Stateson says

According to a rental report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, the average asking price of rent in Montreal has been shot at about 71 percent since 2019.

Since 2019, asking rent in the second largest city in the country has increased from $ 1,130 to $ 1,930 in the first quarter of 2025, the data agency said in its first quarter fare statistics report.

Somewhere else in Quebec, the city of Drummondville and Sherbrook-which asks the lowest average earlier this year-Asks the largest upper average for two-bedroom apartments since the first quarter of 2019.

The report states that the report asks for rent to portray the latest market trends, as “potential tenants usually have to face high fare than long tenants”, whose fares reflect previous leases, the report states.

In the rest of Canada, Vancouver had the highest average asking for two-bedroom apartments, where the figure was at $ 3,170 in the first quarter of 2025. This was followed by Toronto ($ 2,690), Victoria ($ 2,680) and Ottawa ($ 2,490).

According to Statistics Canada, Montreal ranks 17th in that list.