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Canada hotel performance remained on upward trajectory in September

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WASHINGTON 20 October 2023 – Canada’s hotel industry continued a stretch of year-over-year performance growth, according to CoStar’s September 2023 data. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.

September 2023 (percentage change from September 2022):

  • Occupancy: 75.3% (+1.5%)
  • Average daily rate (ADR): CAD222.02 (+8.1%)
  • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): CAD167.14 (+9.7%)

“Although economists are predicting an economic downturn, Canada’s hotel sector remains on solid footing,” said Laura Baxter, CoStar Group’s director of hospitality analytics for Canada.

“Room rates continue to drive overall performance, with healthy growth across all segments – that balance remains one of the biggest success stories this year. Occupancy, on the other hand, remains nuanced among the segments.  

“Transient demand grew a staggering 14% against 2019, while group was down 16% against pre-pandemic levels, in line with the trends seen over the past few months. Weekend and weekday occupancy remained ahead of 2019 levels, suggesting business transient demand has improved. Submarkets most reliant on large national accounts, however, are still lagging.”

Among the provinces and territories, Nova Scotia recorded the highest September occupancy level (81.1%), which was 0.7% below 2022.

Among the major markets, Vancouver saw the highest occupancy (86.6%), which was 0.5% ahead of September 2022.

The lowest occupancy among provinces was reported in Saskatchewan (63.5%), up 2.6% against 2022. At the market level, the lowest occupancy was reported in Edmonton (+8.8% to 63.8%).

“Weekday occupancy in Canada’s largest urban centers continues to lag, but downtown Toronto saw a vast improvement in the metric, down just five percentage points. While September room rates are usually the highest of the year in the area, ADR pushed to $405 – a record-high for downtown Toronto.”

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Additional Performance Data
CoStar’s world-leading hotel performance sample comprises 78,000 properties and 10.3 million rooms around the globe. Members of the media should refer to the contacts listed below for additional data requests.

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About CoStar Group
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets. Founded in 1987, CoStar Group conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of real estate information. CoStar is the global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, enabling clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on property values, market conditions and availabilities. Apartments.com is the leading online marketplace for renters seeking great apartment homes, providing property managers and owners a proven platform for marketing their properties. LoopNet is the most heavily trafficked online commercial real estate marketplace with over twelve million monthly global unique visitors. STR provides premium data benchmarking, analytics, and marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry. Ten-X offers a leading platform for conducting commercial real estate online auctions and negotiated bids. Homes.com is the fastest growing online residential marketplace that connects agents, buyers, and sellers. BureauxLocaux is one of the largest specialized property portals for buying and leasing commercial real estate in France. Business Immo is France’s leading commercial real estate news service. Thomas Daily is Germany’s largest online data pool in the real estate industry. Belbex is the premier source of commercial space available to let and for sale in Spain. CoStar Group’s websites attract over 160 million unique monthly visitors. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Asia. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website, CoStarGroup.com, as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit CoStarGroup.com.

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