November 2025 Calgary & Edmonton Rent Report

At a glance

• One-bedroom rents in Calgary are undergoing a downward shift
  • Calgary’s furnished one-bedroom rents dropped -10.3% year-over-year, while unfurnished units declined -10.5%. This downturn reshaped the rental landscape with Northwest Calgary edging out City Centre to become the city’s most expensive region for one-bedroom rentals.
    
• Calgary Northwest stands alone amid citywide declines
  • Calgary Northwest stood out as the only quadrant to record month-over-month growth, with unfurnished one-bedroom rents climbing +1.1%, and unfurnished two-bedrooms rising +0.9%. In contrast, Calgary Northeast experienced broad declines across all unit types, led by a sharp -14.7% drop in furnished two-bedroom rents.
    
• Family-sized units see rising rents in Southeast Calgary and Edmonton
  • Even as overall rents softened year-over-year, Calgary Southeast (+11.8%) and Edmonton Southeast (+11.7%) saw notable increases in three-bedroom furnished units, pointing to resilient demand for larger homes.
    

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On October 29th, the Bank of Canada announced that the interest rate would lower to 2.25%, suggesting it was unlikely to drop again before the end of the year.

Let’s take a look now at the current rental costs and overarching trends in Calgary and Edmonton for November 2025. Don’t forget, you can download the entire report as a one-page infographic PDF below.

Average rent across Calgary

This November, Calgary’s city-wide average monthly rent price for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit decreased slightly by $20, bringing the rate for an unfurnished, one-bedroom unit to $1,488/month.

Month-to-month rent change

This chart breaks down the percentage change in rent prices across all of Calgary’s quadrants between October and November 2025.

Northeast Calgary saw the largest month-to-month decrease (-3.89%) for unfurnished one-bedroom units, followed by Southeast (-2.62%). The only minor increase this month seen in unfurnished one-bedrooms is Northwest Calgary (+1.10%). More decreases were seen across Calgary, including furnished one-bedroom units in Northeast Calgary (-5.86%), Northwest Calgary (-5.56%), Southwest Calgary (-5.14%), and City Centre (-5.02%).

Average unfurnished vs furnished rates

Unfurnished vs furnished rates in Calgary

Average rates for furnished one-bedroom units in Calgary decreased this month, as did unfurnished units. Looking at the city as a whole, the average monthly rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit has decreased (-1.33%), renting for an average of $1,488/month this month. Prices for furnished one-bedroom units decreased this month (-4.20%), to a new average cost of $1,605/month.

At present, furnished units cost an average of $117 more per month to rent than unfurnished units. This means that landlords are likely to earn a higher profit by renting their units furnished.

Average rent across Edmonton

This month, Edmonton’s rental rates for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit decreased by $27 from last month, bringing Edmonton’s average monthly rent to $1,290/month. There is a slight difference from last year, when rent prices were $85 more than this November’s average rent.

Month-to-month rent change

This chart breaks down the percentage change in rent prices across all of Edmonton’s different sectors between October and November.

This November, the largest increase for furnished one-bedroom units occurred in Southeast (+6.63%) and Northeast Edmonton (+5.32%), while West Edmonton (-9.22%) saw the largest decrease. Prices for unfurnished one-bedroom units in Southeast Edmonton (-5.46%), Southwest Edmonton (-3.28%) decreased, as did Downtown Edmonton units (-1.33%), while Northwest Edmonton saw a very minor increase (+0.34%).

Unfurnished vs furnished rates in Edmonton

In Edmonton, average monthly rent prices for furnished one-bedroom units decreased (-2.24%) to $1,492/month, while prices for unfurnished one-bedroom units decreased (-2.07%) to $1,290/month. As of November 2025, furnished units in Edmonton rent for an average of $202 more than unfurnished units. This indicates that landlords who can rent their units furnished would benefit from doing so, particularly if they plan to rent their units on a short-term basis.

Looking for our full November 2025 Calgary & Edmonton Rent Report? Download your copy here to get all the latest insights, including a detailed breakdown by neighbourhood.

Quadrant/Sector breakdown 

To better understand each of these cities’ average rental prices, let’s break down both Calgary and Edmonton into their constituent quadrants/sectors. We’ll examine prices and trends for one-, two-, and three-bedroom units in each city for a more in-depth analysis.

Quadrant breakdown: Calgary

• Prices decreased for all furnished and unfurnished one-bedroom units in all quadrants except Northwest and Southeast Calgary.
• All unfurnished one-, two-, and three-bedroom units decreased in rental cost in South Calgary.
• Prices decreased for all types of rental units in Northeast Calgary.

Sector breakdown: Edmonton

• Rents decreased for all unfurnished two-bedrooms across Edmonton.
• Unfurnished one-bedroom units decreased in price in all sectors except Northwest.
• Nearly all furnished and unfurnished units decreased in price in Downtown Edmonton.

Downloadable resources

Rental resources for Alberta renters

You can read these comprehensive guides for more information on renting in Alberta and using liv.rent to streamline your rental process.

• FAQ: Landlord & tenant responsibilities in Alberta
• FAQ: Everything you need to know about rent deposits in Alberta
• The Complete User Guide To liv.rent For Landlords & Property Managers
• The Ultimate Renter’s Guide To Using liv.rent

Data collection methodology

Our monthly rent reports use data from our own liv.rent listings, as well as data our team manually collects from other popular listing sites – looking at available basement suites, apartments, condos, townhouses, semi-detached houses, and single-detached houses for each area.

When collecting this data, we do exclude luxury properties listed at over $5,000, as well as rooms for rent and shared accommodation. Investing in manual data collection means that we only consider the current month’s listing, since we can filter out duplicate listings and older ads that haven’t been removed.

Another key difference between our data collection methods and some government agencies like the CMHC is that we only include current asking rent prices. Many official reports will include data for entire buildings in their reports, which tends to skew numbers lower since many units are already occupied, and may be rent-controlled or rented for significantly lower than the current rates.

As we are a Canadian rental platform founded and based in Vancouver, we want to ensure that we’re providing a completely accurate depiction of the rental market in the cities we look at.

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