Atlantic Canada student housing & roommates.
SubSwap is a student housing app for Atlantic Canada. It started in Halifax and works in all four provinces. Find a sublease, post a room, or match with a roommate. Free to join with your school email.
Every Atlantic Canada province
SubSwap works in all four Atlantic provinces. Halifax has the most activity so far. Everywhere else SubSwap is newer, so there may not be many listings near you yet. Each province has its own guide:
- Nova Scotia: Halifax, Sydney, Antigonish, Wolfville, Truro, Yarmouth. See Nova Scotia student housing, and for Halifax, our Halifax student housing guide.
- New Brunswick: Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Sackville. See New Brunswick student housing.
- Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown, Summerside. See PEI student housing.
- Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's, Corner Brook, Stephenville. See Newfoundland student housing.
Every university in Atlantic Canada
Students at these schools can sign up with their school email:
- Nova Scotia: Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, MSVU, King's, NSCAD, Acadia, StFX, Cape Breton University, NSCC, Université Sainte-Anne, Atlantic School of Theology.
- New Brunswick: UNB Fredericton and Saint John, St. Thomas, Mount Allison, Université de Moncton, NBCC, CCNB, Crandall, Kingswood, St. Stephen's, NBCCD.
- PEI: UPEI, Holland College, Collège de l'Île.
- Newfoundland: Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, College of the North Atlantic, Marine Institute, Keyin College.
Atlantic Canada rent right now
CMHC's October 2025 Rental Market Survey puts the average 1-bedroom at $1,539 in Halifax, $1,208 in Fredericton, $1,164 in Moncton, $1,066 in Charlottetown and $1,064 in St. John's. Small university towns like Wolfville, Antigonish and Sackville are mostly rooms in shared houses, which the CMHC survey doesn't capture well. For more, read what students pay for rent across Atlantic Canada.
Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, row and apartment units, October 2025.
One app, four provinces
Students move around the region. A Dalhousie student heads to Fredericton for a co-op. A UNB student spends a summer term in Halifax. A MUN student goes home for the summer and wants to sublet their St. John's place. The same app handles all of it: you change your search area to the city you need. Students sign up with a school email, and landlords can only post after our team approves them. Moving here from abroad? Read our guide to housing for international students in Atlantic Canada.
Why verification matters
Every student signs up with a school email. Roommate matching needs mutual interest, so you can only message someone after you've both swiped right. No anonymous posts and no cold messages. Still, see any place before you pay, and read how students can avoid rental scams.
FAQ: Atlantic Canada student housing
Which Atlantic Canada provinces does SubSwap cover?
All four: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. You can search around any listed school or city, or a whole province. Outside Halifax, SubSwap is still new, so there may not be many listings yet.
Which universities are supported across Atlantic Canada?
Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, MSVU, King's, NSCAD, Acadia, StFX, Cape Breton University, NSCC, Sainte-Anne, the Atlantic School of Theology, UNB, St. Thomas, Mount Allison, Université de Moncton, NBCC, CCNB, Crandall, Kingswood, St. Stephen's, NBCCD, UPEI, Holland College, Collège de l'Île, Memorial, Grenfell, CNA, the Marine Institute and Keyin College.
What's the average rent in Atlantic Canada?
It varies a lot. CMHC's October 2025 survey puts the average 1-bedroom at $1,539 a month in Halifax, $1,208 in Fredericton, $1,164 in Moncton, $1,066 in Charlottetown and $1,064 in St. John's.
Can I cross-search between provinces?
Yes. A Dalhousie student heading to Fredericton for a co-op can switch the search area to Fredericton, and a UNB student doing a summer term in Halifax can look for a sublet there.
Are all Atlantic Canada listings verified?
Students post with a school email, and landlords can only post after our team approves them, so there are no anonymous posts.
Why did SubSwap start in Atlantic Canada?
Because that's where we're from. SubSwap was started in Halifax by Dalhousie and Saint Mary's grads who went through the student housing scramble themselves. Today students at 270+ schools across Canada can sign up.