{ "name": "Nova Scotia short-term rental rules by municipality", "version": "2026-09-28.8", "url": "https://casascotia.com/regulations/data/", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) on Casa Scotia’s compilation and summaries; quoted by-law and regulation text remains its publishers’.", "cite": "Casa Scotia, Nova Scotia short-term rental rules by municipality, version 2026-09-28.8, https://casascotia.com/regulations/data/", "note": "General information, not legal, tax or planning advice. Every rule links the source it was read from, with the date; confirm with the municipality and the Province before relying on it.", "province": { "unit_id": "ns", "unit_slug": "nova-scotia", "unit_name": "Province of Nova Scotia", "unit_type": "province", "region": null, "provincial_tier": null, "wikidata_id": null, "website": null, "rules": [ { "rule_id": "260f5d43-1620-4927-9679-291c8769ad7e", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/short-term%20rentals%20registration.pdf", "source_quote": "No person shall carry on the business of a host without first registering under this Act in the manner set out in the regulations.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Every host and every platform operator must register with the Province before operating or advertising a short-term rental. They are two separate duties under the Short-term Rentals Registration Act." }, { "rule_id": "3a61bd23-0ef2-48e7-aa9f-4978c6494046", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": "provincial_registration:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/sites/default/files/documents/1-3759/guide-registering-your-short-term-accommodation-en.pdf", "source_quote": "ONE supporting document from your municipality showing your STR or tourist accommodation is compliant with the applicable municipal land use by-law. Your municipality will confirm what documentation is required.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Every new registration, in every category, includes one document from the municipality showing the rental complies with its land-use by-law. The municipality chooses the document; where it has no by-law on short-term rentals, a standard letter saying so is accepted. A renewal doesn't need it again unless the Registrar asks." }, { "rule_id": "78083490-50be-43f1-b24a-bf949522bb6d", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": "provincial_registration:3", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50–$2,000/yr (host, by category/tier); $500/yr (platform operator)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/sites/default/files/documents/1-3759/guide-registering-your-short-term-accommodation-en.pdf", "source_quote": "Registration fees are for the Registration Year and are not prorated and are non-refundable.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Registration fees are set per registration year, April to March, and are neither prorated nor refunded. The fee depends on the category: a primary residence, a commercial short-term rental (by the municipality's tier) or a traditional tourist accommodation, which includes a personal vacation home. Platform operators pay their own fee." }, { "rule_id": "c419073d-5569-4e48-acf6-0355216f9463", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": "provincial_registration:4", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "You need to renew your registration by 1 April each year.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Registration must be renewed every year by the Province's deadline. The Registry is expected to send a reminder, but renewing on time is the host's responsibility either way." }, { "rule_id": "69a9fca5-dbad-411e-bd90-1cd6d8b85a0d", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": "provincial_registration:5", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "ensure that all postings on their website or app include a valid registration number for the host, unless they list only hotel or motel accommodation", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The registration number must appear on every online advertisement for the accommodation, and platform operators must make sure every listing shows a valid number, except on platforms that list only hotels or motels." }, { "rule_id": "b779ccf8-578b-4135-97d9-7fc2c0f645ff", "kind": "provincial_registration", "code": "provincial_registration:6", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/sites/default/files/documents/1-3759/guide-registering-your-short-term-accommodation-en.pdf", "source_quote": "the applicant must also be the owner unless the dwelling is a condominium under the Condominium Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "For a commercial short-term rental (a home that isn't the host's primary residence), the applicant must own the property. In a condominium, a non-owner may apply with written consent from both the owner and the condominium board; an owner needs the board's written consent." }, { "rule_id": "c1a0cfc4-55be-4e2f-8a0c-d79c53b6a13d", "kind": "other", "code": "definition", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/short-term%20rentals%20registration.pdf", "source_quote": "the provision of roofed accommodations to a single party or group, for payment or compensation, for a specified duration as prescribed by the regulations", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "A short-term rental is roofed accommodation, such as a home, part of a home, a cottage or a cabin, let to one party at a time for payment, for no longer than the number of consecutive days the regulations set. A host offers it; a platform operator takes bookings for it online for payment." }, { "rule_id": "33d3cdfc-5699-469d-8e59-7f3a163a2d7c", "kind": "other", "code": "hst", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 14, "rate_label": "14%", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/charge-collect-which-rate/calculator.html", "source_quote": "As of April 1, 2025, the HST rate has decreased to 14% in Nova Scotia.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "HST applies to short-term stays of less than a month, on the nightly rate, the cleaning fee and the platform's service fees. A municipal marketing levy is part of the price HST is charged on as well." }, { "rule_id": "30dad16c-d4b4-4479-8700-b73d010157e8", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://tourismns.ca/accommodations-occupancy-reporting", "source_quote": "To participate in Tourism Nova Scotia's programs and marketing channels (including the Doers & Dreamers Travel Guide and NovaScotia.com), all roofed and campground accommodations must submit monthly occupancy reports.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Monthly occupancy reporting to Tourism Nova Scotia binds only accommodations listed in Tourism Nova Scotia's own marketing channels, a separate and optional listing. Registering with the Province doesn't by itself create a reporting duty." }, { "rule_id": "ec6ebb6d-5aad-4e63-93f0-a6ba56614f46", "kind": "other", "code": "platform", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500/yr", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "remove an advertisement for a short-term rental from their website or app upon request of the Minister", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Platform operators must register with the Province, keep a record of every booking for the period the regulations set, show a valid host registration number on every listing, give the records to the Minister on request and remove a listing when the Minister asks." }, { "rule_id": "f442b8f6-ba58-43eb-84c0-2efdb4f22093", "kind": "other", "code": "safety", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/bcregs.htm", "source_quote": "installed with permanent connections to an electrical circuit ... [with] no disconnect switch between the overcurrent device and the smoke alarm", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Building Code requires smoke alarms in dwellings, cottages and cabins to be wired to a permanent electrical circuit with no disconnect switch and a battery backup. Battery-only alarms are allowed only where a building has no electrical service." }, { "rule_id": "0cbb220f-81e0-4183-877b-c7164a6d041e", "kind": "other", "code": "safety:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/fsfiresf.htm", "source_quote": "sleeping accommodations for more than 10 persons", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "A full fire alarm system, beyond ordinary smoke alarms, is required only where the Fire Safety Regulations' rooming-house provisions apply, for example where sleeping accommodation exceeds the number of persons they set or the building lacks the fire separations they require." }, { "rule_id": "080939f2-a6af-4b5e-a953-504217929174", "kind": "other", "code": "safety:3", "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/bcregs.htm", "source_quote": "No mention of carbon monoxide alarms or detectors appears anywhere in this regulation document", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-27", "public_summary": "Whether a Nova Scotia regulation requires carbon monoxide alarms in a short-term rental isn't confirmed: none was found in the Building Code or the Fire Safety Regulations, and a provincial news release recommends them near sleeping areas." } ] }, "municipalities": [ { "unit_id": "cbrm", "unit_slug": "cbrm", "unit_name": "Cape Breton Regional Municipality", "unit_type": "regional_municipality", "region": "cape-breton", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.cbrm.ns.