Canada — Regional Market index
fix(projects): atlas-canada — replace disconnected Sample markets table (none of its 5 entries are actually in TOP400) with the real filtered 23-entry TOP400 Canada table; re-point TOP600→TOP400
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ title: "Canada — Regional Market index" slug: atlas-canada category: markets type: topic index_type: thematic content_type: topic quality: stub quality: complete status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC keynote: false last_edited: 2026-07-11 last_edited: 2026-07-16 editor: woodfine-editorial short_description: "Ranked index of Canadian regional commercial real estate markets meeting co-location screening thresholds." paired_with: markets/atlas-canada.es.md @@ -62,21 +63,49 @@ Laurentides–Lanaudière outside the Montreal metro. **Atlantic provinces** — [[ca-nb-moncton|Moncton]], Fredericton, Charlottetown, and Sidney/Cape Breton as primary qualifying markets; others assessed individually. ## Sample markets The following markets represent the geographic range of Canadian qualifying markets. Individual market articles provide ranked scores, power centre inventories, and professional tenant demand analysis. | Market | Province | Population range | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [[ca-on-barrie-innisfil|Barrie–Innisfil]] | Ontario | 220,000–260,000 | Major Costco + Home Depot anchors; rapid growth | | [[ca-bc-kelowna|Kelowna]] | British Columbia | 230,000–260,000 | Okanagan income leader; established power centres | | Lethbridge | Alberta | 110,000–130,000 | Strong income; single primary power centre | | Moncton | New Brunswick | 170,000–200,000 | Atlantic commercial hub; francophone/anglophone dual market | | Regina | Saskatchewan | 250,000–280,000 | Prairie capital; provincial demand anchor | **Correction (2026-07-16):** none of Barrie–Innisfil, Kelowna, Lethbridge, Moncton, or Regina — all previously listed above as "primary qualifying markets" or in the removed Sample markets table below — actually appear among Canada's 23 verified entries in the [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] list. This doesn't mean these places aren't real Canadian markets with their own individual profile articles; it means they are not currently ranked in the TOP400 co-location screen specifically. The Provincial coverage prose above is left as a qualitative regional description rather than rewritten, but should not be read as implying these five named markets are TOP400 entries. ## Ranked markets This table is a filtered, Canada-specific view of the continental [[atlas-top-400-north-america|Top 400 Regional Markets — North America]] table — not a separate dataset — so every rank, score, and tier count matches the continental table exactly and updates automatically if that table is corrected. | Rank | Market | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic | Score | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 4 | [[ca-on-mississauga|Mississauga, ON]] | Toronto | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yes | 18.0 | | 9 | Brampton | Toronto | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Yes | 15.0 | | 11 | Surrey | Vancouver | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 13.5 | | 12 | Vaughan, Ontario | Toronto | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 13.5 | | 18 | Waterloo, ON | Kitchener | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 12.0 | | 36 | Markham | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 9.0 | | 63 | Laval | Montreal | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9.0 | | 64 | Abbotsford, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9.0 | | 99 | Newmarket, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 299 | Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 300 | Pointe-Claire | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 301 | Bellefeuille, Quebec | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 302 | Ajax, ON | Toronto | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 303 | Port Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 327 | Chatham-Kent, ON | Detroit | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 328 | Guelph, Ontario | Kitchener | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 365 | Richmond Hill, Ontario | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 366 | Oshawa, ON | Toronto | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 367 | Langley District Municipality | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.2 | | 397 | Boisbriand, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 398 | Nanaimo, BC | Vancouver | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 399 | Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | Montreal | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | | 400 | Okotoks | Calgary | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4.0 | ## See also - [[atlas-top-600-north-america]] — the North American master index - [[atlas-top-400-north-america]] — the full North American ranked list this page filters - [[about-regional-markets-system]] — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria