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The 10 best times of year to host in Canada

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Key Takeaways

  • Canada Day Weekend is king for Canadian Airbnb Hosts, with nearly $16 million earned on July 2 alone in 2021.
  • The dog days of summer take eight of the top 10 highest income days, earning Canadians more than $60 million combined.

Key Takeaways

  • Canada Day Weekend is king for Canadian Airbnb Hosts, with nearly $16 million earned on July 2 alone in 2021.
  • The dog days of summer take eight of the top 10 highest income days, earning Canadians more than $60 million combined.

Recently, we shared that Airbnb Hosts earned more than $190 billion CAD* since 2010, including more than $7 billion earned by Canadians. And last year alone, new Airbnb Hosts tapped into the travel revolution, earning more than $230 million on the platform. 

Today, we’re releasing new insights into the best times of year Canadians are welcoming guests into homes on Airbnb. From Canada Day to Fall with the family, here are the times of year with the highest Host income in Canada last year: 

  1. Canada Day Weekend – it comes as no surprise that Canada Day weekend is king for Canadians hosting on Airbnb. Canadian Hosts earned nearly $16 million on July 2, 2021, as the dog days of summer kicked off and families hit the road. 
  1. Labour Day Weekend – on September 4, 2021, Canadian Hosts earned more than $15 million over the unofficial end of summer weekend. 
  1. The Civic Holiday Weekend – on July 31, 2021, Canadians earned more than $14 million as summer continued – making this the third highest income day for Hosts in the calendar year.  
  1. Thanksgiving Weekend – rounding out the top five days are October 2, 2021 and October 9, 2021 (more than $13 million each), marking the shift to cooler days and the holiday season. 
  1. to 10. Sizzling Summer Travel – summer is peak travel season for Canadians and international visitors, taking up eight of the top 10 days with the highest Host income, including every weekend in August captured on the list to round out the top 10. August 2, 7, 14, 21 and 28 earned Hosts a combined total of more than $60 million last year. 

While these high-demand travel times have resulted in significant income for our Host community – and can offer a good starting point for many prospective Hosts – there is increasingly an opportunity for many to share their home anytime and anywhere. The pandemic and the rise of remote and hybrid work have untethered many from offices, and for the first time, millions of people can now live anywhere. In fact, approximately one-fifth of nights booked globally in Q4 2021 were for 28 days or longer. 
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* All figures CAD.

About Airbnb

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals across over 220 countries and regions. Travel on Airbnb keeps more of the financial benefits of tourism with the people and places that make it happen. Airbnb has generated billions of dollars in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are individuals listing the homes in which they live. Among Hosts who report their gender, more than half are women, and one in five employed Hosts are either teachers or healthcare workers. Travel on Airbnb also has generated more than $4 billion in tax revenue around the world. Airbnb has helped advance more than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term rentals, including in 80% of our top 200 geographies. In late 2020, to support our continued expansion and diversification, we launched the City Portal to provide governments with a one-stop shop that supports data sharing and compliance with local registration rules. We continue to invest in innovations and tools to support our ongoing work with governments around the world to advance travel that best serves communities.

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