{
 "answer": "Kitchener, Ontario has no short-term rentals bylaw on record as of 2026-09-21.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001587",
 "municipality": "Kitchener",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-21",
 "official_website": "http://www.kitchener.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Short-Term Rental Bylaw (proposed Shared Accommodation By-law) - EngageWR consultation page",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "proposed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.engagewr.ca/ShortTermRentals",
   "summary": "Staff proposed a Shared Accommodation By-law to jointly license lodging houses and short-term rentals; at its June 23, 2025 meeting Council voted not to pursue a municipal short-term rental licensing program. Project is now closed; no STR by-law was adopted.",
   "discovered_by": "on-str",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-21",
   "capture_sha256": "72875596b9af71dddf4b2b1ce0a76ad9b1cd2ab725c619ec0f587791d119f401",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-22T03:05:52+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/72875596b9af71dddf4b2b1ce0a76ad9b1cd2ab725c619ec0f587791d119f401.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kitchener/short-term-rentals/short-term-rental-bylaw-engagewr-consultation-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kitchener/short-term-rentals/"
}