Canadian Cities With the Cheapest Rents for Newcomers

Rental SearchBlogNewcomer GuideLandlordsNews As summer 2024 approaches, which mid-sized Canadian cities feature the cheapest rent prices for immigrants to Canada and international students?Finding cheap and affordable rental housing is perhaps the major challenge facing immigrants in Canada.Tracking down that first place to rent is an increasingly large part of the settlement process (in addition to finding a job) when choosing a city to call home.As a recent Rentals.ca survey of renters showed, price increasingly matters to newcomers and domestic Canadians.The Rentals.ca survey discovered that 69 percent of respondents cited the unaffordability of rentals in their region as their reason for moving. Also, 19 percent of survey participants indicated interest in moving to a new (cheaper) city.Part of the challenge for newcomers is that rent prices across Canada continue to rise, although more slowly now, particularly in the popular gateway cities of Toronto/GTA and Vancouver/GVA.Also, va...