Industry News
Canadian Property Management
BOMA BEST umbrella to encompass BOMA 360
Two building performance assessment programs will unite under the BOMA BEST umbrella in 2027 when the BOMA 360 designation is integrated into the more rigorous certification framework.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Economic uncertainty weighs on rent growth
Canada's annual rent growth rate of 1.7 per cent is the slowest since Yardi began tracking the market in 2020.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario promises to rein in sub-metering fees
The Ontario government is promising new consumer protections for electricity customers who have accounts with unit sub-meter providers in multifamily buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto re-elects Olivia Chow as mayor
The win marks a significant endorsement of Olivia Chow's agenda, with voters backing a campaign focused on addressing the city's housing challenges.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Construction kicks off on The Benjamin in Toronto
A new purpose-built rental community in Toronto’s Entertainment District has kicked off construction, incorporating an existing heritage building that was designed by architect Benjamin Brown.
REMI Network
Ontario to codify lithium-ion battery hazards
Proposed changes to Ontario’s Fire Code would introduce new rules for the safe handling of lithium-ion batteries and micromobility devices that contain them.
Canadian Property Management
New regs to simplify unitholder notification
Canadian REITs will have a simplified process for conveying information to their unitholders once pending new regulations under the Canada Business Corporations Act are enacted.
REMI Network
GTHA new condo sales double from a year ago
New condo sales in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area doubled from a year ago to 760 units in Q3-2026.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba announces changes to limit rent hikes
The Manitoba government is changing regulations to cut above‑guideline rent increases by 40 per cent and strengthen protections for renters.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Construction begins on Medallion’s Foundry District
Medallion Corp. has broken ground on The Foundry District, a new mixed‑use rental community located on a former industrial site in Oshawa.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canada’s housing starts show limited momentum
Canada’s housing market remained subdued heading into the final quarter of 2026, with CMHC reporting a decline in multi-unit housing starts.
Construction Business
B.C. housing partners call for action on high costs
Four B.C. housing organizations are calling on all parties in the provincial election to commit to bringing down the cost of building homes.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Morguard celebrates major construction milestone
On October 7, Morguard topped off its new three-building purpose-built rental community, Boulevard on the Green, in the East Mineola neighbourhood.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Deep Retrofit Accelerator gets funding renewal
The Canadian government has pledged $100 million to extend the Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative for an additional three years, taking it to 2029-30.
Canadian Property Management
Scholarship pairs career ambition with education
Victoria Landreville, a property manager with PMco in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is the 2026 recipient of BOMI Education Canada’s Vyetta Sunderland Scholarship.
REMI Network
New financial filing requirement for Ontario brokerages
Approximately 3,300 Ontario brokerages must now submit financial filings no later than October 30, 2026.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rental project kicks off in Moncton’s Magnetic Hill
SAMM Developments has officially broken ground on LivMore Magnetic Hill, a new purpose‑built rental community in Moncton, New Brunswick.




















