More than 35,000 households left the GTA for other parts of Canada last year. Here is where they went
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, 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.
Of the 68,173 households that moved to another region, about 51.5 per cent (35,140) left the GTA altogether. Meanwhile, 48.5 per cent (33,033) relocated to other regions within the GTA.
The top destination for former GTA residents was Simcoe County, accounting for 10.4 per cent of movers (3,651 households), followed by Hamilton, Ont. (3.2 per cent), Calgary, AB (3.1 per cent), Waterloo, Ont. (2.9 per cent), Greater Vancouver (2 per cent) and Niagara Region (1.9 per cent).
