Chatham-Kent: questions buyers ask about the records
Each page names the public record that answers one question, where to read it yourself, and which OfferDue check reads it. What the records show, never advice.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
Chatham-Kent at a glance
The town's local rules as pictures, from our hand-kept tables of its by-laws and pages and from its flood page. Each tile opens the page with the full wording, its source and the date we checked it.
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Property tax
2.32% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)The highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
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Extra units
Up to 4 homes on a lot
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A business run from home
- Up to 25%of the floor area
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Rental licensing
- A licence for some rented homes (by area, size or type)
How can I find recorded pits, quarries and petroleum wells near a Chatham-Kent home?
Two provincial records: the Find Pits and Quarries map of licensed and permitted aggregate sites, and the petroleum wells dataset of wells drilled for oil, gas, salt or underground storage.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find mapped railways, power lines and pipelines near a Chatham-Kent home?
The Ontario Railway Network and the Ontario Utility Line dataset: provincial mapping of tracks and crossings, and of power lines, pipelines and other utility lines.
In the free check and the full report.
What records explain additional dwelling units at a Chatham-Kent home?
Section 4.6(3) of the Municipality's Comprehensive Zoning By-law 216-2009, consolidated as of 27 April 2026.
In the free check and the full report.
What public rules cover short-term rentals in Chatham-Kent?
The Municipality's short-term dwelling rentals page and its Business Licensing By-law 65-2026, which licenses a Rental Dwelling Unit, Large.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Chatham-Kent's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The Municipality's Schedule B, Municipal Tax Rates 2026 (final tax billing), which lists a municipal rate for each area, and Schedule A, Education Tax Rates 2026.
In the free check and the full report.
Is a Chatham-Kent address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority's Regulated Areas Screening Map and the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority's online mapping tool, under Ontario Regulation 41/24, and the flood proofing and flood fringe maps of the Municipality's zoning by-law.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Chatham-Kent
Every kind of business a home needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date it was checked.
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance or inspection advice. Records change and can be incomplete, and these pages describe the records, not any particular home. What we cover, city by city.