Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#19
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 369838000
Ontario
Windsor
Canada's oldest settlement west of Montreal
Windsor in brief
Windsor faces Detroit across the Detroit River at the southwest end of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's southernmost major city. Anishinaabe nations called the bending river Wawiiatanong; Huron, Odawa, Potawatomi, and Iroquois peoples lived here when Europeans arrived.
A French agricultural settlement began in 1749, making it the oldest continually inhabited European-founded community in Canada west of Montreal. Auto plants and the border crossings still set the city's pace.
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#65
City Score rank
45%
City Score
6
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Windsor
Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.
Composite · OpenStats
OpenStats City Score
OpenStats
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Single edition · 2026
#65
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.449
Only one published edition places Windsor in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Health · OpenStats
OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Single edition · 2026
#17
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 156.4
Only one published edition places Windsor in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Property tax · OpenStats
OpenStats Residential Mill Rates
OpenStats
Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).
Single edition · 2024
#2
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 20.33
Only one published edition places Windsor in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Average 2-Bedroom Rent — Lowest Rent
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Average rent for purpose-built 2-bedroom apartments (all tenants) from CMHC Rental Market Survey. Rank 1 = lowest average rent among covered CMAs.
Single edition · 2025
#3
Published · 2025 · of 18
Score 1454
Only one published edition places Windsor in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Housing
CMHC Purpose-Built Rental Vacancy — Highest Vacancy
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Purpose-built rental apartment vacancy rate from CMHC Rental Market Survey (October). Rank 1 = highest vacancy (most available rental stock among covered CMAs).
2 editions · 2024–2025
#8
Latest · 2025 · of 18
Score 3.7
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#215
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Worth knowing in Windsor
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost major city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener.
Windsor sits directly across the Detroit River from Detroit and is the southernmost major city in Canada.
