1 in 6 Canadian Renters Plan to Buy in 2026
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1 in 6 Canadian Renters Plan to Buy in 2026
About 1 in 6 Canadian renters plan to purchase a home within the next 12 months. That's a real number, not a projection, not a forecast. It's pent-up demand quietly building beneath a market that, on the surface, looks calm.
But here's what the national headline misses.
According to the Bank of Canada's Q1 2026 Survey on Renter Buying Intentions, that demand is wildly uneven across Canada's provincial housing markets. And the gap between the most and least motivated provinces is wider than most buyers and sellers expect.
Manitoba sits at approximately 21% of renters planning to buy. BC sits at just 6.5%. Same country. Same survey. Completely different housing market realities.
Where First-Time…
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