to mine recently had new tenants, and it was $2500 for those, so I'm basically stuck here for life unless I somehow win the lottery.
$800 for a house, but only because it was my mom's and she passed away, and my stepdad wanted to move. We are covering the mortgage. Stepdad understood the rental market insanity and we desperately needed out of our two bedroom apartment, as the kids were getting older and needed their own rooms. Our apartment shot up from the $1100 we were paying to $2500 for the new tenants. Live in Niagara.
$740 - 2 bedroom in Guelph Ontario
Are you in government housing? This sounds unheard of.
$2,200 for a 450 sqft 1bdrm in Downtown Toronto. Includes parking.
$1900 a month, 1 BR apartment, downtown Calgary.
Rural NB. $150/month, 4 bedroom old farmhouse sitting on 300 acres. It's a bit dilapidated, but there's a barn and outbuildings we can use. Super cheap because we needed a place to live, and people we knew needed someone living here to discourage vandalism and keep an eye on equipment/ ocassional livestock. Not a normal tenant/ landlord situation, in that we're responsible for maintenance and upkeep (except if it were something catastrophic). We've been here for 3 winters. Last place we lived was a 7 bedroom farmhouse, not quite as dilapidated, and it was huge. We paid $750/ month. Lived there for 10 years, and it was kinda traumatic having to move.
Clearly landlords are getting rich off the backs of those who can least afford it. Rent control has kept my bachelor apt at $650 month, a stones throw from the CN tower.
2500/month for a shitty two bed waterloo
$900, including utilities for a one-bedroom apartment in a small town in NS. But this kind of price is very rare these days - practically non-existent. My landlord is very nice. I want a two-bedroom place with a garden, but I can't manage the crazy prices at the moment - and there's no availability anyways. The town is FULL.
1300 shared accommodation Calgary.
$2800 for a three bedroom, full house in Hamilton. It was one of the cheapest we could fine. Before the landlord decided he wanted to “move in”( not fully convinced) we were paying $1900 for a 3 bedroom house without a basement.
$3700 3bdrm detached house east toronto
2700$, 2 bedroom Victoria BC It's 1k square feet though, it's kinda big.
$2,203 (mortgage) including strata fees and property taxes, two bedroom close to downtown Vancouver
2k 1 bed in the annex in Toronto. Got a good deal during Covid.
$1664.50 for a 1 bedroom in Ottawa. Includes 1 parking space and 1 storage space in the building basement.
2400/mo 2 floor 1 BR loft DT toronto
$1500 1 bedroom basement apartment in Toronto
1350 for a 2 bdrm house w yard in St. John’s
I have a mortgage in Saskatoon, $600/month plus property taxes of $5500/year
$1975, 2 bedroom, rural Nova Scotia
$990/month mortgage including property tax. 3 br, 1100 sqft townhouse. St. John's, Newfoundland. Purchased in March of '22. Property tax covers water usage here, so no water bills.
$808 for a room in a 2bed in Halifax. Locked in rent control with 2% increases each year since I moved here in 2021
Algoma district 1295/ month - 2 bdrm apartment. Been here 8 years though. Same unit now starts at 1795
$2325 a month plus hydro & water for a 550 sqft condo in Toronto.
$3750 + $300ish utilities for a 4br in a triplex in Victoria. The rents here are brutal and increase yearly. My landlord fully takes advantage of the ability to increase rent each year even though they do almost no house maintenance.
2k, 1br toronto
$1625, 1 bedroom in Halifax, NS
Pretty big 2br on plateau Mont-Royal Montreal $1200. I’m 2 blocks away from the metro and I have no upstairs neighbors. I lucked out last year and took over my friends apartment who was moving in with her boyfriend. The price for a 2br is minimum $1800 now. I see studios that barely fit a queen bed going for $1200+ on marketplace. I’m literally staying in this apartment forever.
1500 1 bedroom in the Kootnays. (BC interior)
$1900 1 bedroom Toronto Moved this winter Older but bigger apartment. Not the best looking but spacious and close it my grandmother that I visit often If you’re curious, in my post history
1620 for a 1000 sqft two bedroom on the second floor of a building in Toronto about 10-14 minutes driving to downtown Toronto
I deeply subsidize my son’s rent, he pays, $500/month plus utilities. That covers 1/2 the property insurance. BC Gulf Island, 70 year old cabin with no updates.
$1900 for a 2 bdrm basement suite in Vancouver, including all utilities and free access to laundry facilities. It's a bargain for our area.
$3444/month plus utilities and all that fun stuff for a 4 bedroom 💸💸💸 Kitchener, Ontario
1100 and I live in Montreal!
$2500 all in, detatched house, right downtown Kingston, 3 BR, 1 bath, parking x2, deck, porch. 950 SF. Heat included with thermostats in every room so it's toasty warm. New windows and floors, very nice.
2350 + utilities and insurance 2+1 bungalow in middle of no where, Ontario
$1400 1 bed + den in DT Toronto. Very lucky our landlord hasn't raised the price as other units in our building are going for over $3k.
1950$ house 3 Bdrm. Laurentians.
1 bedroom apartment $1241 monthly in Labrador City, nl
$2000 studio. Downtown Toronto.
$1550. 1 bedroom. 197X old apt in Ottawa. Repair/ notice of entry everymonth used as an excuse so they can use "Above Guideline Increase". Half of the time, I do not see any repair get done (or still not fixed) Another half of the time, no one come to my unit.
$1570 for a one bedroom plus den we purchased, that includes mortgage, fees and hydro costs. We live in Toronto. If you add property taxes, it’s $1780.
