Canada Short-Term Rental Regulatory Briefing
A plain-language snapshot of short-term-rental rules across 10 Canadian markets, built from official municipal and provincial sources. Read the linked official source first — it is the authoritative version; this briefing only summarizes it.
What changed this period
Current rules, market by market
Montréal, QC
-
Registration (CITQ)
Under Québec's Tourist Accommodation Act (Loi sur l'hébergement touristique, RLRQ c. H-1.01) — in force since Sep 1 2022 and reinforced by a 2023 act against illegal tourist accommodation effective Sep 1 2023 — anyone renting <=31 days must obtain a CITQ registration certificate/number before listing anywhere.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Number display
The CITQ registration number — ⚠ AND, where applicable, the NAME of the establishment — must appear distinctly in ANY advertising used to promote it; the province specifies every social medium and every website, transactional or not, so it is not limited to the big platforms. Failing to display them draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise). Displaying a false, inexact, expired, suspended or cancelled number is a separate and more serious offence at $2,500–$25,000 ($5,000–$50,000 otherwise). ⚠ A THIRD, EASILY-MISSED DUTY: where the advertising is VERBAL, or where one advertisement covers SEVERAL establishments run by the same person, you must state that the establishment is registered under the Tourist Accommodation Act — $1,000–$10,000 ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise). CITQ also publishes a public registry so guests can verify a number's validity.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial CITQ layer)
The CITQ registration/renewal fee, which applies to any Québec short-term rental including Montréal, is $54/year for a résidence principale establishment and $156/year for a general tourism-accommodation establishment, both effective January 1, 2026. The fee is payable on receipt of the notice and the registration is valid 12 months.
-
Certificate display & transmission (provincial CITQ layer)
Two duties attach to the registration CERTIFICATE itself, separate from displaying the number in advertising. ⚠ AT THE PREMISES: the certificate must be displayed in view of the tourist clientele at the establishment's main entrance — failing to do so draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person, or $2,000–$20,000 otherwise. ⚠ TO THE PLATFORM: you must transmit your registration certificate to the operator of any digital platform on which you offer the establishment for rent, on the same fine tiers. Both are province-wide under the Loi sur l'hébergement touristique and apply on top of any municipal requirement.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
Operating a tourist-accommodation establishment without a CITQ registration draws fines of $2,500–$25,000 for a natural person, or $5,000–$50,000 for a legal person, under Québec's Loi sur l'hébergement touristique. These are the operating-without-registration tiers; the separate advertising and number-display offences are covered by this market's Number display rule.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Insurance (provincial CITQ layer)
Under Québec's Loi sur l'hébergement touristique, a registered tourist-accommodation establishment must hold — and keep in force — civil liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per event, covering bodily or material injury caused in the course of operating the establishment; failing to hold or maintain it draws a fine of $1,000–$10,000 (natural person) or $2,000–$20,000 (legal person). Québec's registration duty itself covers principal AND secondary residences, and the province states this penalty without naming any exemption on the pages we monitor — so treat the requirement as applying to you and confirm your establishment class with the CITQ if unsure. Province-wide, separate from any municipal rule.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Authorized season — 10 June to 10 September only
Montréal permits short-term tourist rental of a PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE only between 10 June and 10 September each year; you may rent several times within that window, each stay 31 days or less. The City states plainly that outside that period short-term rental of your principal residence is PROHIBITED (« En dehors de cette période, il est interdit de louer votre résidence principale à court terme »). ⚠ This is a MUNICIPAL restriction that sits ON TOP of the provincial CITQ registration: holding a valid CITQ number does not make an out-of-season rental lawful in Montréal.
Official source: montreal.ca ↗ -
Municipal permit — permis d’exploitation, annual renewal & fee
Renting your principal residence to tourists in Montréal requires a municipal permis d’exploitation, and the City requires it to be RENEWED EVERY YEAR. The analysis fee is 350 $, taxes included. The application is made online and requires digital copies of, among others, your most recent provincial notice of assessment with personal information blacked out, photo ID, and proof of ownership (title, or a municipal/school tax bill) or of tenancy.
Official source: montreal.ca ↗ -
Borough exclusions — Lachine, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Léonard
Short-term tourist rental of a principal residence is not available everywhere in Montréal. The City states you may rent in every borough EXCEPT Lachine, Saint-Laurent et Saint-Léonard, where it is prohibited outright. Check your borough before applying: no permit is available in those three, whatever your provincial CITQ status.
Official source: montreal.ca ↗ -
Tenant & divided co-ownership authorization
The dwelling must be your principal residence, and if you own it you must live there. If you are a TENANT, your lease must authorize operating the dwelling for short-term tourist purposes, or you must obtain your landlord’s WRITTEN authorization (and, where other tenants are named on the lease, theirs as well). In a divided co-ownership (copropriété divise) you must supply either the provisions of the declaration of co-ownership permitting a tourist-accommodation establishment, or the authorization of the syndicat des copropriétaires.
Official source: montreal.ca ↗ -
Rental form — one reservation, no meals served
Montréal constrains HOW the principal residence may be rented: it must be rented to one person or one group of people under a SINGLE reservation, and you may not serve any meals. Renting a room in your principal residence is subject to the same rules as renting the whole residence. A dwelling that is NOT your principal residence is a different regime entirely — it needs a certificat d’occupation and is only offered in certain sectors of Montréal.
Official source: montreal.ca ↗ -
Registration renewal — the 60-day provincial window
⚠ THE WINDOW OPENS, IT DOESN'T ONLY CLOSE: Québec's Tourist Accommodation Regulation requires the renewal application to be sent WITHIN THE 60 DAYS PRECEDING the date your registration ends — so you cannot file it early, and nothing suggests a grace period after. The renewal must also be accompanied by a declaration UPDATING your accommodation offering and the related activities and services, not a repeat of last year's file. (Different fixed windows apply to outfitting operations, 1 February to 31 March, and to camping grounds and trailer parks, 1 September to 31 October; neither applies to a principal-residence establishment.)
Official source: legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca ↗
Toronto, ON
-
Registration
Operators must register with the City (fee $390, subject to annual increases); only individuals may register.