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "323935e4-b84c-4cea-a5d4-6c3758506917", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CBRM-LUB-July-30-2026.pdf", "source_quote": "Accommodation Business means an establishment, licenced by the Province of Nova Scotia, that provides lodging for travellers... but does not include a shared dwelling.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "92d950f4-deef-4c1a-b2ff-54c12970d0a2", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/L-100-Licensing-By-law-for-Shared-Dwellings.pdf", "source_quote": "Dwelling, Shared... does not include an accommodation business such as a hotel, motel, or dormitory operated by a university.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "acf8729e-795e-448b-acba-6090825b11b9", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Cape Breton Regional Municipality Marketing Levy By-law, M-200", "source_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/M-200-Marketing-Levy-By-law.pdf", "source_quote": "Where the Accommodation will be provided on or after January 1, 2024, three percent (3%) of the Purchase Price of the Accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "95643d09-0986-44dd-a0e5-8aac6d6ccb6e", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "You need to register your short-term accommodation before you start operating the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "27b42e4f-de11-46c3-8e36-cf4c64c272a2", "kind": "other", "code": "zoning_confirmation", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/zoning-confirmation", "source_quote": "If you are registering under the Provincial Tourist Accommodations Registration Act, you must request a Zoning Confirmation for Accommodation Host.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "halifax-regional-municipality", "unit_slug": "hrm", "unit_name": "Halifax Regional Municipality", "unit_type": "regional_municipality", "region": "halifax", "provincial_tier": "by_community", "wikidata_id": "Q2141", "website": "https://www.halifax.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "3221e57b-1d82-4134-86d0-1a05e86cc973", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-09-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Region-wide short-term rental amendments to HRM's municipal planning strategies and land-use by-laws (Case 24526)", "source_url": "https://engagehalifax.ca/rural-short-term-rentals", "source_quote": "one dwelling unit per lot to operate as a STR without requiring the unit to be the host's primary residence", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "HRM permits a short-term rental in all zones where the home is the operator's primary residence. A home the operator doesn't live in, a secondary or backyard suite included, is a commercial short-term rental, permitted only in zones allowing tourist or commercial accommodation or by discretionary planning approval. Some plan areas allow one per lot without that test." }, { "rule_id": "932b3aa4-d770-4e3a-bc1d-7ba3544c34c2", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "permitted" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2004-02-15", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law for Planning Districts 1 and 3 (St. Margarets Bay), s.4.30 Tourist Accommodations", "source_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/about-the-city/regional-community-planning/planningdistricts1and3-lub-eff-26feb02-minorrev2025-02922-toclinked.pdf", "source_quote": "One dwelling unit per lot may be used as an accommodation for the travelling public, on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, for gain or profit, pending all other requirements of the Land Use By-law are met.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In HRM's St. Margarets Bay plan area (Planning Districts 1 and 3), the land-use by-law lets one dwelling unit per lot be used as accommodation for the travelling public, for gain, with no primary-residence test, provided the by-law's other requirements are met. HRM's region-wide section also permits a short-term rental in the operator's own primary residence in every zone." }, { "rule_id": "ddaf54d1-c19b-4c0d-a512-3a173a28b7d5", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:3", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "permitted" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2026-02-02", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law for Planning Districts 14 and 17 (Shubenacadie Lakes), s.4.37(c), MINORREV 2025-02922", "source_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/about-the-city/regional-community-planning/planningdistricts14and17-lub-eff-26feb02-minorrev2025-02922-toclinked.pdf", "source_quote": "Notwithstanding a) and b) above, one dwelling unit per lot may be used as a short-term rental, provided all other requirements of the Land Use By-law are met. (RC-Dec 11/25;E-Feb 2/26)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In the Shubenacadie Lakes plan area (Planning Districts 14 and 17), which includes Fall River and Oakfield, the land-use by-law lets one dwelling unit per lot be used as a short-term rental, with no primary-residence test, provided the lot meets the by-law's other requirements. The region-wide section also permits a short-term rental in the operator's primary residence in every zone." }, { "rule_id": "a867b479-1124-452f-ad30-b4fd8bee3eec", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$200 for the letter; $250 for the permit", "effective_from": "2023-09-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/about-halifax/regional-community-planning/short-term-rentals", "source_quote": "There is $200 Zoning Confirmation Letter fee for this application. ... There is Development Only Permit Fee of $250 for this Permit.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "HRM's municipal step is a one-time land-use approval, applied for online and required for provincial registration. Renting the whole home you live in needs a Zoning Confirmation Letter. A home you don't live in, including a secondary or backyard suite, and any bedroom rental need a Development Only Permit, which doesn't expire and can be reused at renewal." }, { "rule_id": "59e34414-0ec7-4a20-a008-2433a31940b3", "kind": "str_licence", "code": "str_licence:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "No fee", "effective_from": "2023-06-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "By-law R-400, Respecting Registration of Residential Rental Properties", "source_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/business/doing-business-halifax/residential-rental-registry", "source_quote": "large and small apartment buildings, income properties, single room occupancies, secondary and backyard suites and short-term rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "HRM's Residential Rental Registry requires every rental property, short-term rentals included, to be registered once. The application asks for proof of insurance, and the owner must keep a current maintenance plan and show it on request. It is a separate step from the land-use approval." }, { "rule_id": "f1154889-4106-4066-96f2-40ff06071cc4", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "base_to_confirm" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-10-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "By-law M-400, Respecting Marketing Levy", "source_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/business/doing-business-halifax/marketing-levy", "source_quote": "All tourism accommodations operating within the municipality are required to collect a marketing levy of three per cent of revenues per night", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "HRM's marketing levy applies to the purchase price of accommodation. Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com collect and remit it on bookings paid through them; the operator collects and remits it on direct bookings. Booking.com's own tax page says it withholds the levy on the room rate only, excluding property fees." }, { "rule_id": "624dc539-fe65-45d9-bcf7-8a596518064f", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "You need to renew your registration by 1 April each year.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Provincial registration in HRM: a commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays a yearly fee per unit set by its community's tier in Schedule A, tier 1 for seven named communities and tier 2 for the rest. A personal vacation home pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-county-of-annapolis", "unit_slug": "annapolis-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Annapolis", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q564523", "website": "https://www.annapoliscounty.