Pickering: 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
Pickering 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
1.34% of assessed value, 2026 residential rate
Read the question →0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)21st lowest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
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Extra units
Up to 3 homes on a lot
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Conservation authorities in 2027
Read the question →Toronto and Region authorityCentral Lake Ontario authorityjoinCentral Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority
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Rental licensing
- Extra units must be registered
Is a Pickering 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 a Pickering 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 Pickering 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 Pickering home?
The City's September 2023 amendments to its zoning by-laws for additional dwelling units, and the registration By-law 8040/23, as explained on its additional dwelling unit page.
In the free check and the full report.
What does Pickering's tree by-law cover on a private lot?
The City's Tree Protection By-law 8073/24 and its Schedule A map of tree protection areas, as summarised on its trees page.
In the free check and the full report.
What is Pickering's residential property tax rate for 2026?
The City's 2026 tax rate sheet, which lists the City, Region and education rates for each property class.
In the free check and the full report.
Is a Pickering address in a regulated flood area, and whose map says so?
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's Regulated Area Search and the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's regulation area mapping, under Ontario Regulation 41/24.
Public source; flood plain and regulated-area checks not included in OfferDue reports.
Who helps with a home in Pickering
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.