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Canadian Property Intelligence

Canadian real estate data. What it is and how to access it.

The structured property data that powers insurance underwriting, mortgage risk models, AVMs, pre-mover campaigns, and AI-driven property agents across Canada.

5.8M+ residential and 297K+ commercial properties. Updated weekly. Continuous coverage since 2014.

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The data

Six types of Canadian real estate data

Most providers specialize in one or two. Very few offer all of them at the property level with consistent national coverage.

Listing Data
Active sale listings with asking prices, status changes, price history, and lifecycle tracking. ~50,000 new listings per week nationally. The earliest signal in the property lifecycle.
Sold Transaction Data
Completed sales: closing prices, sale dates, listed-to-sold deltas. Access complicated by provincial restrictions — independent providers fill the gap.
Rental Data
Asking rents, unit types, lease terms, vacancy signals. No centralized rental board in Canada — coverage depends entirely on the provider's source network.
Commercial Data
Sale and lease listings for office, retail, industrial, multi-family. Dual-listing signals identify properties in transition — a leading indicator of transaction activity.
Core & Enrichment
Persistent property identifiers, geocoordinates, address standardization, and the BrightCat Home Price Index. The linkage layer that connects everything.
Pre-Mover Data
Households in the early stages of a move — identified within days of listing. Used by telecoms, insurers, banks, and direct marketers.
Sources

Where Canadian real estate data comes from

Canada has no single national property data system. Data originates from four source categories with different coverage, access rules, and update cadences.

Provincial Land Registries
Each province operates its own system — Ontario's Teranet, BC's LTSA, Alberta's SPIN2, Quebec's Registre foncier. Authoritative for ownership transfers. Backward-looking. No listing data.
CREA & Real Estate Boards
Operate the MLS systems. Comprehensive for active listings among member brokerages. Access restricted to members and licensed recipients. Does not cover FSBO, off-market, or commercial uniformly.
Assessment Authorities
MPAC (Ontario), BC Assessment, PVSC (Alberta). Property characteristics and valuations for tax purposes. Annual updates. Useful for structural attributes, not market activity.
Independent Data Providers
Build proprietary databases from multiple sources. Cross-provincial coverage, weekly updates, lifecycle tracking, cloud-native delivery. BrightCat operates here — 12-year longitudinal database, updated weekly.
Landscape

How Canadian real estate data providers compare

The Canadian market is smaller and more fragmented than the U.S. There is no Canadian CoreLogic, ATTOM, or Zillow. Instead, the landscape breaks into five categories.

Registry operators (Teranet, LTSA) — title and transaction records, provincial scope.

Industry bodies (CREA, boards) — MLS data, access-restricted, brokerage workflows.

Assessment authorities (MPAC, BC Assessment) — property characteristics, annual updates.

Market analytics (Cotality, Altus) — valuation tools, derived insights.

Independent data companies (BrightCat, Houski) — proprietary databases, broadest coverage, most flexible delivery.

What separates providers
Coverage scopeProvincial vs. national
Update frequencyAnnual → quarterly → weekly
Data depthAggregates vs. property-level
HistoryCurrent snapshot vs. 12+ years
DeliveryPDF → API → Snowflake → MCP

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Canada vs. U.S.

What makes Canadian property data different

No national MLS
Data access varies by provincial board
Sold price restricted
Several provinces limit public disclosure
Provincial registries
Each province has its own system
Fewer providers
A handful vs. dozens in the U.S.
PIPEDA governed
Federal privacy compliance required
No Zillow equivalent
No unified national property portal

Detailed comparison: Canadian vs. U.S. property data →

Access

How enterprise teams access Canadian real estate data

Snowflake Marketplace
Live data shares, queryable inside your own environment. No ETL, no file transfers.
MCP Connector
AI agents query property data directly mid-conversation via Model Context Protocol.
API & Flat Files
CSV, Parquet, and API for ETL pipelines and data warehouse integration.
Sample Access
Start with a sample matched to your use case, geography, and product line.
Use cases

Who uses Canadian real estate data

Different industries, different data types, same underlying asset.

Insurance Underwriting
Vacancy detection, investment property identification, replacement cost signals, and claims validation.
Banking & Lending
Collateral validation, borrower risk signals, portfolio monitoring, mortgage default prediction.
Telecommunications
Pre-mover identification for customer acquisition and retention during the relocation window.
AVM & Valuation
Sold transaction pairs, listing-to-sale ratios, repeat-sale price indices, and rental comparables.
PropTech & Real Estate
Property-level data feeds for building consumer and B2B applications and platforms.
Government & Policy
Housing supply tracking, population movement, and market monitoring for policy analysis.
The platform

BrightCat's Canadian real estate data

A 12-year longitudinal property database. Five product lines. Updated weekly across all Canadian provinces.

Listings →
5.8M+ properties, lifecycle tracking, price history.
Sold →
Completed transactions, listed-to-sold analysis.
Rentals →
National rental listings, asking rents, vacancy signals.
Commercial →
297K+ properties, dual-listing intelligence.
Core →
Persistent identifiers, enrichment, home price index.
PreMovers →
Identify movers before they move.
By the numbers

The Canadian property market, quantified

5.8M+
Residential properties tracked
297K+
Commercial properties tracked
Weekly
Update cycle
2014
Continuous coverage since
10
Provinces covered
5
Product lines
Common questions

About Canadian real estate data

What is Canadian real estate data?
Structured property information — listings, sold transactions, rental activity, commercial properties, and derived analytics — covering residential and commercial properties across all Canadian provinces and territories.
Who are the main Canadian real estate data providers?
Government registries (provincial land title offices), industry bodies (CREA and regional boards), assessment authorities (MPAC, BC Assessment), and independent data companies (BrightCat Data, Teranet, Cotality). Each serves different use cases with different coverage and delivery formats.
How is Canadian property data different from U.S. data?
Canada has no national MLS, no centralized public records system, sold price restrictions in several provinces, provincial land registries instead of federal, and far fewer independent data providers.
How often is Canadian real estate data updated?
Varies by provider. Government registries update upon recording. Assessment rolls update annually. Independent providers like BrightCat update weekly across all provinces.
How can I access Canadian real estate data?
Enterprise access through Snowflake Marketplace, API delivery, flat files, and AI-native protocols like MCP. BrightCat delivers all five product lines through Snowflake and an MCP connector.
Does BrightCat provide sample data?
Yes. Samples across all five products — Listings, Sold, Rentals, Commercial, and Core. Contact us to request a sample matched to your use case.

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Listings, sold, rentals, commercial, core. Real data, updated weekly, matched to your use case.

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