-
Registration renewal (annual)
Registration is not one-and-done: operators must renew their short-term rental registration EVERY YEAR, online, and the renewal carries the same fee as a new registration. Letting it lapse leaves you operating unregistered rather than merely late.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Advertising compliance — 24-hour removal & reservation cancellation
Municipal Code Chapter 547 puts duties on WHOEVER advertises, not only on the platform. No person may advertise, facilitate the advertising or rental of, or broker a short-term rental unless its operator is registered. ⚠ THE 24-HOUR ORDER: a person must REMOVE a non-compliant advertisement within 24 hours of being requested to do so by Municipal Licensing and Standards. ⚠ AND THE CONSEQUENCE THAT HURTS: where an advertisement is removed for non-compliance, that person must IMMEDIATELY CANCEL ALL FUTURE RESERVATIONS made for that short-term rental — not merely stop taking new ones. Separately, every invoice, contract, receipt or similar document related to a short-term rental must include the operator's registration number.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Registration is address-bound and non-transferable
A registration is valid ONLY for the address or dwelling unit to which it pertains, and a registrant may not advertise, promote or carry on business at any other address — moving home means a new registration, not a transferred one. ⚠ NO RESALE: no licence or registration issued under Chapter 547 may be sold or transferred, and no person holds a right in its continuance — the by-law states the value of a licence or registration remains the property of the City. For clarity, an operator's principal residence cannot include more than one dwelling unit.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Renewal mechanics — anniversary, late fee, deemed continuation
A registration is valid for one year and must be renewed ON THE ANNIVERSARY of the date it was first issued — not at year-end and not on a rolling calendar. ⚠ MISS IT AND YOU PAY: a holder who fails to apply for renewal by that date must pay a LATE RENEWAL FEE. ⚠ ONE PROTECTION WORTH KNOWING: if you have applied for renewal and remitted all applicable fees, the registration is DEEMED TO CONTINUE until the renewal is granted — so a slow City decision does not put you out of compliance. And if any information you gave Municipal Licensing and Standards in your application or renewal changes, you must notify them.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
In-unit posting — emergency contact & exit diagrams
⚠ A DUTY AT THE PROPERTY, not on paper: you must post a PHYSICAL copy of the emergency contact information and the exit diagrams prominently inside the rental, and it must stay posted for the duration of the guest's rental period. This is separate from anything you provide digitally through a platform.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Principal residence & caps
The unit must be the operator's principal residence; entire-home rentals are capped at 180 nights/year, while renting private rooms has no annual cap. Under Municipal Code Chapter 547 §547-4.2.C, an operator must — within 10 days of being requested to do so by Municipal Licensing and Standards — provide evidence satisfactory to the Executive Director that the registered property is their principal residence; failing to provide that evidence carries a $700 fine.
-
Rental type — entire unit vs partial unit
When applying or renewing, an operator must declare whether they will operate as an ENTIRE-UNIT or a PARTIAL-UNIT rental, and must then only advertise and rent in accordance with the type listed on the registration — an operator registered for partial-unit rentals may not advertise or rent the property as an entire-unit rental, and a partial-unit operator cannot rent out the entire dwelling unit at the same time. ⚠ HOW THE 180-NIGHT LIMIT INTERACTS: once the property is registered as an ENTIRE-UNIT rental, the COMBINED total of partial-unit and entire-unit nights cannot exceed 180 nights in a calendar year. The limit resets on January 1 of the following year.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Who may register — age, evidence and exclusions
To short-term rent in Toronto you must be 18 years or older, be using your principal residence in Toronto, and be able to demonstrate that you live there — the name and address on the registration must match your government-issued ID, and you may be asked to attend an in-person interview. ⚠ EXCLUSIONS THAT CATCH PEOPLE OUT: licensed multi-tenant house operators are prohibited from applying at all; if you live in a condominium you must ensure your condominium's bylaws and rules allow short-term rentals (the City does not check that for you); and Bed and Breakfasts are subject to the short-term rental rules and must register. Secondary and investment properties can be rented long-term only.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Tax (MAT) — rate, basis & exemptions
Hotels and individuals offering short-term rentals must pay a six per cent (6%) Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT). ⚠ THE 6% FIGURE HAS A DATE ON IT: a temporary increase to 8.5 per cent ENDED effective August 1, 2026, and 6 per cent applies to stays beginning that date — so stays before it fall under the higher temporary rate, and a quarterly return covering July–September 2026 spans BOTH rates (see this market's MAT collection & filing rule for the filing duty). MAT is payable on the purchase price of the room portion of rental accommodations for stays of four hours or more. Other services — meeting room rentals, food and beverage, room service, internet and phone charges — are excluded from the tax provided they are itemized separately on the bill, and HST is payable on the MAT portion. The City also publishes an exemption list (for example treatment centres receiving provincial aid, and summer camps where overnight accommodation is part of the program).
-
Tax (MAT) — collection & filing
Operators must collect and remit the Municipal Accommodation Tax on every rental under 28 consecutive days, filed and paid on a quarterly basis within 30 days of the end of the quarter. A platform may sign a Voluntary Collection Agreement with the City of Toronto to collect and remit the MAT on behalf of operators, but the operator still files the report AND ⚠ remains responsible for ensuring the correct amount of MAT is collected and remitted. MAT also stays owed on bookings until the registration is actually cancelled. Failure to report or remit can lead the City to revoke or refuse to renew the registration.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Inspections
As of January 2025, all approved short-term rental registrations are subject to an annual compliance inspection, and the City may inspect at any reasonable time to verify compliance with the short-term rental bylaws and all other applicable bylaws. The operator must be present — another individual or an organization's representative cannot attend on their behalf — and failing to complete an inspection within a reasonable time can result in revocation of the registration. The City's operator page further states that this 10-day evidence duty (Chapter 547 §547-4.2.C, which in the by-law text is scoped to proving principal residence) also covers scheduling the inspection — so treat a City request as starting a 10-day clock. Obstructing an authorized inspection carries a $400 fine.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗ -
Record-keeping — 3-year transaction records & 30-day production
⚠ A DUTY THAT OUTLASTS THE STAY: for EVERY concluded transaction you must keep a record for THREE YEARS after the transaction date — and the clock starts on the LAST DAY of the rental period, not the booking date. Each record must show the number of nights rented, the nightly AND total price charged, and whether it was an entire-unit or partial-unit rental (plus anything else the Executive Director requires). If Municipal Licensing and Standards asks for them, you have 30 DAYS to hand them over. Platform statements are not automatically enough — the duty is yours as the operator.
