If you are a US-based company expanding into Canada, do not assume US data infrastructure translates.
The United States has county-level property records that, while fragmented, follow broadly consistent patterns. Companies like ATTOM, CoreLogic, and Black Knight have spent decades aggregating county recorder data into national databases.
Canada has no equivalent. Property registration is provincial. Each province maintains its own land title or registry system with different data formats, different access rules, and different levels of digital availability. There is no Canadian equivalent of a county recorder’s office that publishes standardised property records nationally.
In the US, MLS systems are regional but increasingly consolidated through data-sharing agreements and platforms like Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor.com that aggregate across markets.
In Canada, the MLS system is operated by CREA (Canadian Real Estate Association) through regional real estate boards. Each board has its own data access policies, and direct MLS data access for enterprise use requires board-level agreements or licensed intermediaries. There is no single API or data feed that provides national MLS coverage for enterprise analytics.
In most US states, sold prices are public record, filed with the county and accessible through property tax records or title data. Some states are non-disclosure (Texas, Utah, etc.), but the majority make transaction prices publicly available.
In Canada, sold price disclosure varies by province. Quebec does not disclose sold prices through the listing system. In other provinces, sold prices are available through board reporting but not through a public registry in the same way US county records work. Accessing structured, machine-readable sold price data nationally requires a dedicated capture pipeline.
US property tax data is county-level and relatively accessible. Tax records include assessed value, property characteristics, ownership, and often sale history.
Canadian property tax assessment is provincial. MPAC covers Ontario. BC Assessment covers British Columbia. Other provinces have their own authorities. Each operates independently with different data models, different access rules, and different valuation methodologies. There is no national aggregation of assessment data.
If you are a US-based company expanding into Canada, do not assume US data infrastructure translates. There is no Canadian ATTOM or CoreLogic equivalent in terms of a national county-record aggregator. The data exists, but it is structured differently and accessed differently.
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