Short term rental statistics and data: Canada - Nova Scotia
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Properties

There are 3201 short term rentals properties in Nova Scotia
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Hosts

In this area there are 2146 unique hosts and 1878 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

1155 listings in Nova Scotia have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Nova Scotia listings received 275.635 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
July 202553.25%€ 138.08
August 202552.57%€ 143.29
September 202568.23%€ 142.3
October 202577.2%€ 138.59
November 202579.74%€ 139.95
December 202582.39%€ 139.45
January 202687.13%€ 138.82
February 202688.46%€ 140.5
March 202685.24%€ 141.87
April 202693.83%€ 149.5
May 202694.22%€ 151.6


In the next year, in Nova Scotia, the short term rental higher medium price is € 151.6, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 151.25. Instead the lowest medium price is € 138.08 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 135.82.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Nova Scotia from July 2025 to May 2026 varies between 52.57% and 94.22%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
Note: we collect and update data every day and short term rentals prices and availabilities may vary on every data update.

Properties and rooms

In the "Nova Scotia" area 22.6% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire home, 16.2% are classified as Entire cottage, 15.2% are classified as Entire rental unit, 6% are classified as Entire cabin, 5.6% are classified as Private room in home, 5.4% are classified as Entire guest suite, 4.6% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 3% are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 2.6% are classified as Entire guesthouse, and 18.8% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 0% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 42.8% have 1 bedroom, 24.8% have 2 bedrooms, 16.4% have 3 bedrooms, 6.8% have 4 bedrooms, 6% have bedrooms, 2.6% have 5 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 0.6%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 8.6% have 0 beds, 37.8% have 1 bed, 26.8% have 2 beds, 16.4% have 3 beds, 7% have 4 beds, 2.8% have 5 beds, and all other properties are about 0.6%.

99.8% have beds, 0.2% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 18.6% have bathrooms, 55% have 1.00 bathroom, 12.2% have 2.00 bathrooms, 11.6% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 2.6%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Nova Scotia" area's, we have the following segments: 3% can accomodate up to 10 guests guests, 28.6% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 4.6% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 27.6% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 7.4% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 15.4% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 7.4% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 6% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Nova Scotia" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 36.8% apply Firm policy, 31% apply Moderate policy, 20.8% apply Flexible policy, 7.6% apply Strict policy, and hosts applying different policies are 3.8%.