More than 35,000 households left the GTA for other parts of Canada last year. Here is where they went

New data from EA highlight households that left the GTA last year and the growing role of housing affordability in those moves
More than 35,000 households left the Greater Toronto Area for other parts of Canada last year with Simcoe County, Hamilton and Calgary topping the list of destinations, new data obtained by CTV News Toronto shows.
The data compiled by Environics Analytics (EA), a marketing and analytical services company owned by Bell Canada, found that nearly 250,000 GTA households moved between the first quarters of 2024 and 2025, however the vast majority of those relocations were within the same census area – for example a Toronto resident moving to another neighbourhood within the city.
Learn more by watching the interview below with Rupen Seoni, EA's Chief Client Officer.