Canadian Residential Real Estate Industry Financial Statistics

Statistics Canada provides annual summary statistics for the residential real estate leasing industry (NAICS 531111) over a five-year period. The dataset includes key financial metrics like operating revenue and profit margin, aggregated by the North American Industry Classification System.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in operating profit margin for residential property lessors across a five-year time series.
• Compare operating expenses against operating revenue to assess industry cost structures.
• Model the relationship between salaries, wages, benefits and operating revenue for property management firms.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Covers five years of annual data for longitudinal analysis.
• Financial figures are standardized using the NAICS 531111 industry classification.

Limitations

• Dataset contains aggregated industry statistics, not individual firm-level records.
• Financial values are presented in millions of dollars, limiting granularity.
• Limited to lessors of residential buildings, excluding social housing and other real estate sectors.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Aggregated industry survey statistics by NAICS classification.

Time Range

Five years of annual data.

Freshness

Updated annually; last metadata update was March 2026.

Geography

Canada