Short-term rentals across Ontario
Can I run an Airbnb here? Do I need a licence?
73 of 444 municipalities in Ontario have an adopted bylaw on short-term rentals on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Highlands Township |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law 2024-81
adopted 2024-08-15 |
licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Alnwick/Haldimand Township |
Short Term Rental Licensing By-Law (BL 46-2024)
adopted 2024-06-25 |
licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Amherstburg Town |
By-law 2023-059 - Short Term Rentals | licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh Township |
By-law 68-2025 - Short-Term Rental Licensing | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Assiginack Township |
Short-Term Accommodations By-law 22-07 (Consolidated) | licence required: True · zones allowed: Within geographic limits of the Township where permitted by the applicable zoning By-law. · fee: STA Licencing Fee (1-year term) $1,000.00; Non-Refundable Application Submission Fee $50.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Augusta Township |
3724-2024 License & Regulate Short Term Rentals
adopted 2024-06-24 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Baldwin Township |
Short-Term Rental By-law 2024-007
adopted 2024-06-10 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · zones allowed: Zone R4 only | 2026-08-28 |
| Barrie City |
Municipal Accommodation Tax (Internet-Based Accommodation Sharing Platforms) By-law No. 2019-022
+1 more adopted 2019-03-25 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Belleville City |
Short-Term Accommodations By-law No. 2025-176
adopted 2025-12-01 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Bonfield Township |
Short-Term Rental Accommodation By-law 2025-17
adopted 2025-05-13 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · zones allowed: Permitted for residential dwellings as a permitted use within the geographic limits of the Township. | 2026-08-28 |
| Brampton City |
Short-Term Rental By-law 165-2021 | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: True · fee: $150.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Burlington City |
Short-Term Accommodation Licence By-law 01-2025
adopted 2025-01-13 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Chatham-Kent Municipality |
Short-Term Dwelling Rentals | licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Dutton/Dunwich Municipality |
Short-term Accommodations - Bylaw No. 2022-20 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Dysart et al Municipality |
By-law No. 2024-14 - Short Term Rental By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| French River Municipality |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law 2023-60
adopted 2023-11-15 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · zones allowed: All properties in the Municipality of French River, excluding Non-Permitted Areas (NIL), subject to Zoning By-law. | 2026-08-28 |
| Gananoque Town |
By-law No. 2019-123 - Short-Term Accommodations Licensing By-law
adopted 2019-12-17 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: True · zones allowed: areas where it is a permitted use as set out in the Town's Development Permit By-law | 2026-08-28 |
| Georgian Bay Township |
Short-Term Rentals By-law 2023-116 — Office Consolidation | licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Georgian Bluffs Township |
Short Term Accommodations Licensing Requirements | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · fee: Annual Primary $500; Annual Secondary $750; Seasonal Primary $250; Seasonal Secondary $500 | 2026-08-28 |
| Georgina Town |
By-law 2019-0061 (LI-3) - Short-Term Rental Accommodation Licensing
+2 more adopted 2019-10-09 |
licence required: True · zones allowed: Single Family Dwelling or a lawfully permitted and registered Accessory Apartment on the same lot as a Single Family Dwelling · fee: $250.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Gordon/Barrie Island Municipality |
Short-Term Accommodation By-Law 2022-13 | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · zones allowed: All properties in the Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island; only single home dwellings permitted. | 2026-08-28 |
| Gore Bay Town |
By-law 2023-16 - Short-Term Rental Accommodations Regulation
adopted 2023-05-08 |
licence required: True · zones allowed: All properties within the Town of Gore Bay, limited to single home dwellings. | 2026-08-28 |
| Greater Madawaska Township |
