These are the least and most expensive areas to rent in Calgary right now
A new rent report for Calgary has revealed the most and least expensive spots to snag an unfurnished and furnished pad in the city.
The April 2025 Calgary Rent Report looks at data from liv.rent and other popular listing sites for all its statistics.
Luckily, when it comes to renting in YYC, we are wildly cheaper than in Vancouver or Toronto. Beyond that, you can see what areas in the city are the most affordable, too.
Live.rent broke their data down between furnished and unfurnished units, with furnished, three-bedroom units in northeast Ā and northwest Calgary being cheaper on average than two-bedroom, furnished units in City Centre.
City Centre was the most expensive place to rent one and two-bedroom furnished units.
The least expensive, unfurnished one-, two-, and three-bedroom units can all be found in northeast Calgary.
Northwest Calgary had the most expensive one-bedroom, unfurnished units this month at a monthly average of $1,604.
City Centre has the most expensive three-bedroom, unfurnished units this April.
Northeast Calgary experienced the largest month-to-month increase for one-bedroom, unfurnished units, while southeast Calgary saw the most significant decrease, at over four percent. On the other hand, furnished one-bedroom units in southwest Calgary saw a slight increase, with southeast Calgary seeing the largest decrease.
The average monthly rent for a furnished one-bedroom unit in Calgary sat at an average of $1,622 this month. Prices for unfurnished, one-bedroom units landed at an average cost of $1,545 per month.
If you are curious about our friends to the north, the average rent for a one-bedroom furnished place in Edmonton is $1,489 and $1,300 for an unfurnished one-bedroom.
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