vacancy rates for smaller towns (quebec especially)

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Hello, its fairly easy to find vacancy rates for large cities and towns like Montreal and Sherbrooke, but i'm having difficulty finding the rates for smaller areas with populations under 5-10k (for example, Windsor, Quebec seems to have some good multi-family deals, but i can't find a vacancy rate anywhere). 

does anyone know where to find vacancy rates for small towns, or how to best approximate them? should i contact directly realtors who are working in these towns? thanks,

[Benjamin Larouche]

I'm curious to hear what others have to say. I went the route of looking at demographics (in particular the ownership rate) to get a sense of the pool of tenants. I'm also looking at the overall economic outlook of that city (type of economy? Growth or not? Average/Median income? etc. Good luck!