Canadian Rental Market News & Narratives

Renting

Award-Winning Flemingdon Park Office-Turned-Rental Makes A Case For Conversions

While office-to-residential conversions haven’t taken off the way it once seemed they would, e-lofts serves as a rare example that, when physical design and financial logistics align, commercial spaces can be given new life.

Renting

Millennium Ups Proposed Kitsilano Rental Tower To 26 Storeys, Adding Hotel

Millennium Development initially proposed a 20-storey rental tower for 2158-2170 W 1st Avenue in 2024, and is now proposing a 26-storey rental tower with a hotel.

Real Estate News

Toronto Rolls Out Free Pre-Approved Plans For Fourplexes, Sixplexes

LGA Architectural Partners won the City's RFP to design the plans, with accessibility, climate resilience, cost, and ease of construction among the stated priorities.

Development Projects

7,500-Unit Master Plan On Former Military Air Field Breaks Ground In Prince Edward County

The 750-acre development just south of Picton, Ontario is set to be one of the province's largest, and is poised to deliver affordable housing as a notable part of its unit mix.

Costly Construction, Decades Of Delays: Canada’s Project Leaders Get A New Playbook

The Canadian Infrastructure Leadership Academy was built to help leaders move from contract-first thinking to the relationship-driven work major projects now demand.

Renting

Canadian Renters Caught Between Higher Rates And Homes That Don't Fit

Findings from the Canadian Housing Survey show that renters who have recently moved are paying a premium over sitting tenants — to the tune of $450 more per month.

Renting

$92M Federal-Municipal Deal Bringing 183 Family Rentals To Burnaby

Of those units, 125 will have three bedrooms and 58 will have two — a split designed for families, rather than the studio- and one-bedroom-heavy stock that typically defines new rental supply.

Development Projects

The 18 Toronto Developments Supported By $2.7B Federal-City Partnership

Build Canada Homes is providing $310 million towards 9 projects on City-owned land, while CMHC is providing $1.8 billion in financing towards 9 other projects.

Renting

City Of Toronto Breaks Ground On Dundas And Ossington Mass-Timber Rentals

The mass timber project on a former City parking lot marks the first groundbreaking under Toronto's new public developer model.

Development Projects

Medallion Breaks Ground On Oshawa's $188M-Backed Foundry District

The project is backed by funding from CMHC's Apartment Construction Loan Program, the Region of Durham's Regional Revitalization Program and a grant agreement with the City of Oshawa.

Construction

Inside The New Tool Helping Torontonians Rethink The Single-Family Home

“A home isn’t just a thing you buy and you’re done with. You need it to constantly evolve as your life changes,” says ReHousing Co-Founder Michael Piper.

Real Estate News

Canada Is Building More Homes (But Fewer Of Them Are For People To Own)

A new report from Desjardins underscores that the nation-wide volley from condo to rental is not a risk-free trade-off.

Development Projects

Renting

Award-Winning Flemingdon Park Office-Turned-Rental Makes A Case For Conversions

While office-to-residential conversions haven’t taken off the way it once seemed they would, e-lofts serves as a rare example that, when physical design and financial logistics align, commercial spaces can be given new life.

Millennium Ups Proposed Kitsilano Rental Tower To 26 Storeys, Adding Hotel

Millennium Development initially proposed a 20-storey rental tower for 2158-2170 W 1st Avenue in 2024, and is now proposing a 26-storey rental tower with a hotel.

Toronto Rolls Out Free Pre-Approved Plans For Fourplexes, Sixplexes

LGA Architectural Partners won the City's RFP to design the plans, with accessibility, climate resilience, cost, and ease of construction among the stated priorities.

7,500-Unit Master Plan On Former Military Air Field Breaks Ground In Prince Edward County

The 750-acre development just south of Picton, Ontario is set to be one of the province's largest, and is poised to deliver affordable housing as a notable part of its unit mix.

Costly Construction, Decades Of Delays: Canada’s Project Leaders Get A New Playbook

The Canadian Infrastructure Leadership Academy was built to help leaders move from contract-first thinking to the relationship-driven work major projects now demand.

Canadian Renters Caught Between Higher Rates And Homes That Don't Fit

Findings from the Canadian Housing Survey show that renters who have recently moved are paying a premium over sitting tenants — to the tune of $450 more per month.

