{
 "answer": "The City of Waterloo, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Rental Housing Licensing Bylaw No. 2011-047 (consolidated, as amended by By-law 2025-044, effective July 1 2026), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001812",
 "municipality": "Waterloo",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.waterloo.ca",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rental Housing Licensing Bylaw No. 2011-047 (consolidated, as amended by By-law 2025-044, effective July 1 2026)",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.waterloo.ca/bylaws-and-enforcement/bylaw-directory/rental-housing-licensing-bylaw/",
   "summary": "Licenses residential rental units by class (A-D for long-term rentals; Class S/B for owner-occupied short-term rentals). A 'Short-Term Rental' is transient accommodation of 30 consecutive days or less via a booking platform; non-owner-occupied short-term rentals are prohibited.",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-23",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "aa72bed6898d6b9e2d0b9e7417107b36843d0f60a15409128f4f22b213baf5f1",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aa72bed6898d6b9e2d0b9e7417107b36843d0f60a15409128f4f22b213baf5f1.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/waterloo/short-term-rentals/text-aa72bed6898d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/waterloo/short-term-rentals/"
}