Official source: toronto.ca ↗
Vancouver, BC
-
Registration (two layers: city + province)
Vancouver short-term rentals (stays under 90 consecutive days) require BOTH a City of Vancouver short-term rental business licence AND a separate BC provincial short-term rental registration number under the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (STRAA); both numbers must be held before listing.
Official source: vancouver.ca ↗ -
Listing display & platform validation
Once registered, a host must display their provincial registration number on the listing (the Province set a May 1, 2025 deadline for this) and must display a valid business licence number on the listing in any area where the local government requires one. ⚠ THE ADDRESS MUST MATCH: the address on the short-term rental listing has to match the address associated with the registration, because platforms validate the registration number against it — a mismatch means the listing cannot be validated.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (principal residence)
Both layers restrict short-term rentals to the host's principal residence — the home where they actually live most of the year — plus, under the provincial rule, at most one secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit on the same property; separate investment properties do not qualify.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Fees (municipal business licence)
Vancouver's own city business licence for a short-term rental is reported at roughly $1,108/year, with a separate initial application fee. ⚠ WE CANNOT VERIFY THIS FIGURE: vancouver.ca blocks automated access, so we cannot read the City's fee page or detect a change to it. Treat it as an undated estimate and confirm the current amount with the City of Vancouver before budgeting.
Official source: vancouver.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial STRAA registration)
British Columbia's provincial short-term rental registration (STRAA) fee is $100/year to register a short-term rental in the home where you live — your entire home while you are away, or bedroom(s) in it — and $450/year to register one you do not live in, such as a secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit on the same property, or a strata hotel unit listed on a third-party platform. This is the PROVINCIAL layer and is separate from any municipal licence.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
The Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act lets municipalities set ticketing fines up to $3,000 per infraction per day for operating without a valid licence; separately, provincial administrative penalties under BC Reg 268/2023 Schedule 4 escalate $5,000 / $7,500 / $10,000 for a first / second / third-plus unregistered-listing violation, with the Act allowing a separate penalty for each day a contravention continues.
Official source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Accommodation taxes (PST + MRDT)
British Columbia charges 8% PST on short-term accommodation, plus a 3% Municipal and Regional District Tax (MRDT) in the City of Vancouver, plus an additional 2.5% Major Events MRDT that runs from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2030 — each listed separately on the invoice. The tax is calculated on the full purchase price, including cleaning, booking, administration, resort and similar fees, but not GST. PST and MRDT do not apply where the same guest stays 27 continuous days or more. ⚠ The small-supplier exemption (gross accommodation revenue under $2,500 in both the previous and the next 12 months) is available ONLY to a host who does NOT list on an online marketplace platform, so it does not reach a typical platform listing. Where a listing is on a marketplace whose facilitator is registered, that facilitator collects and remits the tax on those sales, but the host must still register and collect on any sales made through other channels.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Registration renewal (provincial STRAA — annual, 40-day window)
B.C.'s provincial short-term-rental registration is NOT one-and-done: « All registrations must be renewed annually. » The renewal window opens 40 DAYS BEFORE your registration expires — the Province's own example: a host who registered February 20 sees the renewal window open on January 10. ⚠ DO NOT RELY ON THE REMINDERS ALONE: the Province says notifications to renew are sent by email 40 days, 14 days and 1 day before expiry, so a missed or filtered email leaves very little margin. Operating past expiry means operating unregistered. This provincial duty is separate from, and additional to, any municipal business-licence renewal.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
2026 registration changes — one per unit, and when a NEW registration is required
The Province lists several changes for 2026 registrations and renewals. Only ONE registration is required per short-term-rental unit. A new registration is NOT required if you change which bedrooms are listed, or move from listing a bedroom to the entire unit, where the unit is already registered. ⚠ A NEW REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED if the host changes their legal name, legal business name, or the short-term-rental ADDRESS. Seasonal accommodations are exempt from registration (the Province publishes Seasonal Accommodation Policy Guidance). The accepted PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE DOCUMENTATION has changed — re-check what proof is accepted before renewing. Property managers who applied as a property host in 2025 should make a new application for 2026 providing the property host's information.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Change reporting — 14 days to tell the registrar
⚠ A DEADLINE THAT FIRES MID-YEAR, not at renewal: BC Reg 268/2023 gives a registrant only 14 DAYS to report a change in prescribed information to the registrar. What counts is broader than most hosts expect — your short-term rental information, whether the property is still your PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, and whether the offer is for an ENTIRE residence or only a portion of one. So moving out, changing which rooms you rent, or switching from a room to the whole unit each start a 14-day clock of their own. ⚠ Do not confuse this with the renewal reminder emails the Province sends at 40, 14 and 1 day before expiry — those are courtesy notices about renewal; this is a separate, self-triggered duty with no reminder at all.
Official source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Registering without Canadian ID — notarized affidavit and an 8-10 day wait
⚠ A GATE BEFORE THE APPLICATION EVEN STARTS, and it catches non-resident owners. BC's registry is entered through a BC Registries account. If you hold an ID issued in Canada you set that up with your BC Services Card. If you DON'T have an ID issued in Canada, you must instead create the account with a BCeID and two-factor authentication — and that route requires a NOTARIZED IDENTITY AFFIDAVIT and takes roughly 8-10 DAYS to process. ⚠ Only after the account is approved and the confirmation email arrives can you even begin the registration form, so an overseas or newly-arrived owner should start this well before the season, not alongside the listing.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗
Ottawa, ON
-
Registration (Host Permit)
Anyone renting their principal residence, or part of it, for stays under 30 consecutive nights must hold a City of Ottawa Short-Term Rental Host Permit issued under By-law No. 2021-104 before listing; homeowners, tenants (with landlord permission), and condo/co-op owners (unless prohibited by their corporation) may all apply, and rural/cottage owners use a separate cottage-rental permit stream.
Official source: ottawa.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (principal residence)
Short-term rentals are only permitted in the host's principal residence — the home where they live most of the year; investment properties, secondary homes, and vacant units cannot be used, and a host is entitled to only one Host Permit for their principal residence (plus, separately, one for a cottage rental if applicable).
Official source: ottawa.ca ↗ -
Fees & tax
The Host Permit fee (Schedule A of By-law No. 2021-104) is $65 administration fee plus $58 permit fee ($123 total), valid for 2 years before renewal; hosts must also maintain continuous liability insurance for the life of the permit, and Ottawa collects a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax on stays under 30 days (raised from 4% at launch to 5%, then to 6% effective January 1, 2026) — automatically remitted by major platforms, or filed quarterly by independent hosts.