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "e9dc8dcd-92e3-4490-83e3-918a5247b4b9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-04-23", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Annapolis County Land Use Bylaw (County-Wide Planning Area), Section 4.17 Short Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/2025/Planning/County-Wide/Annapolis_County_LUB_-_Amended_December_11_2025.pdf", "source_quote": "SECTION 4.17 SHORT TERM RENTALS: The owner of a residential structure shall be permitted to provide a maximum of one short-term rental unit within said residential structure at any time.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County-wide Land Use Bylaw lets the owner of a residential structure provide one short-term rental unit in it at a time, and sets no condition that the owner live there. It applies outside the Bridgetown, East End, Cornwallis Park, Upper Clements and Habitation planning areas, which have their own by-laws." }, { "rule_id": "7de71a0e-7529-4592-9eed-340810635e13", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "conditional", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2026-04-02", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "East End Area Land Use Bylaw, Section 4.20 Short Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/2026/Planning/East_End_Planning_Area/APRIL_2026/East%20End%20Area%20LUB%20Final%20-%20EFFECTIVE%20April%2002%202026.pdf", "source_quote": "A residential dwelling unit may be used as a short-term rental in all zones if the owner of the short-term rental lives on or abuts the property containing the short-term rental unit.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In the East End Planning Area, a residential dwelling unit may be a short-term rental in any zone, but only if the owner lives on the property or on one that abuts it." }, { "rule_id": "6a630093-3de5-4eb0-b4c7-1970f7cdb588", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:3", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "conditional", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-03-27", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Cornwallis Park Land Use Bylaw, Section 4.15 Short Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/Planning__Inspection_Services/Planning_Documents/CORNWALLIS_PARK_LUB_EFFECTIVE_June_8_2026.pdf", "source_quote": "A residential dwelling unit may be used as a short-term rental if the owner of the short-term rental lives on or abuts the property containing the short-term rental unit.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In the Cornwallis Park Planning Area, a residential dwelling unit may be a short-term rental only if the owner lives on the property or on one that abuts it." }, { "rule_id": "ca46d698-5c87-44cb-a7bf-1dbe00640dbd", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:4", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "conditional", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-10-25", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Upper Clements Area Land Use Bylaw, Section 4.19 Short-Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/2024/Mun-Operations/Upper_Clements_Planning_Area/Upper_Clements_LUB_APPROVED_October_25_2024.pdf", "source_quote": "A residential dwelling unit may be used as a short-term rental or bed & breakfast establishment if the owner of the short-term rental lives on or abuts the property containing the rental unit. Short-term rental units located on a campground are permitted without the property owner living on the property or an abutting property.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In the Upper Clements Planning Area, a residential dwelling unit may be a short-term rental or bed and breakfast only if the owner lives on the property or on one that abuts it. Rental units on a campground are exempt. The residential and mixed-use zones require off-street parking for each room rented." }, { "rule_id": "b808f59a-1a2f-4e92-8068-2691fe3a5c63", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:5", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "conditional", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-10-25", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Habitation Community Land Use Bylaw, Section 4.16 Short-Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/2024/Mun-Operations/Habitation_Community_Area/Habitation_Approved_LUB_October_252024.pdf", "source_quote": "A residential dwelling unit may be used as a short-term rental or bed & breakfast establishment if the owner of the short-term rental lives on or abuts the property containing the rental unit. Short-term rental units located on a campground are permitted without the property owner living on the property or an abutting property.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "In the Habitation Community Planning Area, a residential dwelling unit may be a short-term rental or bed and breakfast only if the owner lives on the property or on one that abuts it. Rental units on a campground are exempt." }, { "rule_id": "4564ce4a-4f40-451b-9151-2c607d901ad0", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:6", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "1999-12-07", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law of the Town of Bridgetown (1999, amended to October 09, 2025)", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/2025/Planning/Bridgetown_Planning_Area/Housekeeping/BT_LUB_Oct_1999_-_amended_October_09_2025.pdf", "source_quote": "7. BED AND BREAKFAST means a dwelling where the proprietor supplies either room or room and breakfast for monetary gain on a temporary basis, where not more than ten rooms are so used, and which is open to the travelling public. ... 35. INN means a dwelling where the proprietor supplies either room and board or meals for monetary gain on a temporary basis, where not more than twenty rooms are so used, and which is open to the travelling public. ... 9.3.3 ... (b) the owner, owners or manager of the bed and breakfast, inn or boarding house shall live on or adjacent to the property;", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Bridgetown's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals. Its closest uses, Bed and Breakfast and Inn, need the owner or manager to live on or next to the property. Council has adopted a replacement by-law that names short-term rentals; it takes effect after the Minister's approval." }, { "rule_id": "90ad1381-3f73-4422-985f-585f4bbcbe79", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$50 letter fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/images/Planning__Inspection_Services/Permanent_Items/AAA_STR_Request_Form_Updated_April_2026.docx.pdf", "source_quote": "STR compliance letters are $50 and can be sent via e-transfer to [email removed]", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County's municipal step is an STR Compliance Letter, also called a Municipal Certificate of Compliance. Staff first confirm the rental property meets the County's land-use by-laws; the fee is paid after that. The request form links to the Province's registration as the proof of compliance." }, { "rule_id": "78e9037e-42a5-4119-acd6-97f5215ddf65", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-06-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy Bylaw (Bylaw 2 Marketing Levy, which replaced the M8 Marketing Levy Bylaw)", "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/tax-finance/marketing-levy", "source_quote": "Platform operators (e.g., Airbnb, Vrbo) are not remitting on your behalf at this time.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County charges a marketing levy on the purchase price of short-term rentals and other tourist accommodation under its Marketing Levy Bylaw. Operators register with the County for each place of business, collect the levy from guests, show it separately on bills and receipts, and remit it to the County." }, { "rule_id": "f7312e29-1cbb-4044-b1fa-d26f70a68d96", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "for a first offence, $2000; for a second offence, $4000", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Annapolis is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-county-of-antigonish", "unit_slug": "antigonish-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Antigonish", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://antigonishcounty.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "1c5131e1-cefe-49b0-b65b-5ca5317d2c0b", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-10-28", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish (Plan Antigonish, 2024)", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/antigonish_county/Plan_Antigonish-LUB.pdf", "source_quote": "entire home, individual room, cottage, cabin, geodesic dome, or yurt rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Outside the four secondary plan areas, the County's Land Use By-law treats paid stays by travellers, from whole homes to rooms and cottages, as accommodation. Seven zones permit it outright. In the residential, Rural General and Agricultural Potential zones it is allowed only as a home-based business in the operator's principal residence, with a cap on rental units." }, { "rule_id": "3b054d20-ac4b-4db5-a447-a10a565be0a5", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:2", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "West River Antigonish Harbour Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/fringe/AT_WRAH_LUB.pdf", "source_quote": "TOURIST AND GUEST HOME means a building used as a single family dwelling in which there are not more than six (6) sleeping rooms intended to be rented to the general public and where the stay of the guests is of a transient nature.