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The kinds of business a home in Cambridge needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date we checked it.

5 local rules and 84 kinds of business. Page reviewed 30 Oct 2026.

Cambridge

Local rules on this page5 of 7

Extra units
Trees
Rental licensing
Short-term rentals
A business run from home
Water and sewer rates
Property tax

1.51%

About 1.51% of assessed value: the 2026 residential tax rate (checked 6 Oct 2026).

84 kindsof business

9 momentsfrom thinking to living there

Listing opennone yet

The local rules the work runs into

Extra units

Up to 3 homes on a lot, as the line below puts it

Cambridge zoning by-law 26-007: permits three units: up to three in the house, or two in the house and one in a detached building (section 4.19; additional residential unit by-law 23-077).
Source: Cambridge by-law 26-007 · checked 5 Oct 2026
Trees

20 cm across: the trunk size the line below names

Cambridge by-law 23-105: a City permit is needed to remove or injure 1 to 9 private trees 20 cm or more in diameter at 1.4 m above ground (10 or more need a site alteration permit); each removal requires 1 to 4 replacement trees by size, or cash-in-lieu of $607 + HST per tree.
Source: Cambridge by-law 23-105 · checked 6 Oct 2026
A business run from home
- Up to 25%of the floor area
- 1 from outsidemay work there
Cambridge zoning by-law 26-007 s.4.8: permits a home occupation in the R1 to R3 zones (not Rural Residential), run by the people whose principal residence it is, with at most one employee who lives elsewhere, using up to 25% of the floor area (50 m² at most), with no outside storage or display and a list of excluded uses such as restaurants and retail stores. Residential lands deferred from this by-law's first phase stay under By-law 150-85.
- Any business run from a home in town
Source: Cambridge by-law 26-007 s.4.8 · checked 5 Oct 2026
Water and sewer rates
- A stormwater charge of its own
City of Cambridge, 2026 residential rates: water $2.82 and wastewater $2.87 per m³ (2026); monthly service charges of $11.21 water and $8.03 wastewater for a 15–19 mm meter; stormwater $49.75 a year for lots up to 0.2 acres.
Source: City of Cambridge, 2026 rate schedule · checked 6 Oct 2026
Property tax

1.51%of assessed value, 2026

0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)

31st highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.

The 2026 residential property tax rate in Cambridge is 1.51218% of assessed value. It includes the City rate, the Region of Waterloo rate and the provincial education rate (0.153%).
Source: Cambridge tax rate by-law, 2026 · checked 6 Oct 2026

Summarised from the municipality's own by-laws and pages; the by-law is the authoritative text. The rules not shown here aren't in our tables yet: the municipality's site has its by-laws. An OfferDue report reads these and the address's own records for one home.

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The home team, by moment

Thinking about it

4 kinds

Getting ready to sell

16 kinds

Searching and financing

5 kinds

The offer and its conditions

16 kinds

Closing and moving

15 kinds

The first 90 days

23 kinds

Making it yours

35 kinds

Adding a unit or renting it out

11 kinds

Living there

22 kinds

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