What public rules cover short-term rentals in Toronto?
Municipal Code Chapter 547, Licensing and Registration of Short-term Rentals, as explained on the City's operator page.
Sources checked October 16, 2026
The rule in Toronto
- A licence, permit or registration is needed
- Only a home someone lives in
- Up to 180 a year
Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 547: short-term rentals are limited to the operator's principal residence (a secondary, laneway or garden suite only if it is the operator's own principal residence) and must be registered with the City ($390 in 2026); an entire home may be rented up to 180 nights a year; a 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies.
From Toronto by-law Municipal Code Chapter 547, checked 5 Oct 2026
- The recordShort-term rentals
- Where to read itShort-term rental operators and hosts
- The free check reads itPick “Rental and short-term rental rules”
What the record shows
The City permits short-term rentals only in the operator's principal residence, and an operator may have only one. Operators register with the City before listing ($390 for 2026, renewed yearly), choose between entire-unit and partial-unit rentals for the term, and an entire home may be rented for at most 180 nights a calendar year. A 6% Municipal Accommodation Tax applies, with a report due each period even when nothing was rented, and since January 2025 every registration is inspected each year.
The by-law is the public rule. Whether a particular home holds a registration, and whether a condominium's own rules allow the use, are separate questions the by-law doesn't answer.
Where to read it yourself
- Short-term rental operators and hosts: the City's page on registration, limits and the accommodation tax
What OfferDue covers in Toronto
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 confirms a registration for a given home.
Free check: pick “Rental and short-term rental rules” See the sample report
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