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The West River Antigonish Harbour Land Use By-law covers the lands around the Town of Antigonish. It doesn't name short-term rentals. It defines bed and breakfasts, tourist and guest homes and tourist cottages or cabins and permits them zone by zone, so how a whole-home rental is classed there is the Development Officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "e6b29c2a-2fe7-4deb-8390-4fd70738649b", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:3", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Central Antigonish Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/central_at/CentralAntigonishLUB.pdf", "source_quote": "TOURIST AND GUEST HOME means a building used as a single family dwelling in which there are not more than six (6) sleeping rooms intended to be rented to the general public and where the stay of the guests is of a transient nature.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Central Antigonish Land Use By-law covers the middle of the County, from the Guysborough County line north to Pomquet Harbour. It doesn't name short-term rentals. It permits tourist and guest homes and tourist cottages in its Tourist Commercial zone and bed and breakfasts in its rural and hamlet residential zones; the Development Officer classes a whole-home rental." }, { "rule_id": "f4189720-c01b-4144-be7f-25be96c675f2", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:4", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "1994-10-13", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law for the Eastern Antigonish County Planning Area", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/eastern/ERLUB.pdf", "source_quote": "GUEST HOME means a dwelling with no more than five (5) guest rooms in which the proprietor supplies either room, or room and board on a temporary basis for monetary gain, and which is open to the general public.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Eastern Antigonish land-use by-law covers the east of the County, from about Bayfield to Auld's Cove. It doesn't name short-term rentals. It permits bed and breakfasts and guest homes in its rural, settlement, multi-unit, commercial and island zones; how a whole-home rental is classed there is the Development Officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "a9c24b5c-e44a-4436-a260-da6b67b053d9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:5", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Keppoch Beaver Mountain Planning Area Land Use Bylaw", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/keppoch/KEPPOCHBEAVERLUB.pdf", "source_quote": "The house can also be rented as a whole unit as opposed to individual bedrooms/rental units, which would be the case in a bed and breakfast.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Keppoch-Beaver Mountain land-use by-law covers the ski-hill area in the west of the County, near the Pictou County line. It doesn't name short-term rentals, but its tourist or guest home, permitted in the Rural Development zone, can be rented as a whole unit. It also lists chalet style cabins and bed and breakfasts." }, { "rule_id": "f42cd1aa-486b-4e3f-ac0a-c9359e4abbb8", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$40 development permit fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law (Plan Antigonish, 2024), s. 4.1.1", "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/antigonish_county/Plan_Antigonish-LUB.pdf", "source_quote": "no person shall undertake a development within the Municipality without first obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County has no short-term rental licence. Its land-use by-laws require a development permit from the Development Officer before any development, which Plan Antigonish defines to include a change in the use of land or a building. The Eastern District Planning Commission issues permits for the County and publishes the fee." }, { "rule_id": "dc6733b5-bf37-4cec-809e-784c7a4d36a7", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://antigonishcounty.ca/municipal-by-laws/", "source_quote": "Approved By-Laws", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the County's list of approved by-laws." }, { "rule_id": "c403b0b3-7ed3-448c-ab5c-cf4cf9f24b66", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500/unit/year (Commercial, Tier 2); $50/year (primary residence)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Municipality of the County of Antigonish", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Antigonish is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-county-of-colchester", "unit_slug": "colchester-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Colchester", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.colchester.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "b60903e7-95ef-47ed-a057-7c57aec441b8", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-06-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Municipality of the County of Colchester Land Use Bylaw, Chapter 40", "source_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/planning/4971-colchester-land-use-bylaw-2026", "source_quote": "ACCOMMODATIONS means the provision of a building, buildings, or part thereof to the travelling public, for payment or compensation, for a period of 28 days or less, and may include, but is not limited to, tourist facilities such as hotels, motels, and hostels; entire home rental; individual room rental; cottage rentals; cabin rentals; geodesic dome rentals; or yurt rentals.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law has two uses for renting to travellers. Accommodations covers entire-home, room, cottage and cabin rentals. A Guest Home is part of a dwelling where the resident owner or occupant hosts. Each use has its own list of zones, and a use a zone does not list is prohibited there." }, { "rule_id": "e67ca6c4-6bcd-4c0b-9b5b-5ad89bf25d09", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/zoning-and-property-information", "source_quote": "are written zoning confirmations available to the public at no charge", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "No County short-term rental licence was found. The County's zoning page describes a Property Status Report, its written zoning confirmation, and a Development Permit, which the Land Use By-law requires before any development. Ask the Development Officer's office which of them it issues as the land-use document for a first provincial registration." }, { "rule_id": "051d993d-e75e-4b43-ac04-18b5cbf14357", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy By-law, Chapter 19", "source_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/bylaws-1/3903-marketing-levy-by-law-chapter-19-april-2023", "source_quote": "A marketing levy is hereby imposed upon every person who, for a daily charge, fee or remuneration purchases accommodation in the Municipality. The marketing levy is set at the rate of 3% of the purchase price of the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-county-of-cumberland", "unit_slug": "cumberland-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Cumberland", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q2559621", "website": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "d927eba2-e69c-4250-924b-30a3cd121ebc", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25 development permit processing fee (non-refundable)", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law, s. 5.14 (Short-term Rentals)", "source_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/land-use-by-law/3284-cumberland-lub-april-2026/file.html", "source_quote": "Only one short-term rental shall be permitted on a lot.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law treats a short-term rental (one building, one rental party at a time) as a use separate from a dwelling. It is permitted in the residential, rural, recreational and several other zones, one per lot, with no residence test; the Flood Hazard Zone requires site plan approval. Industrial, institutional, parks and two wellfield zones don't list it." }, { "rule_id": "fd029d90-3a2d-4472-9556-0863975e9b56", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "(no by-law titled 'short-term rental licence,' 'STR licence,' or 'business licence' appears in the by-law index)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County has no short-term rental licence or registration by-law. The municipal step is the development permit its Land Use By-law requires; its fees policy also lists a zoning confirmation letter." }, { "rule_id": "3c568f6b-b5c6-4e9d-878a-c2a45dec09a9", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "(no by-law titled 'marketing levy' or 'tourism levy' appears in the by-law index)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the County's by-law list, and its draft by-laws folder holds none." }, { "rule_id": "5e384d3c-a6e4-4887-9e64-ba915a5a472b", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2009-06-25", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Noise By-Law 09-01 (amended by By-Law 23-01, May 2023)", "source_url": "https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/government/by-laws/2348-noise-by-law-09-01-amended-may-2023/file.html", "source_quote": "No person shall engage in any activity which is likely to generate noise or sound that unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of a neighborhood.