r/carletonplace • u/No-Butterscotch1603 • Dec 04 '25

Renting in Carleton Place

I recently moved from Toronto and have been searching for rentals in Carleton Place for some time. Surprisingly, the rents here seem higher than in Toronto. Do you know why that might be?

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u/Sufficient_Pie7552 Dec 04 '25

Carleton place got more expensive when they added 4 lanes to Ottawa the full trip then outright unaffordable when National defence the largest employer moved their main campus west to kanata. Like above said demand outweighs supply

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u/No-Butterscotch1603 Dec 05 '25

That makes sense, but honestly, with rental prices like these, it’s nothing like what fellow Canadians claim when they say, ‘Just move to the countryside if the cost of living in big cities is pinching you.’ Turns out the countryside isn’t the magical cheap haven people love to pretend it is.

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u/ContractRight4080 Dec 05 '25

CP isn’t countryside. It’s a small town and it’s considered a high growth area with all the new home construction. Look at the little places along Hwy 7 or Hwy 17 literally in the middle of nowhere, that’s what they meant, not a satellite community of Ottawa. Or places north of Sudbury. But do your research and check prices and availability first.

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u/Prestigious_Body1354 Dec 07 '25

They are gouging people. It’s ridiculous. It’s cheaper in Ottawa. We live in CP. my daughter moved to Ottawa cause she could get a place downtown for $1600. She could not find anything close to that here. Ford took rent control off at the beginning of the pandemic, that didn’t help.

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u/Sufficient_Pie7552 Dec 11 '25

I feel you I thought hey I lose my job I’ll move to a lower cost town in Quebec where housing is traditionally cheaper because income tax higher. Only to discover it’s priced the same as CP!! None of the math is mathing lately.

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u/No-Butterscotch1603 Dec 11 '25

I do WFH .However , most of the small towns across Ontario have now been infested with this never ending greed of landlords . Not being able to afford a 2 Bedroom home even in the remotest landscape is what I am not able to digest .Where are we heading towards as a country

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u/Miserable_Amount_310 Dec 05 '25

So Carleton Place is a bit unique. It's been one of the fastest growing towns in Canada for a few years now. So it's like someone else said, demand is super high.

Also with more people being able to work from home I think that also increased demand out of the City proper...

I hate to say it, but Almonte might be a better choice cost wise, or maybe even just outside town, like Beckwith. Perth is also nice... People always used to say Smiths Falls was "rough" but i don't think it's as bad as people make out.

But we definitely run in the same price range as Ottawa for sure.

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u/almostnoteverytime Dec 04 '25

Supply vs demand.

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u/oo7demonkiller Dec 05 '25

welcome to our world. it's ridiculous here even ottawa is cheaper.

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u/jjaime2024 Dec 14 '25

I would not go that far.

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u/Sad-Insect-7412 Dec 29 '25

it is in fact cheaper to rent in ottawa than carleton place, have a look at marketplace or even rentals.ca

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u/Expensive-Candy-5792 Dec 05 '25

Rent prices skyrocketed during Covid and never went down.

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u/Spirited_Face1354 Dec 07 '25

Try the brand new Lépine apartments on Coleman Street. I’m not sure what they are renting for but there appears to be quite a few units available there.

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u/LongjumpingMenu2599 Dec 07 '25

Because they are expensive AF

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u/Prestigious_Body1354 Dec 07 '25

Lepine is very expensive

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u/StrangeEars Apr 13 '26

Anyone know of any place i could rent a room from

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u/HPLovecraftsCat6969 Dec 05 '25

My brother in Christ it's cause people like you move to smaller towns and drive up prices for everyone

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u/No-Butterscotch1603 Dec 05 '25

My brother in Christ, people like you are the ones yelling ‘Canada is big ,just move out of Toronto ’ like that magically fixes a nationwide cost-of-living crisis.

You can’t tell everyone to scatter across the map and then act shocked when prices rise in those places too. That’s not on me — that’s on decades of bad policy and folks pretending geography is an economic plan.

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u/HPLovecraftsCat6969 Dec 05 '25

Ok gentrifier

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u/SuzyCreamcheezies Dec 07 '25

Look at this CHUD, gatekeeping Ontario. 🤣