88 Sample Crescent, Anytown ON
What public records show for the address, read for a plan to earn from the home: a unit, rooms, a short-term rental or a home business. It is not a zoning certificate, a permit, a rent estimate, tax advice or legal advice: the kinds of business beside a record are the ones whose work touches it, and each line names the office that issues the record.
- Flagged
- Permits and renovations
Who works on what this page showsthe kinds of business whose work touches each flagged or noted record
Extra units allowed
Note
- Rental finders and scouts
- Basement finishing
- Building designers (BCIN)
- Garden suite and laneway house builders
- Fire separation and egress windows
To check before hiring: Landlord and Tenant BoardWSIB: clearance certificate searchOntario's public registry of qualified designers (BCIN)Ontario One Call: request a locate
Rental and home business rules
Note
Permits and renovations
Flagged
- Basement finishing
- Building designers (BCIN)
- Handyman services
- Pre-listing home inspectors
- Home inspectors
- Wood stove and fireplace (WETT) inspections
- Real estate lawyers
- Electricians and electrical contractors
- General contractors and renovators
- Kitchen renovation
- Bathroom renovation
- Roofing
- Windows and doors
- Asbestos and mould removal
To check before hiring: WSIB: clearance certificate searchOntario's public registry of qualified designers (BCIN)WETT: find a WETT professionalLaw Society of Ontario: lawyer and paralegal directoryElectrical Safety Authority: hiring a licensed electrical contractorSkilled Trades Ontario: public register
Before you list: electrical work and its recordsWhat this record is
The recordseach with its source, the data's date and the date we read it
Zoning
Facts
Zone R3, residential. Maximum height 11 m.
- Zone
- R3
- Maximum height
- 11 m
- Maximum lot coverage
- 35%
- Minimum lot frontage
- 12 m
- Parking zone
- Zone B
Source: City zoning by-law (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Official Plan designation
Facts
The Official Plan designates the lot "Neighbourhoods", meant for low-rise homes.
Source: City Official Plan land-use map (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Extra units allowed
Note
The by-law permits up to 4 units on this lot, including a garden suite.
Source: Planning Act s.16(3); City zoning by-law (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Rental and home business rules
Note
Short-term rentals are allowed only in a host's principal residence, with a City permit. A rental housing licence is required for each rented unit. The zoning by-law permits a business run from the home by a resident, with one employee who lives elsewhere (sample).
Condo rules can add limits that aren't public.
Source: City short-term rental, rental licensing and zoning by-laws (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Permits and renovations
Flagged
3 permits on record. The 2019 basement underpinning permit is still open.
- 2008
- Deck · closed
- 2014
- Basement finish · closed
- 2019
- Basement underpinning, est. $85,000 · open
Work done without a permit doesn't appear in these records.
Source: City building permits (sample) · data date 28 Sep 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Building size from City maps
Facts
Main building footprint about 118 m², about 8.5 m tall. A detached garage shows as a separate 24 m² footprint.
- Main building footprint
- ≈118 m² (not floor area)
- Height
- ≈8.5 m
- Other structures
- Garage ≈24 m²
Measured from the City's 3D building model, not the floor area of the home.
Source: City 3D building massing (sample); Open Database of Buildings, Statistics Canada · data date 2023 model · read 29 Sep 2026
Lot size from City maps
Facts
Mapped parcel about 465 m²: roughly 12 m wide and 38 m deep.
From the City's parcel map. It isn't a survey; your lawyer's survey or title documents govern.
Source: City property boundaries (sample) · data date 2025 · read 29 Sep 2026
Heritage
Nothing on record
Not designated or listed, and not in a heritage district.
Source: City heritage register (sample); Ontario Heritage Act Register · data date Sep 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Parking and snow clearing
Facts
No on-street permit parking area. Sample Crescent is a residential plow route, cleared after main roads.
Source: City permit parking areas and winter maintenance classes (sample) · data date 2025 · read 29 Sep 2026
Transit station area
Nothing on record
Not inside a Major Transit Station Area, where the Province sets higher minimum densities.
Source: Minister-approved Major Transit Station Areas (sample) · data date Aug 2025 · read 29 Sep 2026
Transit stops
Facts
3 bus stops within 400 m, on routes 7 and 12.
- Main St at Sample Cres
- 140 m · routes 7, 12
- Main St at Oak Ave
- 230 m · route 7
- Oak Ave at Elm St
- 380 m · route 12
Source: Transit agency GTFS schedules (sample) · data date Sep 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Property tax rate
Facts
The 2026 residential rate is 1.10% of assessed value (sample figure).
Multiply it by the assessment on the seller's tax bill to estimate the yearly bill.
Source: City tax rate by-law (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Water and sewer rates
Facts
2026 water and sewer charges: $4.20 per cubic metre plus a fixed monthly charge (sample figure).
Source: City water rate by-law (sample) · data date 2026 · read 29 Sep 2026
Home values in the area
Facts
Owners in this census tract estimated a median of $800,000 in 2021 (sample figure).
See the chart below. Owner estimates from May 2021, not a value for this home.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile 2021 · data date 2021 · read 29 Sep 2026
Not on this pagerecords released on request, and where to ask
- Open work orders and by-law orders on the home
The City's records search: open permits and orders, and whether an existing second unit was registered or built with a permit.
- The Fire Code for a second unit
Its rules for an existing two-unit house, and the fire department's inspection.
Ontario Fire Code, O. Reg. 213/07 (Part 9: retrofit, two-unit residential occupancies) - Ontario's standard lease
Most private tenancies use it, for a unit or rooms; the guide explains each section.
Guide to Ontario's standard lease - The Landlord and Tenant Board
Its rules and forms for landlords and tenants, and its decisions.
Landlord and Tenant BoardCanLII: Ontario decisions - Past insurance claims on the home
An insurer or broker, for a policy that covers a rental unit or a home business.
Sources
| Source | Records | Data date |
|---|---|---|
| City zoning by-law (sample) | Zoning | 2026 |
| City Official Plan land-use map (sample) | Official Plan designation | 2026 |
| Planning Act s.16(3); City zoning by-law (sample) | Extra units allowed | 2026 |
| City short-term rental, rental licensing and zoning by-laws (sample) | Rental and home business rules | 2026 |
| City building permits (sample) | Permits and renovations | 28 Sep 2026 |
| City 3D building massing (sample); Open Database of Buildings, Statistics Canada | Building size from City maps | 2023 model |
| City property boundaries (sample) | Lot size from City maps | 2025 |
| City heritage register (sample); Ontario Heritage Act Register | Heritage | Sep 2026 |
| City permit parking areas and winter maintenance classes (sample) | Parking and snow clearing | 2025 |
| Minister-approved Major Transit Station Areas (sample) | Transit station area | Aug 2025 |
| Transit agency GTFS schedules (sample) | Transit stops | Sep 2026 |
| City tax rate by-law (sample) | Property tax rate | 2026 |
| City water rate by-law (sample) | Water and sewer rates | 2026 |
| Statistics Canada, Census Profile 2021 | Home values in the area | 2021 |
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