Official source: ottawa.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
By-law No. 2021-104 s.14 (as amended through By-law 2024-469) sets a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum fine of $100,000 for each day an offence occurs or continues, with each day treated as a separate violation — the total of all daily fines for a continuing offence is not itself capped at $100,000.
Official source: ottawa.ca ↗ -
Insurance (Host Permit)
The City of Ottawa publishes an Insurance Certificate Checklist — Required wording for the Short-Term Rental Host licence category. It states each insurance certificate must show: coverage for short-term rental activity appropriate to the nature of the property; a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 inclusive per occurrence for personal injury, bodily injury, death and damage to property; an endorsement of either short-term rental, Airbnb, or home sharing; and a clause giving the City thirty (30) days’ written notice if the insurer cancels. WHAT THIS SOURCE IS: this is the City’s administrative checklist of required certificate wording — what the certificate the City accepts must say. It is not By-law No. 2021-104, and the by-law as amended governs. The checklist carries no publication or revision date; we retrieved it on September 2, 2026 and cannot tell from the document when the City last updated it. ⚠ We do not monitor Ottawa. ottawa.ca blocks automated access, so we cannot detect changes to Ottawa’s by-law or to this checklist. Treat this as a dated snapshot, not a watched rule. Ask your own insurer or broker about your policy, and the City of Ottawa, Bylaw & Regulatory Services Branch about the permit.
Official source: documents.ottawa.ca ↗
Calgary, AB
-
Registration (business licence)
Operating a short-term rental in Calgary requires a Short-Term Rental Business Licence under the Business Licence Bylaw; applicants must provide a fire-safety plan, proof of ownership or owner consent (validated by title search), and proof of liability insurance of at least $2 million — ⚠ which the City requires to be issued by a registered insurer in Alberta, so an out-of-province policy may not qualify — and every listing's advertising must display the licence number. ⚠ The licence holder (the applicant) must themselves be the insurance policy holder — a policy in someone else's name does not satisfy the requirement — and where the applicant is a property management company, it must provide its own liability insurance.
-
Fire inspection (pre-licence, and possibly annual)
⚠ A GATE ON OPERATING AT ALL, not a formality: every short-term rental must PASS a fire inspection before a business licence can be issued. You book and complete the inspection after submitting the application, the property must meet all safety and permit requirements before the inspection takes place, and if deficiencies are found they must be corrected before approval is granted. Beyond licensing, the City states that annual fire inspections by the Calgary Fire Department may be required to confirm ongoing compliance with life-safety requirements.
Official source: calgary.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (primary vs non-primary)
Since amendments effective Apr 1 2025, Calgary licenses short-term rentals as either 'primary residence' or 'non-primary residence,' with the short-term-rental definition widened to cover stays of up to 180 consecutive days. City Council approved a moratorium on NEW non-primary residence licences tied to the rental vacancy rate, but ⚠ the City states it did NOT take effect in 2025 because the CMHC purpose-built rental vacancy rate was 4.8%. If that rate falls below 2.5%, the City says it would impose only a temporary pause on issuing NEW non-primary licences — it would not apply to new primary-residence applications, and existing licences are not affected. Also effective Apr 1 2025: the City will NOT issue a short-term-rental business licence for a home designated as affordable housing. Separately, condo-board consent is no longer required by the City — though applicants must still comply with their condominium's own bylaws.
-
Fees
New licences cost $172 (primary residence) or $510 (non-primary residence), plus a $117 fire-inspection fee for both new and renewal applications; renewals are $131 (primary) or $260 (non-primary); a separate short-term-rental company/platform licence category carries an annual $3,000 fee.
Official source: calgary.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
The Business Licence Bylaw sets a $1,000 fine upon conviction for each of several offence categories, including failing to display the licence number in advertising, operating without required egress windows, exceeding 2 occupants per room, allowing overlapping bookings, not posting 24-hour emergency contact information, and failing to maintain or provide guest records.
Official source: calgary.ca ↗ -
Fire-safety plan — what it must actually show
⚠ THE PLAN IS NOT A FORMALITY — it has required CONTENTS, and an incomplete one is what stalls an application. Calgary's fire-safety plan must map: every accessible room and floor a renter can use, INCLUDING bedrooms and sleeping areas — the City explicitly counts a living room with a fold-out couch as a sleeping area, which is the element hosts most often miss; the location of smoke alarms, fire extinguishers AND carbon monoxide detectors; and fire exit locations. These contents came in with the January 2024 business-licence changes, alongside proof of ownership or owner consent validated by a title search and, for condos, written approval from the condo board.
