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Nova Scotia — Historical Average Rents by Bedroom Type

  Studio 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom + Total
1990 October 391 a 459 a 539 a 657 a 503 a
1991 October 408 a 481 a 565 a 691 a 529 a
1992 October 410 a 475 a 563 a 691 a 525 a
1993 October 412 a 482 a 572 a 717 a 536 a
1994 October 421 a 485 a 579 a 709 a 539 a
1995 October 422 a 488 a 583 a 756 a 548 a
1996 October 421 a 488 a 587 a 729 a 545 a
1997 October 424 a 490 a 589 a 722 a 548 a
1998 October 433 a 496 a 603 a 760 a 560 a
1999 October 448 a 507 a 609 a 761 a 570 a
2000 October 468 a 522 a 621 a 774 a 584 a
2001 October 486 a 537 a 645 a 829 a 608 a
2002 October 499 a 555 a 668 a 890 a 633 a
2003 October 514 a 575 a 683 a 910 a 648 a
2004 October 532 a 592 a 711 a 968 a 678 a
2005 October 532 a 607 a 725 a 907 a 684 a
2006 October 553 a 629 a 759 a 976 a 715 a
2007 October 557 a 641 a 777 a 1,023 a 733 a
2008 October 580 a 664 a 795 a 1,024 a 753 a
2009 October 616 a 691 a 837 a 1,056 a 790 a
2010 October 611 a 712 a 850 a 1,103 a 807 a
2011 October 647 a 729 a 881 a 1,136 a 835 a
2012 October 663 a 750 a 908 a 1,141 a 859 a
2013 October 681 a 763 a 928 a 1,191 a 880 a
2014 October 686 a 775 a 954 a 1,225 a 898 a
2015 October 702 a 807 a 990 a 1,252 a 935 a
2016 October 724 a 819 a 1,007 a 1,249 a 948 a
2017 October 744 a 851 a 1,046 a 1,281 a 984 a
2018 October 770 a 872 a 1,088 a 1,324 a 1,020 a
2019 October 774 a 927 a 1,131 a 1,350 a 1,064 a
2020 October 828 a 980 a 1,179 a 1,422 a 1,118 a
2021 October 869 a 1,042 a 1,251 a 1,534 a 1,187 a
2022 October 953 a 1,110 a 1,351 a 1,652 a 1,281 a
2023 October 1,063 a 1,265 a 1,517 a 1,919 a 1,451 a
2024 October 1,133 a 1,349 a 1,603 a 2,113 b 1,552 a
2025 October 1,306 a 1,492 a 1,710 a 2,198 b 1,666 a
Notes:
  • The following letter codes are used to indicate the reliability of the estimates: a — Excellent, b — Very good, c — Good, d — Poor (Use with Caution))
  • ** — Data suppressed to protect confidentiality or data not statistically reliable
  • ++ — Change in rent is not statistically significant. This means that the change in rent is not statistically different than zero (0). (Applies only to % Change of Average Rent Tables).
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey (opens in new window)