Fort Erie: 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
Fort Erie 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
1.90% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)10th highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
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Extra units
Up to 3 homes on a lot
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Trees
30 cm across: the trunk size the rule names
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Short-term rentals
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
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Conservation authorities in 2027
Read the question →Niagara Peninsula authorityjoinsWestern Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority
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A business run from home
- Up to 25%of the floor area
- 1 from outsidemay work there
How can I find recorded pits, quarries and petroleum wells near a Fort Erie 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 Fort Erie 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 accessory dwelling units at a Fort Erie home?
Section 6.43 of the Town's Comprehensive Zoning By-law 129-90, office consolidation, as published on its zoning page.
In the free check and the full report.
What does Fort Erie's tree by-law cover on a private lot?
The Town's Tree By-law 27-2026, as summarised on its tree by-law page, and Niagara Region's Woodland Conservation By-law 2020-79 for larger woodlands.
In the free check and the full report.
What public rules cover short-term rentals in Fort Erie?
Schedule 13 of the Town's Business Licensing By-law 217-05, as replaced by By-law 102-2024 from 1 January 2025, with Zoning By-law amendment 01-2024 and Official Plan amendment 02-2024.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Fort Erie's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The Town's By-law 28-2026, which sets the 2026 Town, Region, waste management, transit and school rates for each property class, and Niagara Region By-law 2026-16.
In the free check and the full report.
Is a Fort Erie address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority's Watershed Explorer map and permits page, under Ontario Regulation 41/24, and the authority's policy document for the Niagara River and Lake Erie shorelines.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Fort Erie
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.