Official source: calgary.ca ↗
Edmonton, AB
-
Registration (business licence)
Anyone offering a dwelling for stays of 30 consecutive days or less in Edmonton needs a 'Residential Rental Accommodation (Short-Term)' business licence under Bylaw 20002 — one licence per dwelling, required regardless of whether the host lives at the property, with the licence number displayed on every advertisement.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Licence conditions at the premises (Bylaw 20002 s.60)
Bylaw 20002 s.60 makes these DEEMED CONDITIONS of the short-term rental licence — they bind automatically, without appearing on the licence itself. Beyond complying with the approved Operational Plan, the licensee must: make a copy of that approved Plan available to all employees and managers; ⚠ GIVE EVERY RENTER an up-to-date copy of the information guide for short-term residential rental accommodation guests as approved by the City Manager; and ⚠ POST A PHONE NUMBER for the licensee somewhere on the premises that is reasonably accessible to anyone renting there.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Advertising is evidence — and the owner is deemed responsible (s.61–62)
⚠ TWO PROVISIONS THAT SHIFT WHO CARRIES THE RISK. First, no person may conduct any OTHER business in a premises used as a short-term residential rental unless they hold a licence authorizing that business — running a second activity out of the same address needs its own licence. Second, and more consequential: if an advertisement is found offering a property as a short-term rental, the person registered as the OWNER under the Land Titles Act is DEEMED, absent evidence to the contrary, to have posted that advertisement or consented to it — and in any prosecution the advertisement itself is prima facie evidence that business is being conducted at the property. An owner who lets someone else list their property carries the exposure.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (no principal-residence rule)
Unlike most other Canadian cities, Edmonton does not restrict short-term rentals to a host's principal residence — investment properties qualify. If the host lives on-site, up to 2 sleeping units (max 2 people each) may be rented; renting 4 or more sleeping units separately in a building triggers a Development Permit and Building Permit requirement.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Neighbourhood operating conditions (parking & waste)
Three obligations the City places on the HOST rather than the guest. ⚠ PARKING PROVISION: if the short-term rental sits inside a Residential Parking Program area, accommodations for parking must be provided ON THE PROPERTY — an on-street plan is not sufficient there. ⚠ PARKING COMMUNICATION: guests have the same access to public-street parking as residents, and the host must inform them of any parking restrictions on the street — including that a vehicle left on a public road must be moved at least once every 72 hours or it may be treated as abandoned and towed. ⚠ WASTE: the host is responsible for informing guests of the waste collection process, including that blue bags, food scraps carts and garbage carts must be set out for collection by 7am on the collection day. Neighbours can report garbage-storage concerns about a short-term rental to 311.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Fees
The Residential Rental Accommodation (Short-Term) licence sits in Tier 2 of the City's fee schedule: a 1-year licence costs $101 ($91 to renew on time), and a 2-year licence costs $191 ($176 to renew on time). The City's fee schedule states these amounts without dating them, so no effective date is published here.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
Bylaw 20002's Schedule C sets fines specific to short-term rental operators: conducting business within a short-term rental without a valid licence draws a $1,000 fine (separate from the general $500 unlicensed-business default), and failing to follow the approved Operational Plan, post required guest information, or display the licence number on ads each draw $250-$500; all fines double for a subsequent offence.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Guest guide — you must hand guests the City's own document
⚠ A DUTY TOWARD YOUR GUESTS, not just the City: operators must provide guests with a copy of Edmonton's "Short-Term Residential Rental Accommodation: Information for Guests" guide. It is easy to miss because it is not part of the licence form — the licence application takes the Operational Plan (Guest Management), while THIS document is something you pass to each guest. Handing over your own house rules does not substitute for the City's guide.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗ -
Other authorities — condo/HOA bylaws are YOUR job, and Alberta Health is notified
⚠ TWO AUTHORITIES THE CITY LICENCE DOES NOT SETTLE. First, some condominium or homeowner-association bylaws simply do not allow short-term home rentals, and Edmonton states plainly that it is the HOST's responsibility to check those bylaws BEFORE submitting an application — a City licence does not override them. Second, Alberta Health Services is notified of every application and may impose additional requirements outside the City's jurisdiction, so an approved municipal licence is not the end of the process.
Official source: edmonton.ca ↗
Halifax, NS
-
Registration (two layers: HRM + province)
Short-term rental operators in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) must complete a one-time registration with the Municipal Residential Rental Registry AND register annually with the Nova Scotia provincial Short-term Rentals Registry before advertising or accepting guests; the provincial registry applies to any accommodation offered for 28 consecutive days or less.
-
Eligibility (principal residence)
HRM's bylaw restricts whole-unit short-term rental in residential zones to the operator's primary residence; short-term rental in dedicated tourist/commercial zones is permitted without the primary-residence restriction but requires a separate Development Only Permit.
-
Fees (municipal HRM)
HRM charges a $200 Zoning Confirmation Letter fee for a residential/primary-residence short-term rental application, and a $250 Development Only Permit fee for a commercial or room-rental application (which also requires a floor plan and site plan).
Official source: halifax.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial registry)
The Nova Scotia provincial registry charges $50/year for a whole-home primary-residence host, $50–$150/year for a traditional tourist accommodation depending on bedroom count, tiered $240/$500/$2,000 per year for commercial categories, and $500/year for platform operators.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗ -
Registrant terms & conditions (provincial)
Nova Scotia's regulations attach standing conditions to every registration, and they bind the host continuously — not just at sign-up. ⚠ ADVERTISING: any online advertisement for the accommodation must include the registration number, except where the advertisement appears on a platform that lists only hotel or motel accommodation. ⚠ CHANGES: any change to the information given in the registration application must be reported to the Minister within 10 days of the change. The registrant must also comply with the Act and regulations, and must keep the registered accommodation compliant with applicable municipal by-laws. ⚠ OUT-OF-PROVINCE HOSTS: a registrant whose mailing address is outside Nova Scotia must give the Minister the contact information and address of an office or representative located in the Province, and documents sent there are deemed to have been received by the host.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗ -
Personal vacation homes — 150-day cap (provincial)
A short-term rental in Nova Scotia is a stay of 28 consecutive days or less. ⚠ FOR A PERSONAL VACATION HOME THERE IS ALSO AN ANNUAL CEILING: all short-term rentals of that home together must total no more than 150 days per registration year. A personal vacation home is defined as a dwelling primarily intended for seasonal or recreational use and primarily used and occupied by its owner, the owner's immediate family, or close friends who do not pay rent to use it — so the cap follows the classification, not the calendar you choose.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗ -
Secondary & backyard suites (provincial)
A secondary suite or backyard suite is treated as a COMMERCIAL short-term rental unless the suite is the host's primary residence — which changes the registration class and the fee tier that apply. ⚠ AND A FUNDING BAR: an owner or occupant of a secondary or backyard suite who has received funding under the provincial program is prohibited from operating or registering that suite as a short-term rental, unless the suite is their primary residence. The Minister may exempt a person from that prohibition, but only in writing.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
Nova Scotia's provincial regulation sets offence fines of $1,000 to $100,000 per violation (continuing violations capable of drawing up to $100,000 per year), alongside a separate administrative-penalty track of $2,000 for a first offence, $4,000 for a second, and $8,000 for a third or subsequent offence. HRM's own municipal enforcement adds summary-offence charges for repeat non-compliance.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗ -
Accommodation tax (municipal marketing levy)
Halifax By-law M-400 (adopted fall 2023, replacing H-400) requires every accommodation registered under the Tourism Accommodations Registration Act to collect a marketing levy of three per cent of revenues per night, payable by the guest at the time of purchase and remitted monthly to the municipality; the rate rose from two per cent on October 1, 2023. ⚠ Since September 1, 2024 the by-law requires online platform operators to collect and remit the levy on behalf of hosts: if your listing is booked and paid for exclusively on such a platform you do not file the monthly remittance form at all, but if you also take direct bookings you must collect and remit the levy on those direct bookings yourself. Provincial and federal sales tax applies on top of the levy and is separate from it.