$92M Federal-Municipal Deal Bringing 183 Family Rentals To Burnaby

Of those units, 125 will have three bedrooms and 58 will have two — a split designed for families, rather than the studio- and one-bedroom-heavy stock that typically defines new rental supply.

The 18 Toronto Developments Supported By $2.7B Federal-City Partnership

Build Canada Homes is providing $310 million towards 9 projects on City-owned land, while CMHC is providing $1.8 billion in financing towards 9 other projects.

City Of Toronto Breaks Ground On Dundas And Ossington Mass-Timber Rentals

The mass timber project on a former City parking lot marks the first groundbreaking under Toronto's new public developer model.

Medallion Breaks Ground On Oshawa's $188M-Backed Foundry District

The project is backed by funding from CMHC's Apartment Construction Loan Program, the Region of Durham's Regional Revitalization Program and a grant agreement with the City of Oshawa.

Inside The New Tool Helping Torontonians Rethink The Single-Family Home

“A home isn’t just a thing you buy and you’re done with. You need it to constantly evolve as your life changes,” says ReHousing Co-Founder Michael Piper.

Canada Is Building More Homes (But Fewer Of Them Are For People To Own)

A new report from Desjardins underscores that the nation-wide volley from condo to rental is not a risk-free trade-off.

MOD Developments Files Plans For 40-Storey Rental At Randolph Theatre

ONE Development listed the property for sale in 2024 after drawing up preliminary plans for a 49-storey tower.

$2.7B Feds-City Deal To Bring 5,600 New Rental Homes To Toronto

Construction is slated to begin on more than 4,500 of those homes before the end of 2026.

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Renting

While office-to-residential conversions haven’t taken off the way it once seemed they would, e-lofts serves as a rare example that, when physical design and financial logistics align, commercial spaces can be given new life.

Millennium Development initially proposed a 20-storey rental tower for 2158-2170 W 1st Avenue in 2024, and is now proposing a 26-storey rental tower with a hotel.

LGA Architectural Partners won the City's RFP to design the plans, with accessibility, climate resilience, cost, and ease of construction among the stated priorities.

The 750-acre development just south of Picton, Ontario is set to be one of the province's largest, and is poised to deliver affordable housing as a notable part of its unit mix.

The Canadian Infrastructure Leadership Academy was built to help leaders move from contract-first thinking to the relationship-driven work major projects now demand.

Findings from the Canadian Housing Survey show that renters who have recently moved are paying a premium over sitting tenants — to the tune of $450 more per month.

​Of those units, 125 will have three bedrooms and 58 will have two — a split designed for families, rather than the studio- and one-bedroom-heavy stock that typically defines new rental supply.

Build Canada Homes is providing $310 million towards 9 projects on City-owned land, while CMHC is providing $1.8 billion in financing towards 9 other projects.​

The mass timber project on a former City parking lot marks the first groundbreaking under Toronto's new public developer model.​

​The project is backed by funding from CMHC's Apartment Construction Loan Program, the Region of Durham's Regional Revitalization Program and a grant agreement with the City of Oshawa.

​“A home isn’t just a thing you buy and you’re done with. You need it to constantly evolve as your life changes,” says ReHousing Co-Founder Michael Piper.

A new report from Desjardins underscores that the nation-wide volley from condo to rental is not a risk-free trade-off.

ONE Development listed the property for sale in 2024 after drawing up preliminary plans for a 49-storey tower.

​Construction is slated to begin on more than 4,500 of those homes before the end of 2026.

All rights reserved SiteMedia © 2026.

Of those units, 125 will have three bedrooms and 58 will have two — a split designed for families, rather than the studio- and one-bedroom-heavy stock that typically defines new rental supply.

Build Canada Homes is providing $310 million towards 9 projects on City-owned land, while CMHC is providing $1.8 billion in financing towards 9 other projects.

The mass timber project on a former City parking lot marks the first groundbreaking under Toronto's new public developer model.

The project is backed by funding from CMHC's Apartment Construction Loan Program, the Region of Durham's Regional Revitalization Program and a grant agreement with the City of Oshawa.

“A home isn’t just a thing you buy and you’re done with. You need it to constantly evolve as your life changes,” says ReHousing Co-Founder Michael Piper.

Construction is slated to begin on more than 4,500 of those homes before the end of 2026.