License, Regulate, and Govern Short-Term Rental Accommodations By-Law 19-2024 | licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Grey Highlands Municipality |
Short Term Accommodation Licensing By-law (Consolidated By-law No. 2019-122) | licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Guelph City |
Short Term Rental / Business Licence Amendment By-law (2023)-20825
adopted 2023-10-24 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Hamilton City |
By-law No. 23-005 - To Amend By-law No. 07-170 (Short-Term Rental Licensing)
adopted 2023-01-25 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Huntsville Town |
Short Term Rental Accommodations, Consolidated By-law 2025-19 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Innisfil Town |
Short-Term Accommodations — Bed and Breakfast Regulations | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Kawartha Lakes City |
By-law to License, Regulate and Govern Short-Term Rental Accommodation Businesses 2023-111
+1 more adopted 2023-06-20 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Kenora City |
By-law No. 173-2024 - A By-law to Establish a Municipal Accommodation Tax
adopted 2024-12-17 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Kingston City |
Short-term Rental Licensing By-law 2021-10
+1 more |
licence required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Lake of Bays Township |
By-law 2024-065 — Licence, Regulate and Govern Short-term Rentals | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Lambton Shores Municipality |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-Law 43 of 2022, amended December 20, 2022 | licence required: True · fee: as set out in the Municipal Fees and Charges By-Law | 2026-08-28 |
| Lincoln Town |
Short-Term Accommodation By-law No. 2024-61 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| London City |
Business Licensing By-law No. L.-131-16, Schedule 21 - Short-Term Accommodation
adopted 2017-12-12 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Magnetawan Municipality |
By-law 2025-50 - Short-term Accommodation | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False | 2026-08-28 |
| Mississauga City |
Short Term Rental Accommodation Licensing By-law No. 0289-2020
adopted 2020-12-09 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Muskoka Lakes Township |
Short Term Rental Accommodation Licensing By-law 2025-049
adopted 2025-04-16 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Niagara Falls City |
By-law No. 2025-033 - Owner-Occupied Short-Term Rentals (amends By-law 2021-57)
+5 more adopted 2025-07-08 |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake Town |
Short Term Rental By-law 2025-032 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Norfolk City |
Business Licensing By-law No. 2020-17 - Schedule 4 (Hotels, Motels, Bed & Breakfasts) | — | 2026-08-28 |
| North Bay City |
Short-Term Rental By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Oakville Town |
Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law | — | 2026-08-30 |
| Orillia City |
Municipal Code Chapter 730 — Short-Term Rental Accommodations | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Oshawa City |
Municipal Accommodation Tax By-law 93-2020 (consolidated)
adopted 2020-10-26 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Ottawa City |
Short-Term Rental (By-law No. 2021-104) | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Owen Sound City |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law No. 2023-115
adopted 2023-12-04 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Penetanguishene Town |
STR Licensing By-law 2022-58
adopted 2022-09-14 |
licence required: True · fee: $500.00 (two or less guest rooms); $900.00 (three or more guest rooms) | 2026-08-29 |
| Peterborough City |
By-law No. 19-063 (Municipal Accommodation Tax)
adopted 2019-06-24 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Port Colborne City |
Short-Term Rental Accommodation Licensing By-law 7388/79/25 | licence required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Prince Edward City |
By-Law 108-2021 A By-Law to Regulate and Govern the Operation of Short Term Accommodation Dwelling Rentals
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Ramara Township |
Short-Term Rental Accommodation By-law 2020.11 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Sarnia City |
Short-Term Accommodation By-Law No. 15 of 2020 (Consolidated certified copy)
adopted 2020-02-10 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Sault Ste. Marie City |
