18 Regions In Canada Where You Can Buy A House For Less Than The National Average

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18 Regions In Canada Where You Can Buy A House For Less Than The National Average
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House hunters, rejoice! Canada's most affordable regions to buy a home were just revealed and we have all the details.

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$621,525 the national average home price

Luckily, the country has many beautiful regions that actually have homes priced below the national average, according to Zoocasa.

Per Zoocasa's report, the national average price for a home in Canada currently sits at $621,525.

Of the regions looked at in the report, 18 of them were found to have homes below the national average price.

Saint John, New Brunswick came out on top as Canada's most affordable housing market this year with the average house costing $199,853, which is way below the national average.

Following close behind is Saguenay, Quebec, with the average home costing $206,242.

Here are 18 markets in Canada that have homes below the national average: 

  • London and St. Thomas 
  • Sudbury
  • Windsor-Essex 
  • Halifax-Dartmouth 
  • Ottawa 
  • Trois Rivières, CMA
  • Gatineau CMA
  • Montreal
  • Sherbrooke CMA
  • Thunder Bay
  • Calgary 
  • Quebec CMA
  • Winnipeg 
  • Saguenay CMA 
  • Saint John 
  • Saskatoon
  • Edmonton 
  • Regina
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  • Osobe Waberi
    Osobe Waberi was a Toronto-based Ethiopian-Somali Francophone writer at Narcity Canada. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a specialist degree in journalism and a news media diploma from Centennial College. Before Osobe’s gig as a national trending writer at Narcity, she worked at Toronto Star, The Canadian Press, VICE, and CBC.

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