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Halifax ranked 11th overall with a median rent of $910 for one bedrooms, while two-bedroom units were renting for $1,100. Winnipeg was 15th overall, with median rent of $880 for one-bedrooms and $1,100 for two-bedrooms.

PadMapper analyzes rental data from thousands of active listings across the country, which are aggregated monthly to calculate median asking rents for the 25 most-populous cities in Canada.

Top 5 Most Expensive Rental Markets

• Vancouver continued to be the most expensive city for renters in Canada, with a median one-bedroom rent of $1,740 and a median two-bedroom rent of $2,750. Unlike the steady decline in rents in May, the study shows that trends this month were mixed, as one-bedroom rental prices increased 2.4 per cent, but two-bedroom prices decreased 1.1 per cent.

• Toronto stayed in second place despite steady growth in one and two-bedroom rent prices of 2.3 per cent and 4.2 per cent, respectively. The median price of a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto was $1,720, which does not even cover the cost of an one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver, highlighting the significant gap between Vancouver and Toronto rental prices.

• Calgary overtook Victoria for third place, recovering from the slight dip in rent prices in May. One-bedroom rents grew 3.7 per cent to $1,110, while two-bedroom rents grew 3.1 per cent to $1,340.

• Victoria dropped to fourth place in June, thanks to the 2.3 per cent and 2.1 per cent decline in median one-bedroom and two-bedroom rental prices, respectively. The B.C. capital still commanded $1,075 for a one- bedroom apartment and $1,370 for a two-bedroom unit.

• Ottawa saw a 1.5 per cent decline in two-bedroom rental prices to $1,280, while the median one-bedroom rent bounced back, growing 3.0 per cent to $1,040.

bjohnstone@postmedia.com