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Noise By-law has no rule written for short-term rentals. It bars noise likely to unreasonably disturb a neighbourhood at any hour, and amplified sound audible beyond the property at all times. Outdoor domestic power tools, chainsaws and shouting are barred before 6 a.m. and after 10 p.m.; fireworks before 6 p.m. and after midnight." }, { "rule_id": "eb627cd4-8c7f-47e8-a2f8-050c2b339b42", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50/yr whole-home primary-residence host; $500/yr per unit commercial (Tier 2) host; $500/yr platform operator", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "$500 per dwelling unit [Tier 2]", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Cumberland is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "inverness-county", "unit_slug": "inverness-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Inverness", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "cape-breton", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q2630310", "website": "https://invernesscounty.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "6f558306-a3b7-4cbe-a00a-0b001c918728", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-09-11", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law (2025)", "source_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PlanInvernessLUB-Sept-2025.pdf", "source_quote": "Accommodation means the provision of a building, buildings, or part thereof to the travelling public, for payment or compensation, for a period of 28 days or less.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County's Land Use By-law lists accommodations, including entire-home, room, cottage and cabin rentals, as a main use in its commercial and mixed-use zones, with no residency test. In the residential and rural zones, renting to travellers is permitted only as a home-based business in the operator's principal residence, with a cap on rental units." }, { "rule_id": "97261bbb-6810-482e-82b2-8f9923eaa80d", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$40 development permit fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law (2025)", "source_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PlanInvernessLUB-Sept-2025.pdf", "source_quote": "no person shall undertake a development within the Municipality of the County of Inverness without first obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Starting to use a property for accommodations, or for a home-based business that rents units, is a change of use, and the Land Use By-law requires a development permit from the Development Officer first. The Eastern District Planning Commission issues permits for the County; its fee schedule lists the development permit fee." }, { "rule_id": "52c6a50e-6447-438b-9f6f-17e05d7ebb7b", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy By-law, 44", "source_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/services/finance-taxation/marketing-levy/", "source_quote": "As of January 1, 2024, a 3% marketing levy is charged on all short-term, fixed-roof accommodations (like hotels, motels, and cottages) in the Municipality of Inverness County.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County charges a marketing levy on the purchase price of short-term, fixed-roof accommodation, cottages and platform rentals included. Operators register with the County, collect the levy at the time of sale, and report and remit it monthly through the County's online levy portal." }, { "rule_id": "ccf17ac2-a108-4ab0-859a-8a4a8de42d16", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Inverness is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-county-of-kings", "unit_slug": "kings-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Kings", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q671105", "website": "https://www.countyofkings.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "402640d5-f61c-4a68-9b57-72f286237f53", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law, 106", "source_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/upload/All_Uploads/Living/services/planning/lub/bylaw/documents/13%20-%20Part%203%20-%20Section%2014%20General%20Regulations.pdf", "source_quote": "The use of residential units as a residential care home, a bed and breakfast operation or as accommodations shall be permitted within all zones that permit residential units.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County's Land Use By-law (By-law 106, s. 14.3.29) permits a residential unit to be used as accommodations in every zone that permits residential units, with no residence test for that use. A bed and breakfast must be the owner's principal residence and may use up to 4 bedrooms (5 in the Grand Pré Heritage Conservation District). The zone's own requirements apply, and signs follow the home-based business sign rules." }, { "rule_id": "94ee6055-84b8-4278-847e-565f6ba3f395", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25 application fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/residents/services/permits/short-term-rentals", "source_quote": "$25 application fee", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The County's municipal step is a Municipal Zoning Confirmation Letter from Development staff, requested with the civic address, the assessment account number or property ID, and the rental's type, unit count and location in the building. The application fee is $25." }, { "rule_id": "cc6f1669-59fd-4650-b460-f1103e38d145", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.countyofkings.ca/government/By-laws", "source_quote": "No by-laws related to marketing levies, tourism levies, accommodation levies, or short-term rental licensing appear on this page.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the County's by-law library." }, { "rule_id": "e1bbe758-c5d8-4d01-8dd5-bae72799f3e4", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Kings is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-pictou-county", "unit_slug": "pictou-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Pictou", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q2092485", "website": "https://munpict.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "03d525f1-f17c-4b06-b116-bfcdf1a9f7c0", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-08-28", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use Bylaw", "source_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/LUB-Approved-PNS-Published.pdf", "source_quote": "tourist facilities such as hotels; motels; hostels; bed and breakfast establishments; and entire home, individual room, cottage, cabin, geodesic dome, or yurt rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use Bylaw files entire-home, room, cottage and cabin rentals to travellers under one use, Accommodation, with no requirement that the operator live there. It is permitted in eight of the by-law's zones and not in the Residential Community zone, where the only route is a home-based business in the operator's principal residence, with one or two rental units. Any change in the use of a building needs a Development Permit." }, { "rule_id": "84a33559-59b4-4fa3-8c65-50c680875638", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://munpict.ca/council/municipal-bylaws/", "source_quote": "The Municipality's by-law list names 31 by-laws (Adult Entertainment Prohibition through Wind Energy); none is a short-term rental or tourist accommodation licence.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality has no short-term rental licence: none of the by-laws on its by-law list is one. The municipal step comes from the Land Use Bylaw, which requires a Development Permit for any change in the use of a building." }, { "rule_id": "03b42e4d-cf65-4f80-bb7f-b74d18100609", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "tourism marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Tourism Marketing Levy By-law", "source_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/Tourism-Marketing-Levy-By-law-1-Edited.pdf", "source_quote": "A marketing and promotions levy is hereby imposed in the Municipality, the rate of which shall be three percent (3%) of the purchase price of the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality's Tourism Marketing Levy By-law charges 3% of the purchase price of accommodation, collected at the time of sale. Each place of business registers with the Municipality and displays its registration certificate, files a return every month, even with no levy collected, and shows the levy as a separate item on every bill." }, { "rule_id": "3abd838d-9c97-474e-87b6-e2697ef0d6d0", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the County of Pictou is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "richmond-county", "unit_slug": "richmond-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Richmond", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "cape-breton", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "01db1978-c171-4b95-80ac-8b1c9b062289", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/documents/land-use/1473-stpeterslub0607/file.html", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-27", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "ddf28f3d-f948-4e23-9d9d-69262ad36847", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-10-23", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/council/by-laws/2450-by-law-60-marketing-levy-by-law/file.html", "source_quote": "Every Operator of a facility providing Accommodations to which this By-law applies shall apply for and be issued a registration certificate by the Municipality.