OTTAWA — A quick look at October vacancy rates across Canada (numbers from October 2017 in brackets):
British Columbia: 1.4 per cent (1.3 per cent)
– Vancouver: one per cent
– Abbotsford-Mission region: one per cent
– Victoria: 1.2 per cent
Ontario: 1.8 per cent (1.6 per cent)
– Kingston: 0.6 per cent
– Toronto: 1.1 per cent
Manitoba: 2.9 per cent (2.7 per cent)
Quebec: 2.3 per cent (3.4 per cent)
Alberta: 5.5 per cent (7.5 per cent)
Prince Edward Island: 0.3 per cent (1.2 per cent)
Nova Scotia: two per cent (2.6 per cent)
New Brunswick: 3.2 per cent (4.1 per cent)
Newfoundland and Labrador: six per cent (6.6 per cent)
The Canadian Press