Barrie still has one of the highest apartment rental rates in Canada: PadMapper
Barrie continues to be one of the most expensive places in which to rent an apartment in Canada.
The online property rental platform PadMapper released its latest Canadian rent report Aug. 15 and Barrie ranks fourth highest on the list of most expensive markets. On average, a one-bedroom apartment costs $1,350 per month, up 11.6 per cent from the same period last year.
Toronto ($2,140), Vancouver ($2,000) and Burnaby, B.C. ($1,570) finished ahead of Barrie. Montreal ($1,250) placed fifth.
“The report analyzed hundreds of thousands of listings last month to examine rent prices across the 26 largest cities in the country,” PadMapper representative Crystal Chen said. “Listings are then aggregated on a monthly basis to calculate median asking rents, providing a comprehensive view of the current state of the market.”
It costs $1,510 per month to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Barrie, up 9.4 per cent over the same period in 2017. Two-bedroom rental is higher in Vancouver ($3,200), Toronto ($2,800), Burnaby ($2,270) and Montreal ($1,700).
Barrie has been among the most expensive places to rent in the country for more than a year, according to previous PadMapper reports.
The report does not include short-term and Airbnb listings.
To view the report, visit .