Average rent during each mayor's tenure
28 mayors, ranked by how average rent changed from their first day in office, next to the province over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs province | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Frank Scarpitti | Markham | 1 Dec 2006 – now | +91.7% 2006 → 2025 | — | +3.5%/yr | |
| 2 | N Don Atchison | Saskatoon | 1 Nov 2003 – 1 Nov 2016 | +90.8% 2003 → 2016 | — | +5.1%/yr | |
| 3 | N Berry Vrbanovic | Kitchener | 1 Dec 2014 – now | +86.4% 2014 → 2025 | — | +5.8%/yr | |
| 4 | N Mike Savage | Halifax | 6 Nov 2012 – 5 Nov 2024 | +79.2% 2012 → 2024 | — | +5.0%/yr | |
| 5 | N Pat Fiacco | Regina | 1 Nov 2000 – 1 Nov 2012 | +77.9% 2000 → 2012 | — | +4.9%/yr | |
| 6 | PM Valérie Plante | Montréal | 16 Nov 2017 – 13 Nov 2025 | +72.1% 2017 → 2025 | +16.5 pts province +55.6% | +7.0%/yr | |
| 7 | N Gordon Van Tighem | Yellowknife | 1 Nov 2000 – 1 Nov 2012 | +60.7% 2000 → 2012 | — | +4.0%/yr | |
| 8 | N Clifford Lee | Charlottetown | 1 Nov 2003 – 1 Nov 2018 | +58.5% 2003 → 2018 | — | +3.1%/yr | |
| 9 | N Maurizio Bevilacqua | Vaughan | 1 Dec 2010 – 15 Nov 2022 | +58.4% 2010 → 2022 | — | +3.9%/yr | |
| 10 | N Sam Katz | Winnipeg | 22 Jun 2004 – 4 Nov 2014 | +57.6% 2003 → 2014 | — | +4.2%/yr |
Showing 10 of 101 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the province is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. C$ per month, two-bedroom unit · CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada (table 34-10-0133), two-bedroom units in purpose-built rows and apartments, October · metropolitan area data · as of Sep 2026.