New lease for 2-bedroom apartment in Montreal now costs over $2,000

Asking prices for apartments and condos almost double rents for existing leases

Average rental data from 2022, as reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation via Statistics Canada; figures are inflation-adjusted to 2023 dollars. Average asking rents from Rentals.ca as of August 2023.
Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation & Rentals.ca (Aloysius Wong/CBC)