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Canada Beach Towns

Ucluelet, Tofino and Victoria were the most booked of the 27 beach towns in Canada on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 18,204, 16,861 and 14,309 stays. August is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 5.3 nights.

Source: AirROI Reviewed by Jun Zhou, Founder @ AirROI Updated November 4, 2026

Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made

Among the 8 towns with 200+ homes

Most booked of these 8: Ucluelet 18,204 stays
Highest revenue per home of these 8: Tofino CA$105,468 a year
Highest rated of these 8: Tofino 4.89 out of 5
Lowest nightly rate of these 8: Nanaimo CA$204 a night
Longest typical stay of these 8: Victoria 11.7 nights

Ranking

Canada Beach Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays

Every one of the beach and coastal towns in Canada with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.

Canada Beach Towns ranked by Airbnb stays, with homes, typical stay, busiest month, nightly rate, occupancy, revenue per home and guest rating

1	Ucluelet, British Columbia	18,204	394	3.7 nights	August	CA$368	53%	CA$69,856	4.86
2	Tofino, British Columbia	16,861	337	3.7 nights	August	CA$499	58%	CA$105,468	4.89
3	Victoria, British Columbia	14,309	617	11.7 nights	August	CA$250	53%	CA$34,704	4.85
4	Prince Edward, Ontario. Includes Picton and Wellington.	12,395	499	4.2 nights	August	CA$486	43%	CA$52,057	4.85
5	Nanaimo, British Columbia	10,263	378	7.3 nights	August	CA$204	54%	CA$29,765	4.86
6	Lambton Shores, Ontario. Includes Grand Bend and Ipperwash Beach.	7,798	364	4.0 nights	August	CA$419	36%	CA$43,091	4.80
7	West Vancouver, British Columbia	6,082	233	5.2 nights	August	CA$497	49%	CA$69,758	4.85
8	Bowen Island, British Columbia	5,375	116	3.6 nights	August	CA$403	55%	CA$64,650	4.92
9	Sechelt, British Columbia	5,049	146	4.1 nights	August	CA$297	47%	CA$41,702	4.85
10	Campbell River, British Columbia	4,951	158	5.3 nights	August	CA$231	53%	CA$35,827	4.88
11	Parksville, British Columbia	4,745	170	5.7 nights	August	CA$304	51%	CA$48,786	4.89
12	Sooke, British Columbia	4,454	124	5.0 nights	August	CA$274	52%	CA$45,979	4.90
13	Rimouski, Quebec	4,440	140	5.1 nights	August	CA$199	49%	CA$30,664	4.82
14	Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador	4,176	119	2.7 nights	June	CA$233	52%	CA$30,928	4.88
15	Colwood, British Columbia	3,912	122	5.9 nights	August	CA$247	55%	CA$39,842	4.90
16	Wasaga Beach, Ontario	3,886	306	4.4 nights	August	CA$337	29%	CA$21,691	4.66
17	Nanoose Bay, British Columbia	3,776	131	6.4 nights	August	CA$258	50%	CA$41,055	4.88
18	Meaford, Ontario	3,380	121	4.6 nights	August	CA$393	44%	CA$49,631	4.89
19	Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador	3,279	109	3.8 nights	August	CA$222	59%	CA$28,754	4.88
20	Tiny, Ontario. Includes Woodland Beach and Balm Beach.	2,872	167	5.6 nights	August	CA$460	39%	CA$46,058	4.88
21	Bluewater, Ontario. Includes Bayfield and Hensall.	2,633	133	4.8 nights	August	CA$442	40%	CA$42,948	4.88
22	South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. Includes Wiarton.	2,546	129	4.7 nights	July	CA$340	39%	CA$32,850	4.81
23	Gaspé, Quebec	2,273	114	5.5 nights	August	CA$231	45%	CA$23,985	4.77
24	Southampton, Ontario	2,264	103	5.4 nights	August	CA$332	43%	CA$35,905	4.83
25	Central Elgin, Ontario. Includes Port Stanley.	1,921	112	5.3 nights	August	CA$305	40%	CA$27,908	4.80
26	Sauble Beach, Ontario	1,862	139	5.1 nights	July	CA$347	39%	CA$26,528	4.76
27	Cavendish, Prince Edward Island	1,664	131	3.8 nights	August (11 months)	CA$268	40%	CA$19,711	4.61

Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5. Airbnb data files some places as one district or township, so Prince Edward and rows like it cover several towns. Months in brackets: AirROI has under 12 months for that town, so its busiest month is read from those.

Money figures on this page are in Canadian dollars, converted from US dollars at CA$1.39 per US$, the typical rate from November 2025 to October 2026.

By region

Stays and Top Town by Region

Canada Beach Towns by region: towns, Airbnb stays and the top town in each
Region	Towns	Stays	Top town
British Columbia	12	97,981	Ucluelet
Ontario	10	41,557	Prince Edward
Newfoundland and Labrador	2	7,455	Twillingate
Quebec	2	6,713	Rimouski
Prince Edward Island	1	1,664	Cavendish

Town by town

Where the Top Towns Stand Out

All 8 are busiest in August. Among guests who left a review, Vancouver is the top home city in 5 of the 8. Houses are the largest home type in 6 of the 8. The lines below add what the table can't show, where one of the 8 most booked towns leads its peers or differs from the rest.