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "b8d09033-376f-4934-926f-c024cced4c1e", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Municipality of the County of Richmond Marketing Levy By-law, 60", "source_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/council/by-laws/2450-by-law-60-marketing-levy-by-law/file.html", "source_quote": "Where the Accommodation will be provided on or after January 1, 2024, three percent (3%) of the Purchase Price of the Accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "248bfeb4-022b-49a0-9130-a6b449a4ffe7", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "You need to register your short-term accommodation before you start operating the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "victoria-county", "unit_slug": "victoria-county", "unit_name": "Municipality of the County of Victoria", "unit_type": "county_municipality", "region": "cape-breton", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://victoriacounty.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "d529d41e-23ac-4f7a-b75b-cd9a0d4e23d9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2009-12-14", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/baddeck/baddeck_LUB.pdf", "source_quote": "the dwelling is used as a residence by the operator of the tourist or guest home", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "1b5360e0-fd92-49df-b0d9-1bddb7f48e00", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": "str_land_use:2", "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/now-in-effect-municipal-planning-strategy-and-land-use-bylaw/", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "f21d2574-c255-4005-92ad-06449867ba19", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/changes-to-provincial-short-term-rentals-tourism-accommodation-registration/", "source_quote": "contact the Eastern District Planning Commission in writing... by emailing: [email removed]", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "3d906f32-9857-401f-9a30-754677930b37", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Municipality of the County of Victoria Marketing Levy By-law", "source_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marketing-Levy-By-law-1.pdf", "source_quote": "must be collected at the time of the sale on the total amount of the Purchase Price and must be remitted to the Municipality", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "28989325-7f40-4844-b553-8f5131c8d0ab", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-argyle", "unit_slug": "district-of-argyle", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Argyle", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "southwest", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q2861090", "website": "https://www.munargyle.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "af73612e-ce73-44c9-85d7-5d37210d2c60", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law, Municipality of the District of Argyle", "source_url": "https://munargyle.com/by-laws/active-by-laws/179-modargyle-land-use-by-law-june-2023/file.html", "source_quote": "Guest Home means a dwelling in where the proprietor supplies either room or room and board for compensation on a temporary basis and which is open to the travelling public.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Argyle's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals. Its closest defined use is the guest home, a tourist establishment where the proprietor supplies a room, or room and board, to the travelling public; a bed and breakfast counts as one. It is permitted as of right in some zones and not in others, with no residence test." }, { "rule_id": "f530f037-e9e8-4a03-a9ad-1bf0f87b4d3f", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://munargyle.com/by-laws/active-by-laws.html", "source_quote": "Active By-laws: Interpretation (#01), Noise (#09A), Explosives (#10), Animals (#11), Dogs (#12A), Transient Vendor (#13A), Fireworks (#15), Building (#17A), The Destruction of Certain Documents (#18), Elections Deposit (#21), Heritage Property (#23), Solid Waste Resource (#27A), Tax Exemptions for Non Profit Organizations (#28), West Pubnico Sewer (#29), Tusket Wastewater (#30), Deed Transfer Tax (#31), Respecting Voting for Municipal Elections (#32), Third Party Credit Service Fee (#33), Directional Signage (#36), Wedgeport Wastewater District (#37), Well Supply Upgrade Lending Program (#38), Civic Addressing Signage (#39), Regional Emergency Management (#40), Maintenance and Improvement of Private Roads (#41), Short Term Accommodation Marketing Levy (#42), Land Use By-law, Municipal Planning Strategy.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality has no short-term rental licence: no by-law in its catalogue of active by-laws licenses the use. Its Land Use By-law requires a development permit before the use of a building changes. Ask Building & Development which document it issues for provincial registration, and whether it charges for it." }, { "rule_id": "8cc09d59-2f18-471e-9eda-f9ead193a3dc", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-05-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Short Term Accommodation Marketing Levy By-law, 42", "source_url": "https://munargyle.com/by-laws/active-by-laws/857-short-term-accommodation-marketing-levy-by-law-42/file.html", "source_quote": "the rate of the Marketing Levy shall be three percent (3%) of the Purchase Price of the Accommodation ... This By-law shall take effect from the 1st day of May, 2025.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "By-Law 42 sets a 3% marketing levy on the purchase price of accommodation, including optional and service fees. Where a booking platform's system allows it, the platform collects the levy and remits it to the Municipality; otherwise the operator collects it from the guest and remits it, through the ORHMA Levy Reporting Portal. HST is charged on the levy as well as on the room. The proceeds go to the Yarmouth & Acadian Shores Tourism Association." }, { "rule_id": "bc63f84f-eaca-450a-b34b-db1aa3665275", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "proof of compliance with municipal land-use by-laws (check with your municipality to confirm what proof is required for your application)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of Argyle is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-barrington", "unit_slug": "district-of-barrington", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Barrington", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q808931", "website": "https://www.barringtonmunicipality.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "96421e2c-e6c1-4c0a-bcee-01b8068fdeed", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$20 development permit fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Municipality of the District of Barrington Land Use By-law (as amended to 25 April 2023)", "source_url": "https://www.barringtonmunicipality.com/municipal-documents/by-laws/5431-1-barrington-land-use-by-law-nov-25-2013-as-amended-to-april-25-2023", "source_quote": "shall include hotels, motels, guest homes, short term rentals (\"Airbnb\"), resorts, tourist cabins and hostels", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District's Land Use By-law defines tourist accommodation to include short-term rentals and lists it as a permitted use in the Commercial General and Rural Development zones; the Mixed Use zone permits the Commercial General zone's commercial uses. The residential zones don't list it by name. Any change of use needs a development permit." }, { "rule_id": "d76d37ae-da43-43b5-8861-861f1f2d4807", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.barringtonmunicipality.com/council/municipal-by-laws", "source_quote": "By law No 13 Trade and Licensing", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District has no short-term rental or accommodation licence. Its only licensing by-law, Trade and Licensing, covers auctioneers, peddlers, canvassers, magazine and book agents, vehicle sellers and amusement rides, and exempts residents and ratepayers." }, { "rule_id": "fad0a135-ceee-4fc9-965d-0433ad098870", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.barringtonmunicipality.com/council/municipal-by-laws", "source_quote": "Municipal By-Laws", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District's published list of by-laws contains no marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law." }, { "rule_id": "e62cc093-9d8c-4047-af1a-e0b65070d096", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "Short-term accommodations must register to operate in Nova Scotia if they provide accommodations for 28 days in a row or less.