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Ontario takes 7 of Canada's top 8 places to buy a home right now

Kimia Afshar Mehrabi

created: Oct. 1, 2025, 3:41 p.m. | updated: Oct. 2, 2025, 4:57 p.m.

If you're actively pursuing your goal of home ownership in Ontario, you might already be in one of the most ideal markets in Canada to turn those dreams into reality. According to a Zoocasa report released on Wednesday, major cities across Canada, including many in Ontario, are becoming more buyer-friendly, whereas smaller, more affordable regions are swinging in favour of sellers. As a result, Ontario now takes seven out of the eight best places in Canada for buyers right now, specifically in Windsor-Essex, Niagara Region, GTA, Barrie, Simcoe County, Mississauga, and Brampton. Windsor-Essex also witnessed its ratio slip from 45 per cent to 39 per cent. Despite this, some regions in Ontario were classified as "balanced markets," where neither buyers nor sellers have a decisive advantage, including Hamilton-Burlington, Waterloo, London & St. Thomas, and Ottawa.

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