Home records, explained › Who helps with a home › Town by town › Collingwood
Who helps with a home in Collingwood
The kinds of business a home in Collingwood needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date we checked it.
6 local rules and 84 kinds of business. Page reviewed 30 Oct 2026.
Local rules on this page6 of 7
About 1.27% of assessed value: the 2026 residential tax rate (checked 29 Oct 2026).
The local rules the work runs into
-
Extra units
Up to 4 homes on a lot, as the line below puts it
Collingwood zoning by-law 2010-040 s.4.40: permits up to three attached or detached additional residential units, for up to four units on a lot, with a single-detached, semi-detached or townhouse dwelling on a year-round maintained road; at most two accessory buildings with units, each up to 7.5 m and no taller than the main building; none on natural hazard lands unless the conservation authority permits.
- Garden suite and laneway house builders
- Fire separation and egress windows
- Building designers (BCIN)
- Architects
- Basement finishing
- General contractors and renovators
Source: Collingwood by-law 2010-040 s.4.40 · checked 29 Oct 2026
-
Trees
Collingwood County of Simcoe 6894: the Town has no private tree by-law and says it is exploring urban forestry by-laws; woodlands on a property of one hectare or more need a County of Simcoe permit under its Forest Conservation By-law 6894.
- Tree services and arborists
- Landscaping and curb appeal
- Decks, fences and sheds
- Pools and hot tubs
- Garden suite and laneway house builders
Source: Collingwood by-law County of Simcoe 6894 · checked 29 Oct 2026
-
Short-term rentals
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
- Only a home someone lives in
Collingwood by-law 2024-078: a Town licence is needed for stays of 28 days or less, in three classes tied to the licensee's principal residence in a single-detached home (guest rooms with the host on site, the whole home, or an additional unit on the owner's lot); two guests per approved guest room to eight; at most 200 licences; one per lot; a 4% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies.
Source: Collingwood by-law 2024-078 · checked 29 Oct 2026
-
A business run from home
- Up to 25%of the floor area
Collingwood zoning by-law 2010-040 s.4.39: permits up to two home occupations per lot in any zone where a home is permitted, inside the dwelling or a fully enclosed detached accessory building, using at most 25% of the home's floor area or 20 m² of an accessory building, with no outside storage or display and indoor display and sale up to 10 m²; a short-term accommodation is run as a home occupation.
- Any business run from a home in town
Source: Collingwood by-law 2010-040 s.4.39 · checked 29 Oct 2026
-
Water and sewer rates
- A bill every month
- A different price per m³ after a first block of use
EPCOR (billing for the Town of Collingwood), 2026 residential rates: billed monthly: fixed charges of $20.81 water and $38.24 wastewater for a meter up to 1¼ inch, plus water from $1.169 and wastewater from $1.148 per m³ for the first 8 m³, rising to $1.342 and $1.321 per m³ from 15 to 150 m³ (2026).
Source: EPCOR (billing for the Town of Collingwood), 2026 rate schedule · checked 29 Oct 2026
-
Property tax
1.27%of assessed value, 2026
0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)20th lowest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
The 2026 residential property tax rate in Collingwood is 1.270605% of assessed value. It includes the Town rate (0.796372%, its general levy of 0.696096% and capital levy of 0.100276%), the County of Simcoe rate (0.321233%) and the provincial education rate (0.153%).
Source: Collingwood tax rate by-law, 2026 · checked 29 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.
Looking for help in Collingwood?
Tell us what you need in a few lines and we reply by email. Businesses are only starting to be listed, so a request comes to us, not to any business.
Listed in Collingwood
No business is listed in Collingwood yet. Listing is open.
Listing on OfferDue is free and in the order businesses were checked, never paid for. Where a licence or register exists we check it before a listing shows. Get listed free: a business that serves Collingwood names the towns it serves.
The home team, by moment
Thinking about it
4 kinds
Getting ready to sell
16 kinds
- Home stagers
- Real estate photographers and video
- Deep cleaning before a listing
- Painters
- Handyman services
- Junk removal and decluttering
- Pre-listing home inspectors
- Landscaping and curb appeal
- Storage
- Real estate agents and brokerages
- Flooring
- Tree services and arborists
- Interior designers
- Yard clean-up
- Window and gutter cleaning
- Professional organizers
Searching and financing
5 kinds
The offer and its conditions
16 kinds
- Real estate agents and brokerages
- Mortgage brokers and agents
- Bank and credit union mortgage specialists
- Home inspectors
- Wood stove and fireplace (WETT) inspections
- Sewer and drain camera inspections
- Radon testing
- Pest inspection
- Land surveyors
- Appraisers
- Home insurance brokers
- Well water testing
- Septic inspection and pumping
- Real estate lawyers
- Oil tank removal
- Structural engineers
Closing and moving
15 kinds
- Deep cleaning before a listing
- Junk removal and decluttering
- Moving companies
- Storage
- Relocation services
- Home insurance brokers
- Real estate lawyers
- Locksmiths
- Move-in and move-out cleaning
- Utilities and internet
- Tenant insurance
- Security and alarm systems
- Home watch and house sitting
- Professional organizers
- Senior moves and downsizing
The first 90 days
23 kinds
- Handyman services
- Wood stove and fireplace (WETT) inspections
- Sewer and drain camera inspections
- Radon testing
- Well water testing
- Septic inspection and pumping
- Heating and air conditioning
- Duct cleaning
- Chimney sweeps
- Plumbers
- Backwater valves and sump pumps
- Basement waterproofing
- Radon mitigation
- Electricians and electrical contractors
- Water softeners and treatment
- Security and alarm systems
- Appliance repair and installation
- Energy advisors (EnerGuide)
- Oil tank removal
- EV charger installation
- Asbestos and mould removal
- Flood and fire restoration
- Pest control
Making it yours
35 kinds
- Painters
- Land surveyors
- Heating and air conditioning
- Plumbers
- Backwater valves and sump pumps
- Basement waterproofing
- Radon mitigation
- Electricians and electrical contractors
- Energy advisors (EnerGuide)
- General contractors and renovators
- Kitchen renovation
- Bathroom renovation
- Basement finishing
- Flooring
- Roofing
- Windows and doors
- Eavestroughs, siding and soffits
- Insulation and air sealing
- Drywall and plaster
- Carpentry and cabinetry
- Masonry and brick repair
- Concrete and foundation repair
- Decks, fences and sheds
- Pools and hot tubs
- Tree services and arborists
- Demolition and excavation
- Architects
- Building designers (BCIN)
- Structural engineers
- Interior designers
- Permit help and zoning consultants
- Solar panels and batteries
- EV charger installation
- Garage doors
- Asbestos and mould removal
Adding a unit or renting it out
11 kinds
Living there
22 kinds
- Handyman services
- Landscaping and curb appeal
- Septic inspection and pumping
- Heating and air conditioning
- Duct cleaning
- Chimney sweeps
- Plumbers
- Appliance repair and installation
- Roofing
- Eavestroughs, siding and soffits
- Masonry and brick repair
- Decks, fences and sheds
- Tree services and arborists
- Garage doors
- Flood and fire restoration
- Lawn care
- Snow removal
- Yard clean-up
- House cleaning
- Pest control
- Window and gutter cleaning
- Home watch and house sitting
More on Collingwood
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance or inspection advice. A listing on OfferDue is not a recommendation; check licences and references yourself.