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The kinds of business a home in Sault Ste. Marie 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.

Sault Ste. Marie

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

1.91%

About 1.91% of assessed value: the 2026 residential tax rate (checked 29 Oct 2026).

84 kindsof business

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The local rules the work runs into

Extra units

Sault Ste. Marie zoning by-law 2005-150: permits one or more residential structures per lot in the Gentle Density Residential (R2) zone, which covers most single-detached neighbourhoods, with no set cap on dwelling units beyond the zone's building rules; the Estate Residential (R1) and Rural Area zones allow at most two dwelling units per lot.
Source: Sault Ste. Marie by-law 2005-150 · checked 29 Oct 2026
Short-term rentals
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
Sault Ste. Marie by-law 2022-178: a City licence, renewed every three years, is needed to rent a unit or part of one for less than 28 consecutive days; the zoning by-law permits one self-contained short-term rental per lot, with listed exceptions (s.4.15), and a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies to stays under 30 days.
Source: Sault Ste. Marie by-law 2022-178 · checked 29 Oct 2026
A business run from home
- Up to 30%of the floor area
Sault Ste. Marie zoning by-law 2005-150 s.1.41: permits a home-based business within a dwelling unit or accessory building, with at most two full-time employees on the premises including at least one resident, using up to 30% of the floor area of the home and accessory buildings or 50 m², whichever is less, with no outdoor display or storage and one sign of up to 0.2 m².
- Any business run from a home in town
Source: Sault Ste. Marie by-law 2005-150 s.1.41 · checked 29 Oct 2026
Water and sewer rates
- A bill every month
- A different price per m³ after a first block of use
PUC Services Inc. (for the Public Utilities Commission and the City), 2026 residential rates: billed monthly: water 94.7¢ per m³ for the first 15 m³, $2.82 for the next 250 m³ and $2.23 beyond, with a monthly charge of at least $41.29 for a service under 1½ inches; the City's sewer charge is 71% of the total water charges for residential customers from 1 January 2026.
Source: PUC Services Inc. (for the Public Utilities Commission and the City), 2026 rate schedule · checked 29 Oct 2026
Property tax

1.91%of assessed value, 2026

0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)

9th highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.

The 2026 residential property tax rate in Sault Ste. Marie is 1.911859% of assessed value. That is the urban-area rate: the City rate (1.758859%) and the provincial education rate (0.153%); the rural-area rate is 1.807192% (City 1.654192%), so the rate for this address may differ.
Source: Sault Ste. Marie 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.

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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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