About You:

You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!

About Us:

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 15th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!

Overview

As a Data Analyst on Avison Young’s Market Intelligence team, you will help turn commercial real estate data into insights that support decision-making across local and national markets.

In this role, you will manage, validate, analyze, and enhance data within Avison Young’s technology platforms, working with a wide range of commercial real estate information, including property, leasing, investment, economic, demographic, and market data. Your work will support local business priorities while contributing to national initiatives and collaborating with colleagues across Canada.

From tracking market activity and improving data quality to identifying trends in office, industrial, retail, and investment markets, you will play a hands-on role in helping real estate professionals and clients make informed, data-driven decisions. You will also contribute to projects that strengthen Avison Young's technology platforms and expand the firm's market intelligence capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a curious and analytical problem-solver who wants to combine data, technology, and commercial real estate. You'll gain exposure to one of Canada's most dynamic industries while helping shape the insights that drive leasing, investment, and development decisions.

Responsibilities

Maintain, validate, cleanse, and update commercial real estate data within Avison Young’s proprietary platforms, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and integrity of property, lease, sale, availability, company, ownership, image, and document records.
Monitor data quality through regular reviews, audits, and quality-control processes, identifying and resolving discrepancies to ensure data is accurate, properly structured, and aligned with business requirements.
Collect, research, and enrich commercial real estate data from a variety of sources, including industry publications, public records, regulatory filings, company websites, investor presentations, and third-party data providers.
Track and maintain information on leasing activity, investment transactions, developments, availabilities, tenant movements, ownership changes, and broader market trends to support market intelligence initiatives.
Conduct real estate research and data analysis using internal and external resources, uncovering trends, patterns, and insights that support business decisions, research projects, and client service initiatives.
Leverage company-approved AI, data, and analytics tools to support data validation, quality assurance, workflow optimization, and the continuous improvement of real estate datasets.
Prepare data summaries, visualizations, and analytical outputs for market reports, presentations, and other internal and external deliverables.
Collaborate with research, data, GIS, and technology teams across Canada on data initiatives, process improvements, and projects that enhance Avison Young’s market intelligence and technology platforms.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Data science, Computer Science, Economics, Business, Geography, Urban Studies, or a similar field.
Min 1 year of professional experience in real estate data analytics, research, or a real estate‑adjacent role.

Technical Skills

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data manipulation and analysis.
Experience with SQL; familiarity with Python and/or R is an asset.
Comfort with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, ThoughtSpot) and the ability to present information clearly using charts, graphs, and tables.

Core Competencies

Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret and synthesize information.
High attention to detail and commitment to data quality and accuracy.
Excellent communication skills for explaining data concepts and findings to non-technical stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and comfort working in fast-paced environments.

Workplace Type

On-Site

Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.

Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

To support our commitment to francisation and ensure effective communications with our diverse Canadian and worldwide clientele and to our global colleagues and head office leadership, this role requires proficiency in both French and English. Candidates must be fluent in both languages to be considered in this position.

Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY!

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