What public rules cover short-term rentals in Aurora?
The Town's Short-Term Rental By-law 6426-22, passed on 28 June 2022, as summarised on its short-term rentals page.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
The rule in Aurora
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
Aurora by-law 6426-22: a Town licence is needed to rent a home for 28 days or less; licences last one year after an inspection, cover the whole home or up to three bedrooms, need an off-street parking space for each rented bedroom, and carry demerit points.
From Aurora by-law 6426-22, checked 29 Oct 2026
- The recordShort-term rentals
- Where to read itShort Term Rentals; Short-Term Rental By-law 6426-22
- The free check reads itPick “Rental and short-term rental rules”
What the record shows
The Town's page says residents and property owners who rent their property for 28 days or less need a licence under By-law 6426-22. An application includes a certificate of insurance endorsed for short-term rentals, a police background check, site and floor plans and a permitted use letter from the Town's Building Division, and a by-law officer inspects the home before a licence is issued for one year. A licensee may rent the entire home or up to three bedrooms, with an off-street parking space for each bedroom used for the rental.
The licence is posted inside the front entrance and a sticker goes on the front window or door; licensees keep quarterly fire extinguisher, smoke alarm and CO alarm records, and the Town uses a demerit point system. A stay of more than 28 days is a tenancy under the Residential Tenancies Act. The by-law is the public rule; whether a particular home holds a licence is a separate question.
Where to read it yourself
- Short Term Rentals: the Town's summary of the licensing steps, documents and rules
- Short-Term Rental By-law 6426-22: the by-law, in the Town's public records
What OfferDue covers in Aurora
Rental and short-term rental rules is in the free check as a summary of the Town's by-law, from our hand-kept table, linked to the Town's page. The full report adds the home-business rule. Neither says how a given home is used.
Free check: pick “Rental and short-term rental rules” See the sample report
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