What public rules cover short-term rentals in Timmins?
The City's Short-term Rental Accommodation Licensing By-law 2025-9085, as amended by By-law 2025-9230, and Municipal Accommodation Tax By-law 2019-8306, as amended by By-law 2026-9328.
Sources checked October 29, 2026
The rule in Timmins
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
Timmins by-law 2025-9085 (as amended by 2025-9230): a yearly City licence is needed for a short-term rental (stays under 30 consecutive days), only where the zoning permits the use, with $2 million of insurance, a fire officer's statement of the sleeping occupant load and a responsible person on call within an hour; a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies to stays of 30 days or less.
From Timmins by-law 2025-9085 (as amended by 2025-9230), checked 29 Oct 2026
- The recordShort-term rentals
- Where to read itShort-term Rentals; By-law 2025-9085 and 2 more
- The free check reads itPick “Rental and short-term rental rules”
What the record shows
The City's page says owners and operators of short-term rentals, buildings, rooms or structures used as a temporary residence for less than 30 consecutive days, other than motels, hotels and bed and breakfasts, must license them as a business under By-law 2025-9085, and that a licence runs for one year from 1 January. The by-law makes a property ineligible where the zoning by-law doesn't permit the use, and requires proof of rental insurance of at least $2,000,000, floor and site plans, a renter's code of conduct, a statement from the Chief Fire Prevention Officer giving the sleeping occupant load, a sign-off from the health unit for a home on a septic system, consent from the condominium corporation where one applies, parking under the zone's rules and a responsible person able to attend within an hour; every listing must show the licence number. Schedule A to the by-law lists a $1,500 registration fee and a $1,000 renewal.
The Municipal Accommodation Tax applies to hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and short-term rentals for stays of 30 days or less; By-law 2026-9328, passed on 14 April 2026, raised it to six per cent, and By-law 2025-9230 has required short-term rental operators to collect it since 1 May 2025. 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 Rentals: the City's page on licensing and the accommodation tax for short-term rentals
- By-law 2025-9085: the short-term rental accommodation licensing by-law, with its fees (PDF)
- By-law 2025-9230: the amendment to 30 days and the date for collecting the tax (PDF)
- Municipal Accommodation Tax: the City's page on the 6% tax, with By-law 2026-9328
What OfferDue covers in Timmins
Rental and short-term rental rules is in the free check as a summary of the City's by-law, from our hand-kept table, linked to the City's page. The full report adds the home-business rule. Neither says how a given home is used.
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