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GeneralWhere BC's principal residence requirement applies, short-term rentals are limited to the host's home plus one suite or accessory unit. Here is where it applies, what registration costs and what breaches cost.
Market TrendsOntario has no province-wide Airbnb rule — every city sets its own. The dividing line for investors is the principal-residence rule: most big cities allow a short-term rental only in the home you actually live in, so a pure investment property often can't be one. But it flips by city, and the 28-day line changes everyt
Rights & LegalThe line between a holiday guest and a legal tenant is the most expensive line in Ontario short-term rentals — and it isn't the 28-day switch most hosts believe it is. This guide maps when the RTA's transient-accommodation exemption actually applies, the municipal licensing patchwork (Toronto's principal-residence rule