Apartment Vacancy and Rental Cost Survey

Represents the findings of an annual survey of multi-family dwellings in Alberta's rural communities, conducted by the Government of Alberta between the months of May and August each year. The survey identifies building type, unit type, number of units, rental rates and the number of vacancies in Alberta communities with populations between 1,000 and 9,999 that have at least 30 or more rental units. The survey report is recognized as the only official and unbiased rental housing cost and vacancy information for rural Alberta. It provides the provincial government, housing industry, municipalities, and various other entities with essential housing information on private market vacancy and rental rates in multi-family dwellings in rural Alberta.

The files below include reports with the results of each year's survey, as well as an excel dataset with data tables for surveys from 2022-2024. Further details on methodology can be found in any of the annual reports, and a data dictionary is included in the excel dataset.

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Last Updated October 20, 2025, 00:36 (UTC)
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Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Housing and Utilities
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Apartment Vacancy and Rental Cost Survey
Description
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Represents the findings of an annual survey of multi-family dwellings in Alberta's rural communities, conducted by the Government of Alberta between the months of May and August each year. The survey identifies building type, unit type, number of units, rental rates and the number of vacancies in Alberta communities with populations between 1,000 and 9,999 that have at least 30 or more rental units. The survey report is recognized as the only official and unbiased rental housing cost and vacancy information for rural Alberta. It provides the provincial government, housing industry, municipalities, and various other entities with essential housing information on private market vacancy and rental rates in multi-family dwellings in rural Alberta.

The files below include reports with the results of each year's survey, as well as an excel dataset with data tables for surveys from 2022-2024. Further details on methodology can be found in any of the annual reports, and a data dictionary is included in the excel dataset.
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Published Date
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Time Period Data Span (start date)
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2014-01-01
Time Period Data Span (end date)
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2024-12-31
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Alberta
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unrestricted
License
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Open Government Licence - Alberta
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Location
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https://open.alberta.ca/publications/2369-8780
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Owner
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Seniors and Housing Seniors (2001-2004, 2011-2013, 2014-2016) Seniors, Community and Social Services
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Seniors, Community and Social Services
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[email protected]
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Identifier
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English
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Contains Indigenous Data
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None
Source
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None
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Indigenous Community Permission
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Community Permission
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