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 Year of Construction by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  Before 1960 1960 - 1979 1980 - 1999 2000 or Later Total
Nova Scotia 3.2 d 2.9 a 1.7 a 2.6 b 2.6 a
Cape Breton 4.3 d ** 1.9 c 0.4 b 2.7 c
Chester MD ** ** ** ** **
Halifax 3.0 d 3.0 a 1.9 a 2.7 b 2.6 a
Kentville ** 3.8 d 0.0 c 0.9 a 1.4 a
Kings, Subd. A SC ** ** 0.0 a 0.0 d 0.7 b
Lunenburg MD ** ** ** ** **
New Glasgow ** 1.2 d ** 1.2 d 1.9 c
Queens RGM ** ** ** 0.0 d 0.0 d
Truro ** 3.3 d 0.8 d 0.6 a 1.5 a
West Hants RM ** ** ** ** **
Yarmouth MD ** ** ** ** **
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)