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Rent estimates for New Westminster


Estimated rent for a 1 bedroom in New Westminster, Metro Vancouver: $1,700 to $2,250 a month, combining public market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment with grouped local renter reports.

Most recent local report: October 2026. Renter reports are used only once a type of home has at least 5 recent ones.

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Rent estimates

Estimated rent by type of home in New Westminster

Type of homeEstimated monthly rentWhat supports this estimate
Studio$1,550 to $2,150More data neededPublic market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment. No local reports used.
1 bedroom$1,700 to $2,250Limited local dataIncludes grouped reports for this area and type of home, with public market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment.Middle half of the reported rents behind this estimate: $1,600 to $2,000. An observed spread, shown separately from the range. It reaches below the estimated range: some of the recent reports here are lower than the estimate.
2 bedrooms$2,200 to $3,050More data neededPublic market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment. No local reports used.
3 bedrooms$2,600 to $3,600More data neededPublic market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment. No local reports used.
4 or more bedrooms$2,600 to $3,600More data neededPublic market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment. No local reports used.The 4 or more bedrooms baseline is the same figure as 3 bedrooms: CMHC reports homes with 3 or more bedrooms as one group.

These are estimates: not the asking price of any home, not a legal maximum, not what a household can afford, and not an average of every home here.

Whole-home monthly rent, parking and utilities not included. Ranges are preset bands, not measured spreads.

Figures are monthly rent in Canadian dollars for a whole unit, as the public sources describe homes. Parking and utilities are not added here. The rent check adds a standard adjustment when you say they are included.

The rent check offers 3 bedrooms and 4 or more bedrooms, and the table keeps those two rows separate. A home with exactly three bedrooms may have been reported under the older 3 or more bedrooms category. Reports in that category are not used in any estimate on this page.

Where a row uses no local reports, the recent ones for that type of home are too few (fewer than 5), or too alike, to be used. The table says which rows use them.

The width of each range is a preset band chosen by how many recent local reports exist, not a measured spread. Where the reported rents behind a row are more spread out than the band, that row says so.

Sources: CMHC Rental Market Survey (October 2025) and Statistics Canada Quarterly rent statistics (first quarter of 2026). Reference periods: October 2025 (CMHC survey) and first quarter of 2026 (Statistics Canada asking rents). Market data last reviewed: October 2026, figures updated. Renter reports are included where there is enough local data. Neighbourhood adjustments are set by hand by FairRent, with no recorded source.

This comparison groups homes by area and bedrooms, and it does not yet separate apartment buildings, condos, houses and basement units, or recently signed leases from longer tenancies.

Market data last reviewed: October 2026.

Local context

About New Westminster

New Westminster is a separate city on the north bank of the Fraser River, in the centre of Metro Vancouver. It borders Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey, Delta and Richmond. Rental homes there include apartments in high-rise buildings and in older low-rise buildings. Five SkyTrain stations on the Expo Line serve the city.

What this page covers

This page covers rent submissions where the renter chose New Westminster on the rent check. That is a label renters choose, not an official boundary. It is a separate municipality in Metro Vancouver, not a neighbourhood of Vancouver. It is listed with the Vancouver pages because the rent check groups the region together.

Municipality. A separate municipality, not a neighbourhood of the named city.

New Westminster is its own municipality. Every estimate here starts from the Vancouver baseline with an adjustment for New Westminster; we do not yet use a separate CMHC or Statistics Canada figure for New Westminster.

FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment: -10% compared with the Vancouver baseline.

Neighbourhood adjustments are set by hand by FairRent, with no recorded source. It is an input to the estimate, not a measured difference.

This is an input to the estimate, set by hand by FairRent with no recorded source. It is not a measured difference across every rental home in the area.

Sources for the local facts

Local facts last reviewed against these sources: October 2026. Naming a source does not mean it endorses FairRent.

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Nearby areas on the same basis

Estimated 1 bedroom rent for nearby areas with a FairRent page, built the same way. Open an area for its other types of home.

AreaEstimated 1 bedroom rentEvidence
New Westminster$1,700 to $2,250Includes local reports
Burnaby$1,650 to $2,300Includes local reports
Richmond$1,900 to $2,300Includes local reports
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What to check before renting here
  • Compare homes with a similar size and number of bedrooms.
  • Ask for the full monthly cost, including any charges for utilities, parking, laundry or storage.
  • Check the condition of the home and any accessibility features you need.
  • Check the journey to work, school and other places you use, at the times you expect to travel.
  • Read the lease and check the rent rules that apply to the home.

A neighbourhood estimate cannot tell you whether a particular home meets your needs.

How this estimate was built

Data behind this page

Sources and how this figure is made

The figures above are built from these sources and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment, which is set by hand and is not one of them. The city baseline is the starting figure. It is built from the CMHC and Statistics Canada figures. Renter reports move the estimate away from it only where a type of home has enough of them.

