About Ontario

Ontario is Canada’s largest province and contains 622,284 of Canada’s rental apartment units. Ontario also contains some of Canada’s largest cities and is a social, political, economic, and cultural leader in the nation.

Population

Population growth varies within Ontario, ranging from a low of 0.8% in Thunder Bay to highs of 33.3% in Brampton and 71.4% in Milton. Toronto ranks in the middle with 9.2% population growth from 2001 to 2006. Ontario’s largest cities, in declining order of size, are Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Mississauga, London, and Kitchener. Mobility for the province is moderate as the Maritimes have much lower mobility and Alberta and British Columbia much higher. The Ontario apartment market can be considered mature and stable.