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The top cities in Canada that renters are most interested in have just been revealed, and they may surprise you. RentCafe, a rental search website, released its Canada Renter Interest Report for the first quarter of 2026, highlighting the country’s top 10 trending cities for renter interest.

Here are the top three most popular Canadian cities for renters

Got a cool $9 million burning a hole in your pocket? Congratulations, you can afford the most expensive home for sale in Edmonton right now, with more than enough left over to furnish the place.

10 most expensive homes for sale in Edmonton right now

A new report has dubbed Canada one of the least affordable housing markets globally. The 2026 edition of the Demographia International Housing Affordability report was published last week. It comes from the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy and the New California Coalition, and was co-published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an independent Canadian public policy think tank based in Western Canada.

Canada among the most unaffordable housing markets in the world

Extreme weather has driven home insurance costs up in Alberta over the past five years, and costs have nearly quadrupled since 2005.

Alberta home insurance premiums have jumped nearly 400% since 2005

Renter interest in Edmonton is on the decline, with a new report showing the city dropping out of the top 10 nationally for the first time in a while.

Edmonton slips in new national ranking as renter interest wanes

If you’ve spent some time in downtown Edmonton, there may be one building that has caught your eye thanks to its unique architecture.

This was the first 'fireproof bank' built in Edmonton and it's still standing

A new fractionation facility is in the works just outside of Edmonton, eyeing a startup sometime in 2029. CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. is planning to build a fractionation facility in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland in Fort Saskatchewan, targeting a startup in 2029, with a final investment decision expected by early 2027.

Massive new industrial facility in the works outside of Edmonton

Heavy rain will continue today. Total amounts of 75 to 150 mm are expected before the rain tapers off tonight.

Isolated thunderstorms may locally enhance rainfall amounts.

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