-
Registration renewal — an OFFENCE to keep operating unrenewed
⚠ RENEWAL IS NOT ADMINISTRATIVE — lapsing is an offence, not a late fee. Nova Scotia's regulations make a person who CONTINUES TO OPERATE as a host and fails to renew their registration "guilty of an offence", and the same applies to failing to pay the annual registration tax, which is also NON-REFUNDABLE. ⚠ Renewal is not guaranteed either: on a renewal request the Registrar may require you to provide additional information to determine eligibility, may require you to APPLY AS A NEW APPLICANT rather than renew, or may DENY the renewal outright — so treat it as a fresh approval you must leave time for, not a rubber stamp.
Official source: novascotia.ca ↗
Whistler, BC
-
Registration (municipal licence + provincial STRAA number)
Operating a short-term rental ("tourist accommodation") in Whistler requires a Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) business licence — enforced by RMOW since 2017, predating the provincial law — AND, separately, registration with the BC provincial short-term rental registry under the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (STRAA), mandatory since May 1, 2025, with the provincial registration number displayed on every listing.
Official source: whistler.ca ↗ -
Listing display & platform validation
A host must include a valid municipal business licence number on their listing on any short-term rental platform (Airbnb, VRBO and the like) — a requirement that began May 1, 2024 — and rental platforms validate listings against the provincial registration number. ⚠ THE STATED CONSEQUENCE IS REMOVAL: the municipality's own guidance addresses the case of a tourist-accommodation listing being removed from a platform for not carrying the licence number by that date.
Official source: whistler.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (resort exemption from the principal-residence rule)
Whistler is one of BC's designated resort municipalities and is explicitly exempt from STRAA's provincial principal-residence requirement — RMOW's own page states the rule limiting short-term rentals to a host's principal residence plus one secondary suite does not apply to Whistler. Instead, Whistler controls where short-term rentals may operate through its own zoning (a property must be zoned 'tourist accommodation' or 'temporary accommodation'; residential zoning prohibits it outright) and title covenants — a materially different gate than the principal-residence-only model used in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary.
Official source: whistler.ca ↗ -
Fees (municipal RMOW licence)
The Resort Municipality of Whistler's Tourist Accommodation business licence is priced at $250 per guest unit, with separate rates for hotels and campgrounds.
Official source: whistler.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial STRAA registration)
British Columbia's provincial short-term rental registration (STRAA) fee is $100/year to register a short-term rental in the home where you live — your entire home while you are away, or bedroom(s) in it — and $450/year to register one you do not live in, such as a secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit on the same property, or a strata hotel unit listed on a third-party platform. This is the PROVINCIAL layer and is separate from any municipal licence.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties
The Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act lets municipalities set fines up to $3,000 per day for operating a short-term rental without a valid licence. RMOW states it is amending its bylaws to be able to levy that amount, and that its fine is currently $1,000 per day. A separate RMOW tourist-accommodation business-licence page cites fines of up to $500 per infraction for contravening the Tourist Accommodation Regulation Bylaw, and notes the municipality can enforce on the basis of illegal marketing or advertising alone, without proof that a rental took place.
Official source: whistler.ca ↗ -
Accommodation taxes (PST + MRDT)
British Columbia charges 8% PST on short-term accommodation province-wide, plus up to 3% MRDT in participating areas (3% is the province-wide maximum); confirm the rate that applies to Whistler on the province's MRDT location map. The additional 2.5% Major Events MRDT applies only to the City of Vancouver and does not apply in Whistler. The tax is calculated on the full purchase price, including cleaning, booking, administration, resort and similar fees, but not GST. PST and MRDT do not apply where the same guest stays 27 continuous days or more. ⚠ The small-supplier exemption (gross accommodation revenue under $2,500 in both the previous and the next 12 months) is available ONLY to a host who does NOT list on an online marketplace platform, so it does not reach a typical platform listing. Where a listing is on a marketplace whose facilitator is registered, that facilitator collects and remits the tax on those sales, but the host must still register and collect on any sales made through other channels.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Registration renewal (provincial STRAA — annual, 40-day window)
B.C.'s provincial short-term-rental registration is NOT one-and-done: « All registrations must be renewed annually. » The renewal window opens 40 DAYS BEFORE your registration expires — the Province's own example: a host who registered February 20 sees the renewal window open on January 10. ⚠ DO NOT RELY ON THE REMINDERS ALONE: the Province says notifications to renew are sent by email 40 days, 14 days and 1 day before expiry, so a missed or filtered email leaves very little margin. Operating past expiry means operating unregistered. This provincial duty is separate from, and additional to, any municipal business-licence renewal.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
2026 registration changes — one per unit, and when a NEW registration is required
The Province lists several changes for 2026 registrations and renewals. Only ONE registration is required per short-term-rental unit. A new registration is NOT required if you change which bedrooms are listed, or move from listing a bedroom to the entire unit, where the unit is already registered. ⚠ A NEW REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED if the host changes their legal name, legal business name, or the short-term-rental ADDRESS. Seasonal accommodations are exempt from registration (the Province publishes Seasonal Accommodation Policy Guidance). The accepted PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE DOCUMENTATION has changed — re-check what proof is accepted before renewing. Property managers who applied as a property host in 2025 should make a new application for 2026 providing the property host's information.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Change reporting — 14 days to tell the registrar
⚠ A DEADLINE THAT FIRES MID-YEAR, not at renewal: BC Reg 268/2023 gives a registrant only 14 DAYS to report a change in prescribed information to the registrar. What counts is broader than most hosts expect — your short-term rental information, whether the property is still your PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, and whether the offer is for an ENTIRE residence or only a portion of one. So moving out, changing which rooms you rent, or switching from a room to the whole unit each start a 14-day clock of their own. ⚠ Do not confuse this with the renewal reminder emails the Province sends at 40, 14 and 1 day before expiry — those are courtesy notices about renewal; this is a separate, self-triggered duty with no reminder at all.
Official source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca ↗ -
Registering without Canadian ID — notarized affidavit and an 8-10 day wait
⚠ A GATE BEFORE THE APPLICATION EVEN STARTS, and it catches non-resident owners. BC's registry is entered through a BC Registries account. If you hold an ID issued in Canada you set that up with your BC Services Card. If you DON'T have an ID issued in Canada, you must instead create the account with a BCeID and two-factor authentication — and that route requires a NOTARIZED IDENTITY AFFIDAVIT and takes roughly 8-10 DAYS to process. ⚠ Only after the account is approved and the confirmation email arrives can you even begin the registration form, so an overseas or newly-arrived owner should start this well before the season, not alongside the listing.