Short Term Rentals By-law No. 2022-178 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Smooth Rock Falls Town |
Short-Term Rental By-Law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| South Bruce Peninsula Town |
Short-Term Rental Accommodation Licensing By-Law 11-2026 | licence required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| South Dundas Municipality |
By-law 2022-33 Short Term Rentals (Air Bnb) | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · fee: $500 annual flat fee | 2026-08-29 |
| South Frontenac Township |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| St. Catharines City |
Short-Term Rental and Bed and Breakfast Licensing By-law No. 2023-060
+1 more |
licence required: True · owner occupancy required: True · zones allowed: Residential areas permitted under Zoning By-law; must be secondary use, not primary use of property | 2026-08-29 |
| St.-Charles Municipality |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-Law 2024-28 | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: False · zones allowed: All properties in the Municipality of St.-Charles; no non-permitted areas designated | 2026-08-29 |
| Temiskaming Shores City |
Municipal Transient Accommodation Tax (MAT) By-law No. 2025-019
adopted 2025-02-18 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Thunder Bay City |
Municipal Accommodation Tax By-law No. 74/2018
adopted 2018-08-13 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Timmins City |
Amend By-law 2019-8306 re: Municipal Accommodation Tax (By-law No. 2026-9328)
+1 more adopted 2026-04-14 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Tiny Township |
By-law 22-017 - Licence, Regulate and Govern Short-Term Rental Accommodation
adopted 2022-08-11 |
licence required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Toronto City |
Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 547, Licensing and Registration of Short-Term Rentals | licence required: True · owner occupancy required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Trent Lakes Municipality |
Short Term Rental Accommodation Registration By-law B2025-024 | licence required: True · zones allowed: Anywhere in the Municipality; excludes hunt camps, trailers, park models, duplexes, triplexes, multi-unit residential dwellings | 2026-08-29 |
| Vaughan City |
Municipal Accommodation Tax, Short-Term Rental By-law 183-2019 (Consolidated)
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Waterloo City |
Rental Housing Licensing Bylaw No. 2011-047 (consolidated, as amended by By-law 2025-044, effective July 1 2026)
adopted 2025-06-23 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Wawa Municipality |
BL 3704-24 - Short-Term Rental Accommodation | licence required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Welland City |
Short Term Rentals By-law No. 2021- (licensing and inspecting of short-term rentals)
adopted 2021-11-02 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville Town |
Short-Term Rental By-law 2024-049-LI Consolidated September 25, 2024 | licence required: True | 2026-08-29 |
| Whitestone Municipality |
By-law No. 34-2022 - Amendment to Zoning By-law 07-2018, Short Term Rental Unit definition | zones allowed: Rural (RU), Rural Residential (RR), Waterfront Residential (WF1, WF2, WF3) zones | 2026-08-29 |
| Windsor City |
Short-Term Rental Licensing By-law 115-2022
adopted 2022-08-08 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
Nothing on file for short-term rentals
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (360) — Addington Highlands, Adelaide Metcalfe, Adjala-Tosorontio, Admaston/Bromley, Ajax, Alberton, Alfred and Plantagenet, Amaranth, Armour, Armstrong, Arnprior, Arran–Elderslie, Asphodel–Norwood, Athens, Atikokan, Aurora, Aylmer, Bancroft, Bayham, Beckwith, Billings, Black River-Matheson, Blandford-Blenheim, Blind River, Bluewater, Bonnechere Valley, Bracebridge, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brant, Brantford, Brighton, Brock, Brockton, Brockville, Brooke-Alvinston, Bruce County, Bruce Mines, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Burk's Falls, Burpee and Mills, Caledon, Callander, Calvin, Cambridge, Carleton Place, Carling, Carlow/Mayo, Casey, Casselman, Cavan Monaghan, Central Elgin, Central Frontenac, Central Huron, Central Manitoulin, Centre Hastings, Centre Wellington, Champlain, Chapleau, Chapple, Charlton and Dack, Chatsworth, Chisholm, Clarence-Rockland, Clarington, Clearview, Cobalt, Cobourg, Cochrane, Cockburn