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Rental apartments available

Area: Greater Victoria (CMA) October 2025 survey · Where this covers

3.1% vacant

Getting better

Was 2.7% in Oct 2024

Source: CMHC, via Statistics Canada, Oct 2025 · Full source

What it measures

Out of every 100 apartments in purpose-built rental buildings, how many were empty and available to rent in October.

Why it matters

When very few apartments are empty, it is harder to find a place and rents tend to rise.

Over time

Line chart, 12 periods from 2014 to 2025. Rental apartments available: starts at 1.5% vacant (2014), ends at 3.1% vacant (2025); highest 3.1% vacant (2025), lowest 0.5% vacant (2016). Every value is in the table.0.0%2.0%4.0%2015201720192021202320251.5%0.6%0.5%0.7%1.1%1.0%2.2%0.9%1.5%1.6%2.7%3.1%2014: 1.5% vacant2015: 0.6% vacant2016: 0.5% vacant2017: 0.7% vacant2018: 1.1% vacant2019: 1.0% vacant2020: 2.2% vacant2021: 0.9% vacant2022: 1.5% vacant2023: 1.6% vacant2024: 2.7% vacant2025: 3.1% vacant

The scale starts at 0.0%. Tap, hover or drag along the chart to see each value.

How we decided “getting better”

A higher number means more rental apartments were available, which generally makes it easier to find one. 3.1% in 2025 compared with 2.7% in 2024. The rules.

Source

Period
October 2025 survey
Updated by agency
Annually (survey in October, published in December); latest release Dec 17, 2025
Retrieved
Nov 10, 2026, 11:52 PM B.C. time

The open.canada.ca record lists this table under the Open Government Licence - Canada; the Statistics Canada table footnote says CMHC's licence governs. Both allow free reuse with attribution.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey (vacancy rate, apartments of six units and over), October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product. Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 34-10-0127-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Show the numbers as a table
Rental apartments available, Greater Victoria (CMA) (newest first)
PeriodValue
20253.1%
20242.7%
20231.6%
20221.5%
20210.9%
20202.2%
20191.0%
20181.1%
20170.7%
20160.5%
20150.6%
20141.5%

Keep in mind

  • Covers purpose-built rental apartment buildings with six or more units. Condos, basement suites and houses for rent are not included.
  • A vacant unit is not necessarily affordable. This number says nothing about price; see average rent.
  • A single October survey is a snapshot, not an average over the year.
  • The area is the Victoria census metropolitan area, which is larger than the City of Victoria.

Where this covers

Area: Greater Victoria (CMA)

Statistics Canada’s Victoria metropolitan area: 13 municipalities plus nearby electoral-area and reserve lands.

Included

  • Victoria
  • Saanich
  • Oak Bay
  • Esquimalt
  • View Royal
  • Langford
  • Colwood
  • Highlands
  • Metchosin
  • Sooke
  • Central Saanich
  • North Saanich
  • Sidney
  • Juan de Fuca electoral area, part 1 (for example East Sooke, Jordan River and Shirley)
  • First Nations reserves: Cole Bay 3, Union Bay 4, East Saanich 2, South Saanich 1, Becher Bay 1, Esquimalt, New Songhees 1A and T'Sou-ke

Not included

  • Salt Spring Island
  • Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna islands)
  • Port Renfrew area (Juan de Fuca electoral area, part 2)

Official definition

How the agency describes it: Victoria census metropolitan area (Greater Victoria).

Connected to: Market (private landlords), Municipal and Provincial housing policy. This is a label, not a judgement.

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