How Did Canadian Hotel Occupancy, Rates and RevPAR Change in September 2026?

Canadian hotels saw stronger occupancy and average daily rates in September 2026. CoStar data reported by TravelDailyNews showed that Canada’s hotel sector achieved its biggest year-on-year RevPAR increase since June 2023; CoStar is described as a global provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online property marketplaces. The same September results were reported by Hotel News Resource on October 24, 2026.

Which Canadian hotel markets led September growth?

The national figures established the scale of the improvement:

• Hotel occupancy reached 77.9%, up 5.0% from September 2025.
• Average daily rate rose 8.5% to CAD257.76.
• RevPAR increased 14.0% to CAD200.79.

Quebec recorded the largest year-on-year increases across all three indicators among Canada’s provinces and territories. Its occupancy rose 10.4% to 80.9%, while its average daily rate increased 10.2% to CAD267.15. Quebec’s RevPAR advanced 21.6% to CAD216.20, placing the province first in Canada for growth in occupancy, average daily rates and revenue per available room.

Which events helped Montreal’s results?

Montreal led Canada’s major hotel markets in both occupancy and RevPAR growth. Occupancy increased 13.0% year on year to 84.3%, and RevPAR rose 25.5% to CAD232.65. Its occupancy rate of 84.3% and RevPAR of CAD232.65 were the strongest among the major markets covered in the national data.

Part of Montreal’s performance was linked by CoStar to events and concerts such as the FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Rush reunion tour and POP Montreal. The events were identified as contributing to the city’s hotel performance during the period. According to the report, conferences, cultural festivals and concerts draw visitors during particular periods and affect hotel demand.

Vancouver followed a different route to growth. It recorded the largest average daily rate increase among the major markets, with ADR rising 11.5% year on year to CAD373.42.

How did occupancy, ADR and RevPAR move?

The 5.0% occupancy increase was the country’s largest year-on-year occupancy gain since May 2023. At the same time, the 8.5% increase in ADR helped lift RevPAR by 14.0%. The simultaneous growth in occupancy and average daily rates contributed to the stronger RevPAR result.

The measure combines occupancy and average daily rates to show the revenue produced by each available room. According to the report, it does not capture total operating profit and leaves changes in operating costs unaccounted for. National occupancy, ADR and RevPAR all increased in September, while the provincial and major-market results showed that hotel markets did not move at the same pace.

What did the September figures show for hotel pricing?

RevPAR rose to CAD200.79 as the national ADR reached CAD257.76 and occupancy reached 77.9%. Quebec led provincial growth across occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. Occupancy and RevPAR growth were highest in Montreal among major markets, whereas Vancouver’s ADR increase was the largest there.

CoStar’s figures covered September 2026. The report said that each destination may be affected differently by demand patterns, pricing decisions and the timing of major events; Quebec, Montreal and Vancouver each combined occupancy, rate and revenue growth differently. In Vancouver, the strongest major-market ADR increase ended at CAD373.42.

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Sources

• Canadian hotels record strongest occupancy and RevPAR growth since 2023 — traveldailynews.com, 2026-10-26
• In September, Canadian Hotels Post Strongest RevPAR ... — hotelnewsresource.com, 2026-10-24