Official source: www2.gov.bc.ca ↗
Mont-Tremblant, QC
-
Registration (municipal zoning confirmation + CITQ)
Mont-Tremblant only permits résidence de tourisme (short-term rental) use in zones already zoned for it. A host must first confirm with the city's Urban Planning Service that their zone and dwelling type (only detached single-family homes qualify) allow the use and obtain a change-of-use confirmation, then register the establishment with Québec's CITQ before listing.
Official source: vdmt.ca ↗ -
Number display
The CITQ registration number — ⚠ AND, where applicable, the NAME of the establishment — must appear distinctly in ANY advertising used to promote it; the province specifies every social medium and every website, transactional or not, so it is not limited to the big platforms. Failing to display them draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise). Displaying a false, inexact, expired, suspended or cancelled number is a separate and more serious offence at $2,500–$25,000 ($5,000–$50,000 otherwise). ⚠ A THIRD, EASILY-MISSED DUTY: where the advertising is VERBAL, or where one advertisement covers SEVERAL establishments run by the same person, you must state that the establishment is registered under the Tourist Accommodation Act — $1,000–$10,000 ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise).
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Eligibility — zoning first, and ONLY unifamilial isolé
⚠ ZONING DECIDES BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, and the building type is a hard gate: Mont-Tremblant authorises résidence de tourisme only for a UNIFAMILIAL ISOLÉ — a building with a single dwelling, on its own lot, detached from any other main building. The City states plainly that if your home is not of that type, "la réglementation n'autorise pas l'usage de résidence de tourisme sur votre propriété" — there is no permit that fixes it. ⚠ Which zones qualify is governed by RÈGLEMENTS INTÉRIMAIRES (RCI) that can move, so the City tells you to confirm the authorised zone with the Service de l'urbanisme rather than rely on a map. Only after that do you check whether a certificat de changement d'usage is needed, then register with the CITQ, then obtain the municipal avis de conformité the CITQ requires.
Official source: vdmt.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial CITQ layer)
The CITQ registration/renewal fee, which applies to any Québec short-term rental including Mont-Tremblant, is $54/year for a résidence principale establishment and $156/year for a general tourism-accommodation establishment, both effective January 1, 2026. Mont-Tremblant's own municipal change-of-use confirmation step does not have a published fee on the city pages read.
-
Certificate display & transmission (provincial CITQ layer)
Two duties attach to the registration CERTIFICATE itself, separate from displaying the number in advertising. ⚠ AT THE PREMISES: the certificate must be displayed in view of the tourist clientele at the establishment's main entrance — failing to do so draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person, or $2,000–$20,000 otherwise. ⚠ TO THE PLATFORM: you must transmit your registration certificate to the operator of any digital platform on which you offer the establishment for rent, on the same fine tiers. Both are province-wide under the Loi sur l'hébergement touristique and apply on top of any municipal requirement.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties (provincial CITQ layer)
Québec's Loi sur l'hébergement touristique sets fines, applicable in Mont-Tremblant as everywhere in the province, of $2,500-$25,000 (natural person) or $5,000-$50,000 (entity) for offering tourist accommodation without a CITQ registration certificate, and $1,000-$10,000 (natural person) or $2,000-$20,000 (entity) for failing to display the registration number in advertising.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Insurance (provincial CITQ layer)
Under Québec's Loi sur l'hébergement touristique, a registered tourist-accommodation establishment must hold — and keep in force — civil liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per event, covering bodily or material injury caused in the course of operating the establishment; failing to hold or maintain it draws a fine of $1,000–$10,000 (natural person) or $2,000–$20,000 (legal person). Québec's registration duty itself covers principal AND secondary residences, and the province states this penalty without naming any exemption on the pages we monitor — so treat the requirement as applying to you and confirm your establishment class with the CITQ if unsure. Province-wide, separate from any municipal rule.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Interim control by-law (RCI) — verify your zone first
Mont-Tremblant now points hosts to INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAWS (règlements intérimaires / RCI) as the instrument thatdetermines where résidence de tourisme use is allowed: the City states that « en raison de l'entrée en vigueur de règlements intérimaires », you must obtain confirmation from the Service de l'urbanisme as to where the use is authorized, and it directs you to check the City's CARTOGRAPHIC TOOL before taking any step. ⚠ WHY THIS MATTERS: an interim control by-law can change which zones permit the use, so a zone that allowed résidence de tourisme previously may no longer — do not rely on an earlier confirmation. The page also now states the permitted dwelling type EN VERTU DU RCI: unifamilial isolé (a building containing a single dwelling, on its own lot, detached from any other main building); if your home is not of that type, the regulation does not authorize résidence de tourisme use on your property. We cannot cite an in-force DATE for the RCI from this page — confirm the current state with the Service de l'urbanisme.
Official source: vdmt.ca ↗ -
Registration renewal — the 60-day provincial window
⚠ THE WINDOW OPENS, IT DOESN'T ONLY CLOSE: Québec's Tourist Accommodation Regulation requires the renewal application to be sent WITHIN THE 60 DAYS PRECEDING the date your registration ends — so you cannot file it early, and nothing suggests a grace period after. The renewal must also be accompanied by a declaration UPDATING your accommodation offering and the related activities and services, not a repeat of last year's file. (Different fixed windows apply to outfitting operations, 1 February to 31 March, and to camping grounds and trailer parks, 1 September to 31 October; neither applies to a principal-residence establishment.)
Official source: legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca ↗
Québec City, QC
-
Registration (municipal authorization + CITQ)
Offering collaborative short-term tourist accommodation in Québec City (hébergement touristique collaboratif) requires obtaining a municipal authorization certificate from the city FIRST, then registering with the province's CITQ using the compliance notice the city issues; stays are capped at 31 consecutive days and 90 nights total per year, hosting one group of guests at a time.
