Majority of Canadians think short-term rentals have negative impacts and support limiting commercial short-term rentals. (Hotel Association of Canada/Nanos)

A majority of Canadians think short-term rental properties have a negative or somewhat negative impact on housing availability (23% somewhat negative; 51% negative) and rent prices (27% somewhat negative; 44% negative) in Canada. Just over one in two each think there is no impact on housing availability (12%) or rent prices (13%), and less than one in ten think the impact is positive or somewhat positive (housing: eight per cent; rent: seven per cent).

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,058 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between September 29th and October 2nd, 2024, as part of an omnibus survey. Participants were randomly recruited by telephone using live agents and administered a survey online.

The margin of error for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

This study was commissioned by the Hotel Association of Canada and the research was conducted by Nanos Research.

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The report is also available in French.