Canada's winter recreational housing markets rebound in 2025, as push to 'Buy Canadian' attracts domestic buyers

Canmore's recreational housing market forges ahead despite economic headwinds

House prices in Canmore’s winter recreational property market are expected to climb over the next year, according to a Royal LePage report.

Canada's winter recreational housing markets rebound in 2025, as push to 'Buy Canadian' attracts domestic buyers

Following declining activity in 2024, the country's most popular ski regions reported gains in sales and property prices in the first three quarters of this year Royal LePage® is forecasting a 4.0% increase in single-family home prices over the next year in popular ski regions across the country. Nationally, single-family home prices in Canada's winter recreational market increased 3.8% year over year in the first nine months of 2025. 16 of the…

Market momentum builds in ski towns as Canadians vacation closer to home

Canadians are increasingly turning to domestic recreational properties, and a new report shows the buy-local shift is already lifting housing demand in the country’s ski regions. The median price of a single-family detached home in winter recreational markets in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec increased 3.8 per cent on average in the first nine months of the year to $982,000, according to Royal LePage’s 2025 Winter Recreational Pro…