New Data Has Just Revealed That These 16 Canadian Cities Are 'Unaffordable'

There are also 10 cities that have been deemed the most affordable.
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New data has revealed that there are 16 unaffordable Canadian cities, all of which are located in Ontario and B.C. 

According to the data by Point2Homes, the number of unaffordable cities in Canada has jumped significantly over the past decade. 

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From 6 to 16 Unaffordable cities from 2010 to 2020

Now, there are 16 unaffordable cities in Canada and sitting at the top of that list is Burnaby, B.C., where residents are currently spending 44.7% of their income on their mortgages. 

The list goes as follows:

  • Burnaby, BC
  • Richmond, BC
  • Oakville, ON
  • Vancouver, BC
  • Kelowna, BC
  • Langley, BC
  • Coquitlam, BC
  • Saanich, BC
  • Richmond Hill, ON
  • Ajax, ON
  • Mississauga, ON
  • Markham, ON
  • Vaughan, ON
  • Brampton, ON
  • Whitby, ON
  • Surrey, BC

According to the data, people in Oakville would need to make 52% more income to afford homeownership in the difficult market. 

Meanwhile, people in Toronto would only need to make 11% more. 

As for the most affordable markets in 2020, these 10 cities took the cake:

  • Halifax, NS
  • Windsor, ON
  • London, ON
  • Quebec, QC
  • Oshawa, ON
  • Saguenay, QC
  • Sherbrooke, QC
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Regina, SK
  • Trois-Rivières, QC
  • Britanny Burr was a Staff Writer at Narcity Canada, who drove growth within Narcity's Western coverage and readership. Having lived between her hometown, Canmore, Alberta and Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, and NYC over the past 10 years, she is obsessed with finding the best local hot spots. She holds a B.A. in English and has over six years of professional writing experience as Head Writer and Editor for YUL.Buzz in Montreal, and Creative Copywriter at JAKT in NYC. News by day, poetry by night — the written word is Britanny's nearest and dearest.

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