{
 "answer": "Sooke, British Columbia has no short-term rentals bylaw on record as of 2026-10-26. District page: STRs permitted if provincial rules and zoning met and a District business licence obtained; zoning determines where permitted.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000131",
 "municipality": "Sooke",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://sooke.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licences (incl. Short-Term Accommodations)",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.sooke.ca/business-tourism-development/business-licenses/",
   "summary": "District page: STRs permitted if provincial rules and zoning met and a District business licence obtained; zoning determines where permitted.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-str",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "1b3d6f69e7b806531abdbdcc70aab5004a200f015d8a0d0e2cf7148058f28cfa",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:59:47+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1b3d6f69e7b806531abdbdcc70aab5004a200f015d8a0d0e2cf7148058f28cfa.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/short-term-rentals/business-licences/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sooke/short-term-rentals/"
}