Tofino, British Columbia
Of the 8 beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, Tofino (British Columbia) had the highest guest rating, at 4.89, and had the highest nightly rate, at CA$499, in the 12 months to October 2026.
Victoria, British Columbia
Of the 8 beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, Victoria (British Columbia) had the most Airbnb homes, at 617, and had the longest typical stay, at 11.7 nights, in the 12 months to October 2026. Apartments and condos were the largest home type in Victoria, at 44% of homes.
4
Prince Edward, Ontario
In the 12 months to October 2026, among guests who left a review, Toronto was the top home city for Prince Edward, Ontario, at 27%.
5
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Of the 8 beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, Nanaimo (British Columbia) had the lowest nightly rate, at CA$204, in the 12 months to October 2026.
6
Lambton Shores, Ontario
Of the 8 beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, Lambton Shores (Ontario) had the biggest share of homes that sleep 8 or more, at 53%, and had the biggest share of houses, at 74%, in the 12 months to October 2026. Among guests who left a review, Toronto was the top home city for Lambton Shores, at 18%.
7
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Of the 8 beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, West Vancouver (British Columbia) had the biggest share from abroad among guests who left a review, at 61%, in the 12 months to October 2026.

When to go

Busiest and Quietest Months

August, July and September rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the beach towns in Canada, and February and January as the quietest. August is the busiest month in 24 of the 27, while South Bruce Peninsula and Sauble Beach peak in July, and Twillingate in June. Across the 27 towns, nightly rates run lowest in February, at about CA$279, and highest in July, at about CA$400. Across the 27 towns, stays run longest in January, at 5.8 nights, and shortest in September, at 3.4 nights.

August ranks first, January last

Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.

Three busiest months
Other months

Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate

Months in Canada by rank
Rank	Month	Typical stay	Nightly rate
1	August	4.0 nights	CA$390
2	July	4.8 nights	CA$400
3	September	3.4 nights	CA$339
4	June	4.0 nights	CA$364
5	May	4.4 nights	CA$315
6	October	3.9 nights	CA$300
7	March	5.0 nights	CA$283
8	April	4.9 nights	CA$294
9	December	4.4 nights	CA$287
10	November	4.5 nights	CA$286
11	February	5.5 nights	CA$279
12	January	5.8 nights	CA$280

Who comes

Where Guests Come From

Among guests who left a review, 69% come from within Canada. Among those guests, the largest groups from abroad come from the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. The top home cities among those guests are Vancouver, Toronto and Victoria. West Vancouver (British Columbia) draws the most from abroad, at 61%, among towns with 200 or more homes.

Top countries abroad

Among guests who left a review

United States 15%
United Kingdom 3.9%
Germany 2.8%
France 1.6%
Australia 1%

Top home cities

Among guests who left a review

69% from within Canada

Vancouver 8.8%
Toronto 8.3%
Victoria 3.2%
Calgary 2.4%
Montreal 1.7%
Ottawa 1.1%

The money view

Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate

Among the 8 towns with 200 or more Airbnb homes, Tofino has the highest estimated revenue per home, at CA$105,468 a year. Of those 8, Tofino has the highest occupancy, at 58%, and Nanaimo has the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at CA$204. The most booked of the 27, Ucluelet, earns about CA$69,856 per home.

Highest revenue per home of these 8

A year, AirROI estimate

Tofino CA$105,468
British Columbia
Ucluelet CA$69,856
British Columbia
West Vancouver CA$69,758
British Columbia
Prince Edward CA$52,057
Ontario
Lambton Shores CA$43,091
Ontario

Highest occupancy of these 8

Nights booked, AirROI estimate

Tofino 58%
British Columbia
Nanaimo 54%
British Columbia
Victoria 53%
British Columbia
Ucluelet 53%
British Columbia
West Vancouver 49%
British Columbia

Lowest nightly rate of these 8

On Airbnb, AirROI estimate

Nanaimo CA$204
British Columbia
Victoria CA$250
British Columbia
Wasaga Beach CA$337
Ontario
Ucluelet CA$368
British Columbia
Lambton Shores CA$419
Ontario

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular beach town in Canada?

By AirROI's estimates, Ucluelet (British Columbia) is the most booked of the 27 beach towns in Canada, with 18,204 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Tofino is second, with 16,861. This counts Airbnb bookings only.

What is the most affordable beach town in Canada?

By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, the lowest are Nanaimo (British Columbia) (CA$204), Victoria (British Columbia) (CA$250) and Wasaga Beach (Ontario) (CA$337). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.

What are some small beach towns in Canada?

By AirROI's count of active Airbnb homes as of October 2026, the smallest of the 27 beach towns it lists in Canada are Southampton (Ontario) (103), Rocky Harbour (Newfoundland and Labrador) (109) and Central Elgin (Ontario) (112). AirROI's list starts at 100 homes, so smaller places are not on it.

What beach towns in Canada offer the strongest Airbnb returns?

Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among beach towns in Canada with 200 or more homes, the highest are Tofino (British Columbia) (CA$105,468), Ucluelet (British Columbia) (CA$69,856) and West Vancouver (British Columbia) (CA$69,758). Among the same towns, Tofino (British Columbia) has the highest occupancy, at 58%.

Method

How These Lists and Numbers Are Made

How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to be on an ocean or sea coast with its own beach, seafront or harbour, or on a Great Lake with a public beach, and within about 10 km of the shore. The town's own listings can back that up, with 30% of its homes listing beach access, or 10% with ocean views, waterfront homes or beach in their titles besides. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.

How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 513,948 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.