Primary Rental Market
Vacancy Rate (%)

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  1. Bedroom Type
  2. Year of Construction
  3. Structure Size
  4. Rent Ranges
  5. Rent Quartiles

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Nova Scotia — Vacancy Rates by Rent Range by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Less Than $750 $750 - $999 $1,000 - $1,249 $1,250 - $1,499 $1,500 + Non-Market/Unknown Total
Nova Scotia ** 0.8 d 1.0 a 1.7 b 2.7 a ** 2.6 a
Cape Breton ** 0.0 c ** ** ** ** 2.7 c
Halifax ** ** 0.6 a 1.5 a 2.6 a ** 2.6 a
Kentville ** ** 0.8 d ** 2.3 b ** 1.4 a
Kings, Subd. A SC 0.0 d ** 0.0 d 0.0 d ** ** 0.7 b
New Glasgow 0.0 c ** ** ** 1.3 a ** 1.9 c
Queens RGM 0.0 d 0.0 d ** ** ** ** 0.0 d
Truro 0.0 c 0.6 b 2.3 c 2.0 c 1.8 c 0.0 d 1.5 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)