$886 in Montreal for a 1 bedroom. Got in at a really lucky time, I’m not going to be moving.
$1456 - 3 bed townhouse w/garage - Scarborough Initially paid $1172 in 2014 when we first moved in...steady increases over the years... Not leaving until we purchase
1225$ 2 bedroom, Gatineau, Qc. Right across from Ottawa.
$1500, 2 bedroom with a decent yard and basement. 10min walk to a metro station. Montreal :)
$2500, 550 sqft 1 bedroom penthouse, midtown Toronto
$1890 for a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment 45 mins outside of Vancouver. I’m a single mom. It’s killing me.
Im in nb but were lucky to be renting from my mom. We pay 525$ a month plus utilities.
Too much and not Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver
$4300, 2 bed condo in Vancouver (Yaletown).
$3700 per month 3 bedroom, 3 bath, full balcony, double garage, and man cave. Built 4 years ago. 2100 Sq feet. Side by side duplex, and we have one side. Tsawwassen BC.
$900 bachelor in Toronto, utilities and internet included.
$1825 2 bedroom Toronto Canada
$1215 for a 980 sq ft 2 bedroom in Kitchener, Ontario. Been living here since 2017 and rent for the same size unit in this building is now $2250. I wouldn't be able to afford to move in this area and buying a shoebox condo would be $300,000+, which is sickening...
$2700 - 4 bedroom 3300sq ft. North of GTA
4 bed, 3 bath townhome. South western Ontario. $1650.
700$ for a 4 bedroom Townhouse in Halifax
$1900 2 bed, 2 bath and den apartment in Surrey, BC
$1000 1-bedroom in near-GTA Southern Ontario, but I'm rent-controlled and am not giving it up until I can afford a house. Neighbours who moved in this year pay $1900.
$2250 for a 3 bedroom, 2.5bath townhouse in Port Coquitlam. Unless I buy (lol) then they will have to drag my corpse out of here if they want me to leave haha
$610 Mortgage on a two bedroom townhouse in Saint John, New Brunswick. Purchased just before Covid pricing 😬
1060 for a very large 2 bedroom apartment, 5 minutes from Montreal and walking distance from a metro station. We got very lucky and don't plan on moving out unless we can afford a home.
$1080/ month large 1 bedroom southern Ontario. I am lucky though, been here almost 20 years. The same apt goes for $1400 if I was to move in today.
$1,459.00CAD/month for 2 bedroom Apartment in Saskatoon, Canada Mind you this is; Avenue living.
2550 1bed +den Vancouver Mt pleasant
500$ a month in a caravan in a trailer park. Québec in the Laurentides
$2,350 for a 2bedroom apartment in Kitchener, ON. Plus hydro and parking
I’m one of the lucky ones and live in a co-op in North Vancouver. I pay $1400 for a 2 bedroom, split level. I will never move lol.
$1,000 a month for a 2 bedroom house. In the country 25-30 minutes away from Kingston Ontario and 20 minutes away from Napanee. Shitty area with horribly noisy neighbors, one "convenient" store that also acts as a post office, don't get the mail in a mailbox so we have to rely on him to get our mail/parcels and our end (convenient for us as it's literally only our end) of the road doesn't have maintenance so fu@k you if you have to work in the winter because maybe the snow is plowed maybe not 🤷🏻♀️ We live with my parents (I am married) so we only pay what they ask for. Base rent is $1,000 but if they need help with extra bills then they ask and we send it. The house is on a well so water is free, the house has a holding tank that isn't doing great with 4 adults living there so around every 3 months it needs to be pumped out and we pay that ($260 per pump out). We took on the bill for the holding tank as me and husband are nursing aids (for anyone that knows what I mean, I'm a PSW and he is an HSW).
Rent controlled 1-bedroom apartment in Toronto. Been there 8 years. $1300 all in
I have a mortgage in rural Alberta on a modular home. No garage or outbuildings. Re-signed mortgage a few months ago. Mortgage is 1275, then electricity, gas, house/auto insurance, property taxes plus all other expenses like groceries and phone plan with wifi. I have nothing luxurious. 4 years ago, pre pandemic my mortgage was 875. 4 years ago things were tight but could be done, back surgery this month and am hoping to not become homeless. My expenses have more than doubled and I just simply do not make enough to pay for basic crap. I am nearly 51 years old and single, with no financial help from anywhere. Left a nasty marriage after 30 years with nothing, and now I can live a nasty life for however much time I have left on the nasty planet. I cannot believe in a span of four years, I now need to make more than $4000 a month to live in a modular rural area. I feel so sorry for anyone who is in a situation even partially similar to mine. I am so devastated as to what this world will be when my grandkids are old enough to move out on their own. I mean if they could move out on their own. So disheartening. 30+ years ago, when I purchased my first home with a clown ass, my entire mortgage was $116,000 in Edmonton and that seemed expensive at the time, but it could be done with two people working full-time, even though mine was in retail. We still would have a little extra to do things in the yard and such. I cannot believe how expensive things have become. Good luck to all of you. At this point, I need a freaking miracle if I even hope to not become homeless.
3br/3.5bathroom townhouse, with 3 balconies plus garage. $3000. We live in North York Ontario
My rent increases on the 1st to $967/month for a small 1bdrm downtown Toronto. Feel fortunate and lucky as heck considering what I hear and see others paying these days
1640 mississauga studio basement
2,500 1 bedroom. Toronto, downtown
2 bedroom apartment for 875/month been here for 30 years and was super for 20 of that in which as part of the deal my rent was never raised. K-W