It’s time to check out… the number of places to stay in Canada

With the May long weekend in the rearview mirror, the unofficial start of summer has arrived. For many Canadians and visitors from abroad, that means firming up summer vacation plans, including where to stay. 

Ever wondered exactly how many accommodation options visitors have? Twice a year, in June and December, the Canadian business counts provides a tally of business locations across a wide range of subsectors, industries and industry groups, including places to stay.

Let’s have a look at the latest counts, from December 2025.

As of December 2025, there were 18,769 business locations in the traveller accommodation industry group across Canada, spanning every province and territory. This includes all types of accommodations, from hotels to cabins and everything in between. 

There were 5,378 hotels counted across the country in December. This was the most common accommodation type and made up more than one in four (28.7%) places to stay.

There were 2,540 motels nationwide, generally one- or two-storey structures with exterior access to rooms. Also nationwide (except Nunavut) were 877 motor hotels, which are low-rise like motels but have interior access to rooms, and are located along major roads.

Combined, Ontario and British Columbia were home to 7 in 10 of the 1,391 resorts nationwide in December. Resorts are generally located in non-urban settings and offer extensive leisure activities. Meanwhile, there were more than twice as many bed and breakfast (B&B) options (2,833), and as with resorts, most were in those two provinces.

There were almost as many housekeeping cottages and cabins (2,430) as there were B&Bs—perhaps an indication that while many travellers like a home away from home, some prefer the all-inclusive option, and others like to get farther away from it all. Almost 7 in 10 of these were in either Ontario or Quebec, two provinces which are home to more lakes than we can count!

On an annual average basis, prices for traveller accommodation decreased 2.8% in 2025, on the heels of some considerable sticker shock in the few years after COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions loosened and demand increased.

More recently, prices increased 5.8% (not seasonally adjusted) in April 2026 from the same month a year earlier.