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of Barrington is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-chester", "unit_slug": "district-of-chester", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Chester", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.chester.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "950250b4-30f9-4ee5-b008-2a4978c7bd0b", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://chester.ca/planning-development-building/zoning", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "ba10b9f4-cb63-4469-a0d0-ddecffbdbc50", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-09-17", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://portal.laserfiche.ca/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=1693189&repo=r-0001f4a08362", "source_quote": "To be issued a license, a person must: (a) have an occupancy permit (where applicable) and no unresolved violations or open work orders with the Municipality that are relevant to the operation of accommodations; (b) comply with all applicable legislation, regulations, By-laws, fire safety, and building codes; and (c) provide proof of a minimum of $2,000,000 liability insurance for any loss or damage resulting from the operation of an accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "64355ca8-47d9-4792-81cb-2ca7497725a2", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "adopted_not_in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2027-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://portal.laserfiche.ca/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=1749215&repo=r-0001f4a08362", "source_quote": "A marketing levy is hereby imposed in the Municipality upon a person who, for a daily charge, fee or renumeration, purchases accommodation in the Municipality, the rate of which shall be three (3) percent of the purchase price of the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-12-18", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "faa4ffed-f3eb-44d6-8acc-712fc74dd382", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-clare", "unit_slug": "district-of-clare", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Clare", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "southwest", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.clarenovascotia.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "19f1d815-8ef2-44a5-aa08-feceaa1ceafa", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarenovascotia.com/en/governance/your-municipality/municipal-planning-strategy-and-land-use-bylaw", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "cc0d8af5-8e7b-4239-af23-69b242cdf060", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarenovascotia.com/images/docs/gouvernance/by-laws/By-Law_No_13_Trade_and_Licensing.pdf", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "e3eae8f3-3e00-4e3d-baa2-afebf37f7854", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarenovascotia.com/en/governance/your-municipality/by-laws", "source_quote": "32 titled by-laws listed (Land Use, Trade and Licensing, Building, etc.); 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A bed and breakfast, with the owner or a resident manager on site, is permitted in ten zones. General accommodation, which includes cottages with three or more bedrooms and has no on-site-owner condition, is permitted in four zones and by site plan approval in three." }, { "rule_id": "afbab8d5-33e4-40eb-b356-d256796d18a4", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$75 in a zoned area; $25 in an un-zoned area", "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/planning-development-fees/", "source_quote": "That non-profit organizations be exempted from paying the cost of a zoning confirmation letter.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "East Hants has no short-term rental licence. Its Planning & Development office issues zoning confirmation letters, and the Land Use By-law grants each permitted use through a development permit. Ask Planning & Development which document it issues for provincial registration." }, { "rule_id": "5a1d2285-0462-436f-bfa8-030434eb0cd7", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/bylaws/", "source_quote": "A-100 — Alternative Voting; P-1300 — Blasting Bylaw; P-900 — Building Bylaw; P-800 — Civic Addressing Bylaw; P-100 — Community Standards; F-600 — Deed Transfer Tax; P-1000 — Dog Bylaw; P-200 — Emergency Management Bylaw; A-300 — Encroachment on Municipal Real Property; F-400 — Exemption From Taxation; F-200 — Fee for the Provision of Tax; F-500 — Fire and Burglar Alarm Bylaw; P-700 — Heritage Property Bylaw; IO-200 — Infrastructure Charges; F-100 — Local Improvement Charges Bylaw; P-1200 — Lot Grading and Drainage; P-1100 — Maitland Heritage Conservation District; No. 86-90 — Municipal Seal; No. 47-50 — Petitions & Correspondence; No. 144-1 — Private: Amendment to Deed Transfer Tax; IO-500 — Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (P.A.C.E); P-300 — Provincial Right-of-Way Signage Bylaw; X-300 — Repeal of Bylaw 145, Penalities; X-100 — Repeal of Council Procedures Bylaw; No. 149 — Respecting Deposits by Candidates at an Election; F-300 — Respecting the Maintenance and Improvement of Private Roads; No. 165 — Respecting the Regulation of Controlled Access Roads; IO-300 — Sewer Bylaw; IO-400 — Solid Waste Resource Collection and Disposal; P-600 — Subdivision Bylaw; A-200 — Well & Septic Bylaw; IO-100 — Winter Road & Sidewalk Snow Clearing & Maintenance", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "East Hants' published by-law list has no marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law, and its current business plans and operating budgets carry no such levy, adopted or proposed." }, { "rule_id": "d3147ddb-2091-4960-99ac-d70c268f07b6", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": "Maitland Heritage Conservation District", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2019-10-23", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Maitland Heritage Conservation District Bylaw, P-1100", "source_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P-1100-Maitland-HCD-as-amended-by-Council-Oct-2019.pdf", "source_quote": "Prior to any work commending, a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be required for the following types of development within the Heritage Conservation District", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Inside the Maitland Heritage Conservation District, new buildings, demolition, and additions or substantial alterations visible from the street need a certificate of appropriateness before work starts." }, { "rule_id": "2c51c133-86ad-4e7d-bfe9-12b4a292aea1", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of East Hants is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-guysborough", "unit_slug": "district-of-guysborough", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Guysborough", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q3122367", "website": "https://modg.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "d715b32b-680f-46ba-a588-adefe940765b", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "No fee published for a change of use on its own; permits for building work are $25 (non-refundable) plus a charge by floor area or construction value", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "2022 Official Land Use Bylaw", "source_url": "https://modg.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/MODG%20Land%20Use%20Bylaw%202022.pdf", "source_quote": "SHORT-TERM RENTAL means the use of a dwelling unit or part thereof for commercial overnight accommodations for consecutive periods of 30 days or less per party and may include the rental of the entire dwelling unit to one party or to multiple parties. [...] 8.5.1 Only one short-term rental shall be permitted on a lot.