Official source: ville.quebec.qc.ca ↗ -
Number display
The CITQ registration number — ⚠ AND, where applicable, the NAME of the establishment — must appear distinctly in ANY advertising used to promote it; the province specifies every social medium and every website, transactional or not, so it is not limited to the big platforms. Failing to display them draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise). Displaying a false, inexact, expired, suspended or cancelled number is a separate and more serious offence at $2,500–$25,000 ($5,000–$50,000 otherwise). ⚠ A THIRD, EASILY-MISSED DUTY: where the advertising is VERBAL, or where one advertisement covers SEVERAL establishments run by the same person, you must state that the establishment is registered under the Tourist Accommodation Act — $1,000–$10,000 ($2,000–$20,000 otherwise).
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Eligibility (principal residence, precisely defined)
Only a host's principal residence qualifies — defined by the city as the dwelling where the person centralizes their family and social activities, with the address matching most of their government identification; each person may hold only one principal residence, and only that residence may be listed. This is a more precisely worded definition than most other Canadian cities, which typically just require majority-of-year occupancy.
Official source: ville.quebec.qc.ca ↗ -
Fees (municipal authorization certificate)
Québec City's own municipal authorization certificate costs $260 for 2026 — a separate, additional cost on top of the province-wide CITQ registration fee.
Official source: ville.quebec.qc.ca ↗ -
Municipal certificate — annual re-application & proof of residence
The City's authorization certificate is NOT open-ended: a new application must be made EVERY YEAR before the expiry date shown on the document. ⚠ ALLOW TIME: the City states roughly 30 days before a first response. The process has a fixed order — you must first register a request through the Centre de relation avec les citoyens (311), and only then submit your proof of residence, which must go through the City's permit-application deposit site and must be REDACTED according to the City's published standard to protect personal information. The proof must show that the dwelling is actually occupied by the applicant.
Official source: ville.quebec.qc.ca ↗ -
Briefing your guests on municipal norms
⚠ A DUTY ON THE HOST, not the guest: as a host you must advise the tourists staying in your principal residence of the norms they have to respect. The City names FOUR things to cover. ① NOISE AND TRANQUILLITY — any noise disturbing people who live, work or happen to be nearby is a nuisance (Règlement sur le bruit, R.V.Q. 978, arts. 2 and 4), and it is prohibited in a street, a public place or any building to behave in a way that disturbs the peace or public tranquillity (Règlement sur la paix et le bon ordre, R.V.Q. 1091, art. 7). ② WASTE — tell guests where the bins are, how to sort recyclables, and the collection days. ③ GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS — a quiet period generally applies between 21h and 7h (your building's own rules may differ), discretion is expected for arrivals and departures in that window, and loitering or leaving objects such as suitcases and waste in common areas is prohibited. ④ FIRE PREVENTION — point guests to the fire-safety advice for short-term stays under the ministère de la Sécurité publique's national prevention programme. ⚠ Separately, the City RECOMMENDS (does not require) telling your neighbours you host and giving them your rental dates.
Official source: ville.quebec.qc.ca ↗ -
Fees (provincial CITQ layer)
The CITQ registration/renewal fee, which applies to any Québec short-term rental including Québec City, is $54/year for a résidence principale establishment and $156/year for a general tourism-accommodation establishment, both effective January 1, 2026. The fee is payable on receipt of the notice.
-
Certificate display & transmission (provincial CITQ layer)
Two duties attach to the registration CERTIFICATE itself, separate from displaying the number in advertising. ⚠ AT THE PREMISES: the certificate must be displayed in view of the tourist clientele at the establishment's main entrance — failing to do so draws $1,000–$10,000 for a natural person, or $2,000–$20,000 otherwise. ⚠ TO THE PLATFORM: you must transmit your registration certificate to the operator of any digital platform on which you offer the establishment for rent, on the same fine tiers. Both are province-wide under the Loi sur l'hébergement touristique and apply on top of any municipal requirement.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Fines & penalties (provincial CITQ layer)
The province-wide CITQ fines apply in Québec City: $2,500-$25,000 (natural person) or $5,000-$50,000 (entity) for offering tourist accommodation without a registration certificate, and $1,000-$10,000 (natural person) or $2,000-$20,000 (entity) for failing to display the registration number in advertising.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Insurance (provincial CITQ layer)
Under Québec's Loi sur l'hébergement touristique, a registered tourist-accommodation establishment must hold — and keep in force — civil liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per event, covering bodily or material injury caused in the course of operating the establishment; failing to hold or maintain it draws a fine of $1,000–$10,000 (natural person) or $2,000–$20,000 (legal person). Québec's registration duty itself covers principal AND secondary residences, and the province states this penalty without naming any exemption on the pages we monitor — so treat the requirement as applying to you and confirm your establishment class with the CITQ if unsure. Province-wide, separate from any municipal rule.
Official source: quebec.ca ↗ -
Registration renewal — the 60-day provincial window
⚠ THE WINDOW OPENS, IT DOESN'T ONLY CLOSE: Québec's Tourist Accommodation Regulation requires the renewal application to be sent WITHIN THE 60 DAYS PRECEDING the date your registration ends — so you cannot file it early, and nothing suggests a grace period after. The renewal must also be accompanied by a declaration UPDATING your accommodation offering and the related activities and services, not a repeat of last year's file. (Different fixed windows apply to outfitting operations, 1 February to 31 March, and to camping grounds and trailer parks, 1 September to 31 October; neither applies to a principal-residence establishment.)
Official source: legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca ↗
Informational only — not legal advice. This service summarizes publicly available government information and may be incomplete, out of date, or in error. Rules change frequently and can be altered by courts without notice. Always verify against the official source and consult a qualified attorney before making decisions. No attorney-client relationship is created.
We describe the rules and when they change — we never tell you whether your specific situation is compliant. That’s between you, the official source, and your own advisor.
Get LocSignal updates.
This form is for general launch and service updates. It is not tied to a market and does not include a market-change recap; use a market page to follow that market.
Host is not currently available to purchase. No new checkout link is being issued. Free signup does not activate or reserve Host.
If no monitored change is confirmed, Host sends no alert email. After Host activation, the paid account record shows the latest engine report, the next configured run time, and the named list of official pages watched for Montréal. A report timestamp does not prove that every named page was checked successfully, and a configured run time does not guarantee that GitHub will start or complete the run. The record is not proof that no change occurred, an all-clear, or a compliance verdict.
Host is unavailable to purchase. When available, the planned price is CAD $9.99 per month, plus applicable tax. Check Host status — Montréal
You’re on the general LocSignal updates list. This signup isn’t tied to a market and won’t receive a market-change recap. Choose a market page to subscribe there.
Check Host status — Montréal