Ontario STR bylaw guides

Every Ontario municipality with active STR licensing.

We track Short-Term Accommodation bylaws and Municipal Accommodation Tax rates across Ontario. Pick your town to see the full checklist.

Showing 26 of 26 municipalities

Frontenac County

Central Frontenac

Sharbot Lake & Kennebec — STR licensing in effect.

No MAT
Frontenac County

City of Kingston

Kingston & Wolfe Island — STR licence + 4% MAT.

4% MAT
Muskoka

Gravenhurst

Gateway to Muskoka — STR licensing in effect.

4% MAT
Renfrew County

Greater Madawaska (Calabogie)

Calabogie Lake, Centennial Lake & Madawaska River.

No MAT
Hastings County

Hastings Highlands

Maynooth, Baptiste Lake & Papineau Lake.

No MAT
Muskoka

Huntsville

Algonquin gateway — STR bylaw + MAT.

4% MAT
Renfrew County

Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards

Round Lake, Golden Lake & Bonnechere River.

No MAT
Muskoka

Lake of Bays

Baysville, Dorset — STR licensing with annual renewal.

4% MAT
Lanark County

Lanark Highlands

Dalhousie Lake, Clayton Lake & rural Lanark.

No MAT
Leeds and Grenville

Leeds and the Thousand Islands

Gananoque area, Charleston Lake & 1000 Islands waterfront.

No MAT
Renfrew County

Madawaska Valley (Barry's Bay)

Barry's Bay, Combermere & Kamaniskeg Lake — Algonquin east gate.

No MAT
Lanark County

Mississippi Mills

Almonte, Pakenham & Mississippi River cottages.

No MAT
Renfrew County

North Algona Wilberforce

Eganville area & Golden Lake south shore.

No MAT
Leeds and Grenville

North Grenville

Kemptville & Rideau River — STR framework under review.

No MAT
Eastern Ontario

Prince Edward County

PEC has the strictest STR enforcement in Ontario — and a 4% MAT due every quarter.

4% MAT
Leeds & Grenville

Rideau Lakes

Big Rideau, Newboro, Westport — STR licensing + MAT in effect.

4% MAT
Nipissing District

South Algonquin (Whitney)

Whitney, Madawaska & Galeairy Lake — Algonquin west gate.

No MAT
Frontenac County

South Frontenac

Bobs Lake, Sydenham, Bedford — quarterly MAT remittance to the Township.

4% MAT
Lanark County

Tay Valley Township

Bob's Lake north shore, Christie Lake & Bobs-Crow-Christie chain.

No MAT
Georgian Bay

The Blue Mountains

Town of The Blue Mountains: STA licensing + 4% MAT, quarterly remittance.

4% MAT
Georgian Bay

Tiny Township

Tiny Township — mandatory STR licensing along the Georgian Bay shoreline.

No MAT
Hastings County

Town of Bancroft

Bancroft & York River — Algonquin south gate.

No MAT
Lanark County

Town of Perth

Heritage town on the Tay — STR licensing in force.

No MAT
Muskoka

Township of Muskoka Lakes

Lake Joseph, Lake Rosseau, Lake Muskoka — STR bylaw + MAT.

4% MAT
Leeds and Grenville

Village of Westport

Upper Rideau Lake village — STR rules in effect.

No MAT
Georgian Bay

Wasaga Beach

Town of Wasaga Beach — STA licensing + 4% MAT for the longest freshwater beach in the world.

4% MAT