Canada short-term rentals, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
These are market numbers, not ours: the average across the PriceLabs comp sets of the Canada listings we price (up to 38 in a month), each month set against the same month a year earlier. A comp set is the group of competing listings a property is priced against, so this is what operators across the market saw.
| Month | Market occupancy (last year → this) | Market nightly rate, CAD (last year → this) | Market RevPAR vs last year | Booking window | Average stay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 61% → 57% | C$222 → C$219 | −7% | 25 days | 5.0 nights |
| Nov 2025 | 53% → 49% | C$213 → C$197 | −17% | 18 days | 5.2 nights |
| Dec 2025 | 54% → 49% | C$232 → C$221 | −18% | 24 days | 5.4 nights |
| Jan 2026 | 47% → 47% | C$178 → C$197 | +6% | 17 days | 5.8 nights |
| Feb 2026 | 50% → 53% | C$179 → C$197 | +14% | 20 days | 5.2 nights |
| Mar 2026 | 53% → 56% | C$184 → C$203 | +13% | 19 days | 5.2 nights |
| Apr 2026 | 57% → 60% | C$200 → C$220 | +13% | 22 days | 5.0 nights |
| May 2026 | 62% → 66% | C$229 → C$258 | +18% | 31 days | 4.7 nights |
| Jun 2026 | 70% → 64% | C$267 → C$368 | +20% | 42 days | 4.8 nights |
| Jul 2026 | 72% → 70% | C$314 → C$355 | +8% | 42 days | 5.1 nights |
| Aug 2026 | 73% → 76% | C$292 → C$302 | +6% | 41 days | 5.1 nights |
| Sep 2026 | 63% → 68% | C$245 → C$256 | +12% | 31 days | 5.3 nights |
Source: PriceLabs comp-set data for RevOpt-managed Canada listings, Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Booking window and average stay are this year's market averages. Months still being booked are not shown.
Areas in this data: Mississauga, mississauga, Vancouver, vancouver, Calgary, calgary, Vancouver Bc, vancouver bc.
What moves revenue in Canada.
1. The summer peak is short and steep
Market occupancy climbed from about 47% in Jan to 76% in Aug, and nightly rates peaked at about C$368 in Jun. Getting June to August right is most of the year, so those dates should be priced months ahead.
2. Big event weeks need their own rules
Events like the Calgary Stampede reshape a city's demand for ten days. Premiums, minimum stays and cancellation terms for those weeks should be set early, then defended.
3. Regulation shapes supply
Provincial and city short-term rental rules (British Columbia's principal-residence requirement, for example) keep changing who can operate. When supply drops, rates can rise; pricing should follow the market you're actually in, not last year's comp set.
What the wider Canada market says.
PriceLabs comp sets show the listings ours compete with directly. Airbtics tracks every active short-term rental in each market, so it's a useful cross-check on the whole picture: median occupancy and nightly rate for Sep 2025–Aug 2026 against the twelve months before, and the change in the number of active listings.
| Market | Median occupancy (prior 12 mo → last 12 mo) | Median nightly rate, USD | Active listings, year on year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 55% → 44% | $117 → $108 (−8%) | +16% |
| Calgary | 68% → 59% | $85 → $95 (+12%) | +38% |
Source: Airbtics market data (Sep 2025–Aug 2026; averages of monthly medians; nightly rates in USD as Airbtics reports them). More supply (red) means more competition.
+31% on the same listings, against a market at +7%.
Every Canada listing we manage that was live in both periods, April–September 2026 against 2025, set against each listing's own market. Percentages only; client names are withheld. How we measure results →
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