Collingwood: questions buyers ask
What public rules cover short-term rentals in Collingwood?
The Town's Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078, section 4.25 of Zoning By-law 2010-040, and the Town's Municipal Accommodation Tax page.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
The rule in Collingwood
- 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.
From Collingwood by-law 2024-078, checked 29 Oct 2026
- The recordShort-term rentals
- Where to read itShort-Term Accommodations; Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078 and 2 more
- The free check reads itPick “Rental and short-term rental rules”
What the record shows
By-law 2024-078, in effect since 6 January 2025, requires a licence for a dwelling unit, or part of one, offered for 28 consecutive days or less, bed and breakfasts included. Class A rents up to three guest rooms, two renters each, in a single-detached home that is the licensee's principal residence, with the licensee on site from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.; Class B rents that principal residence without the licensee on site; Class C rents an additional residential unit on the same lot as the owner's principal residence. Classes B and C allow two persons per approved guest room and eight in all, and the Town issues no more than 200 licences, with a waitlist after that.
The zoning allows one short-term accommodation per lot, run as a home occupation, in a single-detached dwelling or an additional residential unit within or accessory to one. The licence fees are $1,250 for Class A, $2,250 for Class B and $2,500 for Class C, and since 1 March 2025 a 4% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies to stays of 28 days or less. The Town's licence map shows the status of each application and licence. The by-laws are the public rule. Whether a particular home holds a licence is a separate question.
Where to read it yourself
- Short-Term Accommodations: the Town's summary of the licence classes, fees, the cap and the licence map
- Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078: the licensing by-law (PDF)
- Zoning By-law 2010-040, consolidated April 2026: section 4.25 on short-term accommodation (PDF)
- Municipal Accommodation Tax: the four per cent tax from 1 March 2025
What OfferDue covers in Collingwood
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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