
Chatham-Kent remained in the top ten in growth cities in 2024, according to U-Haul.
The moving/rental company’s annual Growth Index reports data by analyzing one-way customer transactions.
According to U-Haul officials, 55 per cent of U-Haul one-way traffic was coming into Chatham-Kent in 2024. A total of 45 per cent was leaving.
However, arrivals dipped by two per cent compared to 2023, according to U-Haul stats, dropping it on the list by three spots from seven to 10.
“Chatham-Kent is a low-cost area that sees a lot of people moving here after living in Toronto and other high-cost areas,” David Anstett, U-Haul’s Western Ontario president, said in a media release. “Canadians like to move to the many lakefront properties here to retire and start something new in a place where it is cheaper to live.”
U-Haul ranks growth cities by each city’s net gain or loss of one-way equipment from customer transactions in a calendar year. The U-Haul Growth Index is compiled from more than 2.5 million one-way U-Haul truck, trailer and U-Box portable moving container transactions that occur annually across Canada and the U.S.