  • CMHC Rental Market Survey. The CMHC Rental Market Survey figure describes the previous October for the city as a whole, for privately initiated rental structures with three or more rental units, in urban centres of 10,000 people or more.
  • Statistics Canada Quarterly rent statistics. Advertised asking rents, not signed rents, for a metropolitan area, not a neighbourhood. Statistics Canada labels these estimates experimental, and they may be revised. They are built mainly from listing data supplied by Rentals.ca.
  • Rent submissions from renters. Rents reported by renters in New Westminster. Self-reported, and used only where a type of home has at least 5 recent ones.
  • City baseline: CMHC Rental Market Survey (October 2025) and Statistics Canada Quarterly rent statistics (first quarter of 2026). These sources describe homes as surveyed and advertised, not the rent of any one home. Market data last reviewed October 2026.
  • Neighbourhood adjustment: -10% compared with the Vancouver baseline, set by hand by FairRent with no recorded source. It is an input, not a measured difference.
  • Renter reports: whole-unit monthly rents reported, corrected or confirmed on the rent check in the last 2 years, for this area and type of home. Self-reported and not verified against a lease. Used only once a type of home has at least 5 recent reports.
  • How much of the estimate they make up: 20% at 5 to 9 reports, 40% at 10 to 19 reports, 60% at 20 to 49 reports and 80% at 50+ reports. Public data always contributes. A reported rent far from the city baseline, with any neighbourhood adjustment applied, is kept and counted in this area's total. It is left out of the report counts in the table and out of the median.

Results are grouped by neighbourhood and type of home. Individual submissions are never shown publicly.

Read the full methodology

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New Westminster has 5 to 9 recent rent submissions, and 1 of 5 types of home have enough of them to move the estimate. We explain any use in paid reports before you submit.

For the rest, the estimate comes from public market data and FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment. The column above says which is which.

Your submission can contribute to grouped rent statistics for this area.

We never ask for your name, email or exact address, and never show an individual submission publicly. Read the privacy policy.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions about renting in New Westminster

What is the estimated rent in New Westminster?

The estimated rent range for a 1 bedroom in New Westminster, Metro Vancouver is $1,700 to $2,250 per month. It combines the city baseline, built from CMHC and Statistics Canada figures, with 5 to 9 recent renter reports for this exact type of home and area. FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment for New Westminster is -10% compared with the Vancouver baseline. That is an input to the estimate, not a measured difference across every rental home here. The rent estimates table above shows every type of home and the evidence behind each one.

Is New Westminster more expensive than the Vancouver baseline?

FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment: -10% compared with the Vancouver baseline. Use this as a benchmark, not a final appraisal. Building age, condition, floor, and what is included (heat, parking, laundry) affect individual rents.

How does FairRent calculate its estimated rent ranges?

Each city baseline is half the rent CMHC's Rental Market Survey found for homes that changed tenants and half Statistics Canada's average asking rent. The CMHC Rental Market Survey figure describes the previous October for the city as a whole, for privately initiated rental structures with three or more rental units, in urban centres of 10,000 people or more. FairRent's neighbourhood adjustment is then applied: neighbourhood adjustments are set by hand by FairRent, with no recorded source. Rent submissions from renters are blended in where a group is large enough. Asking rents show what landlords advertise. Submissions show what renters report paying. More comparable submissions can improve how much of an area is covered. Accuracy also depends on who reports their rent, how recent the submissions are and whether they come from different households. It also depends on whether the estimate has been checked against independent data. We have not yet done that check.

Is my rent submission anonymous?

We never ask for your name, email, phone number or exact address. We do not publish a figure drawn from fewer than 5 submissions, and counts are shown as bands rather than exact numbers. Leaving out names and exact addresses reduces the risk of identifying a renter. It does not remove that risk completely. Details about a home may still identify a person when they are combined with information from elsewhere. The privacy policy lists every field a submission holds and what the site processes to run.

Does FairRent show my exact address?

No. We never display individual rent submissions publicly. We only show grouped data: ranges, medians, and confidence labels by neighbourhood and type of home. We do not publish a figure drawn from fewer than 5 submissions, and counts are shown as bands rather than exact numbers.

Why should I submit my rent in New Westminster?

Estimates here combine public market data with what renters report. A report for this area and type of home is used only once there are 5 recent ones, so yours may sit unused until then. We never ask for your name, email or exact address.

How often is this page updated?

Reported rents feed in continuously and those older than 2 years drop out. So the local part of this page moves on its own. The CMHC and Statistics Canada figures behind it are checked on the first of every month, most recently in October 2026. The neighbourhood adjustment is set by hand and does not change when those figures do. Where this page has a local report, its date is shown at the top. The local facts on this page were checked against the sources listed on it in October 2026.

What if there is not enough data for New Westminster?

When local submissions are limited, the estimate relies on the city baseline adjusted for New Westminster. The table says so for each type of home. Reported rents for New Westminster are used only once a type of home has at least 5 recent ones. More comparable submissions can improve how much of an area is covered. Accuracy also depends on who reports their rent, how recent the submissions are and whether they come from different households. It also depends on whether the estimate has been checked against independent data. We have not yet done that check.

What area does this page cover?

This page covers rent submissions where the renter chose New Westminster on the rent check. That is a label renters choose, not an official boundary. It is a separate municipality in Metro Vancouver, not a neighbourhood of Vancouver. It is listed with the Vancouver pages because the rent check groups the region together.

Is this what a home in New Westminster will be advertised for?

No. Advertised rents, survey rents and the rents current tenants pay describe different groups of homes. An advertised rent is usually above what a long-standing tenant pays. This page gives an estimate calculated from a city baseline and, where there are enough of them, reported rents. It is not a listing price, a legal maximum or a measure of what a household can afford.

Is this legal or financial advice?

No. FairRent provides market estimates for information only. Results are not professional appraisals, legal opinions, or official determinations. For rent disputes or formal proceedings, consult a licensed paralegal or your provincial tenant rights organization.