Island, Collingwood, Conmee, Cornwall, Cramahe, Dawn-Euphemia, Dawson, Deep River, Deseronto, District Municipality of Muskoka, Dorion, Douro-Dummer, Drummond/North Elmsley, Dryden, Dubreuilville, Dufferin County, Ear Falls, East Ferris, East Garafraxa, East Gwillimbury, East Hawkesbury, East Zorra-Tavistock, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elgin County, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Elliot Lake, Emo, Englehart, Enniskillen, Erin, Espanola, Essa, Essex, Essex County, Evanturel, Faraday, Fort Erie, Fort Frances, Front of Yonge, Frontenac County, Frontenac Islands, Gillies, Goderich, Grand Valley, Gravenhurst, Greater Napanee, Greater Sudbury, Greenstone, Grey County, Grimsby, Guelph/Eramosa, Haldimand, Haliburton County, Halton Hills, Hamilton, Hanover, Harley, Harris, Hastings County, Hastings Highlands, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Hawkesbury, Head, Clara and Maria, Hearst, Highlands East, Hilliard, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Horton, Howick, Hudson, Huron County, Huron East, Huron Shores, Huron-Kinloss, Ignace, Ingersoll, Iroquois Falls, James, Jocelyn, Johnson, Joly, Kapuskasing, Kearney, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Killarney, Kincardine, King, Kingsville, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, La Vallee, LaSalle, Laird, Lake of the Woods, Lakeshore, Lambton County, Lanark County, Lanark Highlands, Larder Lake, Latchford, Laurentian Hills, Laurentian Valley, Leamington, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Lennox and Addington County, Limerick, Loyalist, Lucan Biddulph, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Machar, Machin, Madawaska Valley, Madoc, Malahide, Manitouwadge, Mapleton, Marathon, Markham, Markstay-Warren, Marmora and Lake, Matachewan, Mattawa, Mattawan, Mattice-Val Côté, McDougall, McGarry, McKellar, McMurrich/Monteith, McNab/Braeside, Meaford, Melancthon, Merrickville–Wolford, Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Midland, Milton, Minden Hills, Minto, Mississippi Mills, Mono, Montague, Moosonee, Morris-Turnberry, Mulmur, Nairn and Hyman, Neebing, New Tecumseth, Newbury, Newmarket, Nipigon, Nipissing, North Algona Wilberforce, North Dumfries, North Dundas, North Frontenac, North Glengarry, North Grenville, North Huron, North Kawartha, North Middlesex, North Perth, North Stormont, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Northumberland County, Norwich, Oil Springs, Oliver Paipoonge, Orangeville, Oro-Medonte, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Oxford County, Papineau-Cameron, Parry Sound, Pelee, Pelham, Pembroke, Perry, Perth, Perth County, Perth East, Perth South, Petawawa, Peterborough County, Petrolia, Pickering, Pickle Lake, Plummer Additional, Plympton–Wyoming, Point Edward, Port Hope, Powassan, Prescott, Prescott and Russell, Prince, Puslinch, Quinte West, Rainy River, Red Lake, Red Rock, Regional Municipality of Durham, Regional Municipality of Halton, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Regional Municipality of Peel, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Regional Municipality of York, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Richmond Hill, Rideau Lakes, Russell, Ryerson, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Saugeen Shores, Schreiber, Scugog, Seguin, Selwyn, Severn, Shelburne, Shuniah, Simcoe County, Sioux Lookout, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Smiths Falls, South Algonquin, South Bruce, South Glengarry, South Huron, South River, South Stormont, South-West Oxford, Southgate, Southwest Middlesex, Southwold, Spanish, Springwater, St. Clair, St. Joseph, St. Marys, St. Thomas, Stirling-Rawdon, Stone Mills, Stratford, Strathroy-Caradoc, Strong, Sundridge, Tarbutt, Tay, Tay Valley, Tecumseh, Tehkummah, Temagami, Terrace Bay, Thames Centre, The Archipelago, The Blue Mountains, The Nation, The North Shore, Thessalon, Thorold, Tillsonburg, Trent Hills, Tudor and Cashel, Tweed, Tyendinaga, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Uxbridge, Val Rita-Harty, Wainfleet, Warwick, Wasaga Beach, Wellesley, Wellington County, Wellington North, West Elgin, West Grey, West Lincoln, West Nipissing, West Perth, Westport, Whitby, White River, Whitewater, Wilmot, Wollaston, Woodstock, Woolwich, Zorra.
No bylaws published online (8, verified negatives) — Brethour, Chamberlain, Fauquier-Strickland, Gauthier, Kerns, Moonbeam, O'Connor, Thornloe.
Unconfirmed (3, leads but nothing verified) — Coleman, Morley, Opasatika.