Oshawa: 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 28, 2026
Oshawa 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
1.58% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)27th 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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Short-term rentals
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
- Only a home someone lives in
- Up to 180 a year
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Conservation authorities in 2027
Read the question →Central Lake Ontario authorityjoinsCentral Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority
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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)
- Extra units must be registered
Is an Oshawa address in the Greenbelt or the Oak Ridges Moraine?
The Province's Greenbelt boundary and land-use maps and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan's land use designation and boundary maps, each with an interactive map.
In the free check and the full report.
How can I find recorded pits, quarries and petroleum wells near an Oshawa 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 an Oshawa 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 apartments and garden suites at an Oshawa home?
Sections 5.1 and 5.12 of Zoning By-law 60-94, as explained on the City's accessory apartments page, and the City's two-unit house registration.
In the free check and the full report.
Does Oshawa need a permit to remove a tree on a private lot?
The City's trees page, which names the City's tree by-law for City-owned trees and the Region's woodland by-law, and Durham Region's Regional Woodland By-law 30-2020.
In the free check and the full report.
What public rules cover short-term rentals in Oshawa?
Schedule Q of Licensing By-law 122-2024 and the zoning rules it enforces, as explained on the City's short-term rental page, and the City's Municipal Accommodation Tax By-law.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Oshawa's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The City's property tax rates page, with the 2026 final tax rates for each property class and the tax by-laws.
In the free check and the full report.
Is an Oshawa address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's regulation area mapping, updated in November 2025, and its floodplain mapping application, under Ontario Regulation 41/24.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Oshawa
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.