Is your home eligible to have a short-term rental?

Look-up your situation

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  You own a home with a self-contained basement suite (with its own kitchen and bathroom) and want to rent it short-term

  No, you can't rent the basement suite short-term because it's not your principal residence.

  Instead, you can:

  • Rent the home long-term for periods of 30 days or more at a time, with a valid long-term rental business licence
  • Allow your long-term tenant to rent the home short-term with a valid short-term rental business licence because it's their principal residence

  Apply for a long-term rental business licence

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  You own and live in your home, and want to rent a spare bedroom or the whole home short-term when you're away

  Yes, starting April 19, 2018, you can rent the bedroom or whole home short-term if:

  1. You have a valid short-term rental business licence
  2. Your strata bylaws allow short-term rentals, if your residence has a strata council

  Read the business license requirements, then apply

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  You rent and live in an apartment unit, and want to rent it short-term when you're away

  Yes, starting April 19, 2018, you can rent the apartment unit short-term if:

  1. You have a valid short-term rental business licence
  2. Your landlord allows short-term rentals
  3. Your strata bylaws allow short-term rentals, if your residence has a strata council

  Read the business license requirements, then apply

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  You own a laneway house that you keep available for family and friends, and want to rent it short-term

  No, you can't rent the laneway house short-term because it's not your principal residence.

  Instead, you can rent the home long-term for periods of 30 days or more at a time, with a valid long-term rental business licence.

  Apply for a long-term rental business licence

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  You own or rent your home, and want to rent a spare bedroom short-term

  Yes, starting April 19, 2018, you can rent the bedroom short-term if:

  1. You have a valid short-term rental business licence
  2. Your landlord allows short-term rentals, if you rent
  3. Your strata bylaws allow short-term rentals, if your residence has a strata council

  Read the business license requirements, then apply

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  You own a second home that's often empty and want to rent it short-term

  No, you can't rent the home short-term because it's not your principal residence.

  Instead, you can rent the home long-term for periods of 30 days or more at a time, with a valid long-term rental business licence. Renting the home more than six months per year means you don't have to pay the Empty Homes Tax.

  Apply for a long-term rental business licence

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  You own a second home that's already rented long-term and want to rent it short-term instead

  No, you can't rent the home short-term because it's not your principal residence.

  Instead, you can allow your long-term tenant to rent the home short-term with a valid short-term rental business licence because it's their principal residence.