Primary Rental Market
Vacancy Rate (%)

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  2. Year of Construction
  3. Structure Size
  4. Rent Ranges
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Nova Scotia — Vacancy Rates by Structure Size (Apt. only) by Metropolitan Areas, Census Agglomerations and Cities

  3-5 Units 6-19 Units 20-49 Units 50-199 Units 200+ Units Total
Nova Scotia 4.7 d 1.9 b 2.2 b 2.2 a ** 2.6 a
Cape Breton ** 2.7 c ** ** ** 2.9 c
Chester MD ** ** ** ** ** **
Halifax 5.8 d 2.4 b 2.3 b 2.1 a ** 2.7 a
Kentville 4.2 d 1.0 a 0.2 b ** ** 1.4 a
Kings, Subd. A SC ** 0.0 d ** ** ** 0.7 b
Lunenburg MD ** ** ** ** ** **
New Glasgow ** 1.5 d ** ** ** 2.2 c
Queens RGM 0.0 d 0.0 d ** ** ** 0.0 d
Truro ** 0.9 a 2.1 c ** ** 1.5 b
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)