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use Bylaw defines a short-term rental, whole dwelling units included, as its own use and permits it in the R-1, R-2, MRR-1 and CC-1 zones, one per lot, with no residence test. The by-law requires a development permit for a change of use; ask the Development Officer whether starting to rent an existing home is one." }, { "rule_id": "6f045d14-1600-4407-adc0-aa73bd4e95fb", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://modg.ca/municipal-office/bylaws", "source_quote": "Land Use Bylaw", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality has no short-term rental licence: none of the by-laws on its published list is one. The municipal step comes from the Land Use Bylaw, which requires a development permit for a change in the use of land or a building." }, { "rule_id": "f8eae0a1-301c-452f-b432-c4049182f440", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://modg.ca/municipal-office/bylaws", "source_quote": "Land Use Bylaw", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears on the Municipality's by-law list, and the council and committee minutes posted for December 2025 to July 2026 record no levy proposal." }, { "rule_id": "410d69cb-3452-4ad5-8c3a-e1eb0d6cc5db", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/short-term%20rentals%20registration.pdf", "source_quote": "No person shall carry on the business of a host without first registering", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of Guysborough is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-lunenburg", "unit_slug": "district-of-lunenburg", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Lunenburg", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.modl.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "4a29f301-51d1-4d3a-8c20-05e4a176ae47", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.modl.ca/zoning.html", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "920f1ed9-7272-41a0-9777-f8962cd4cb7a", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.modl.ca/important-information-short-term-rentals.html", "source_quote": "Compliance letters or permits will be processed within 14 days.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "e7031397-c1f4-49e0-bdef-d03804f1954b", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "not set (project on hold before First Reading)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://engage.modl.ca/accommodation-marketing-levy", "source_quote": "This project is currently on hold.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "3de948b6-d822-4546-9bcd-280825238fb1", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-shelburne", "unit_slug": "district-of-shelburne", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Shelburne", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.municipalityofshelburne.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "e798833a-48fa-406a-aa5b-00facfff7c03", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.municipalityofshelburne.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-06-26-Municipality-of-Shelburne-LUB.pdf", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "ea8953b8-d27c-4de9-b0b3-e5d92892b78c", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.municipalityofshelburne.ca/permits-and-forms/", "source_quote": "Zoning Letter Request Form", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "d538ac0b-09db-43aa-9957-1bf6407a0835", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.municipalityofshelburne.ca/by-laws/", "source_quote": "Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "94b640a3-7f40-42cd-9f6f-0c606f5cfa06", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500/dwelling unit/year (Tier 2)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Municipality of the District of Shelburne [Tier 2]; Town of Clark's Harbour, Town of Digby, Town of Lockeport, Town of Mulgrave, Town of Shelburne [Tier 3]", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-st-mary-s", "unit_slug": "district-of-st-marys", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of St. Mary's", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q14875775", "website": "https://www.saint-marys.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "b0aee5ca-dd85-4752-8b40-843e69066df5", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law, Table 7.A (Permitted Uses, Residential)", "source_url": "https://www.saint-marys.ca/policies-bylaws/2012-lub-district-of-st-marys-2022-10-18/file.html", "source_quote": "SHORT-TERM RENTAL means a fixed-roof overnight accommodation where guest sleeping facilities are contained within one building on a lot and where the facilities on the lot are only rented to one party at a time.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law defines a short-term rental as overnight accommodation in one building on a lot, rented to one party at a time. It is permitted in every zone that permits a single-unit dwelling, with no residence test, and not in the parks, industrial, institutional or whale sanctuary zones. The planning strategy says Council supports short-term rentals." }, { "rule_id": "d5510015-0a07-42e5-99d2-d8d58c0471ae", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.saint-marys.ca/building-planning-and-development.html", "source_quote": "a Development Permit will be required to ensure compliance with the Municipal Land Use By-law", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality has no short-term rental licence or registration by-law. Its Land Use By-law requires a development permit before a building is used or its use changes, and treats a short-term rental as a use apart from a dwelling. The Planning Department it shares with the District of Guysborough issues the permit." }, { "rule_id": "019b5552-6edd-492f-88b0-88c177523297", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.saint-marys.ca/council-agendas-and-minutes/council-minutes/2024-council-minutes/2807-2024-07-08-council-minutes-signed-web/file.html", "source_quote": "Council agree that the levy be investigated by Council with appropriate consultation conducted with all fixed-roof accommodation providers.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "Council has agreed to investigate a tourism levy on fixed-roof accommodations, in consultation with all accommodation providers, after the regional tourism organization asked for one. A joint meeting of the Guysborough County councils recommended one consistent levy by-law across Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough counties. No levy by-law has been adopted." }, { "rule_id": "e451c356-0085-46fa-b0d5-2367991b21b5", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Municipality of the District of St. Mary's", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of St. Mary's is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "municipality-of-the-district-of-yarmouth", "unit_slug": "district-of-yarmouth", "unit_name": "Municipality of the District of Yarmouth", "unit_type": "district_municipality", "region": "southwest", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q3571882", "website": "https://www.munyarmouth.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "6dcfbd11-5ed3-4379-a6d1-5e4371caf3e9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-06-26", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Municipal Planning Strategy Policy 4-74A and Land Use By-law amendment CHG-4-74A", "source_url": "https://munyarmouth.ca/government/by-laws/813-municipal-planning-strategy/file", "source_quote": "permit Primary and Non-Primary residence Short Term Rentals as a main use in zones that permit residential uses as a primary intent of the zone", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District's Municipal Planning Strategy (Policy 4-74A) and Land Use By-law permit short-term rentals of a primary residence and of a non-primary residence in the Residential General, Low-density Residential, Multiple Unit Residential, Hamlet Residential, Hamlet Commercial, Rural Development and Rural Commercial zones, on the same standards as a dwelling. In the Lakeside Residential zone they need site plan approval. The Commercial General zone permits only traditional tourist accommodations." }, { "rule_id": "578d87e8-c9c5-446a-b3d6-a16ef2ea34a2", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "No fee stated in the by-law", "effective_from": "2024-02-28", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy By-law M-628-23, Part 6", "source_url": "https://munyarmouth.ca/government/by-laws/257-marketing-levy-by-law/file", "source_quote": "Every Operator of a facility providing Accommodations to which this By-Law applies shall apply for and be issued a registration certificate", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District's Marketing Levy By-law M-628-23 (Part 6) requires every operator of accommodation, which the by-law defines to include any facility the Province requires to register, to hold a registration certificate from the Municipality, one for each place of business, displayed on the premises and not transferable. The by-law states no fee. The District's by-law library holds no separate short-term rental licence by-law." }, { "rule_id": "8cf0230c-e004-4cef-b146-691c09b43542", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "base_to_confirm" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-06-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy By-law M-628-23", "source_url": "https://munyarmouth.ca/government/by-laws/257-marketing-levy-by-law/file", "source_quote": "the rate of the Marketing Levy shall be three percent (3%) of the Purchase Price of the Accommodation", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The District's Marketing Levy By-law M-628-23 sets a 3% levy on the purchase price of accommodation. Operators collect it from guests and file monthly returns, remitting by the 15th of the following month through the reporting portal run by ORHMA, which the Municipality designated. The Municipality's levy page says the levy is subject to HST. The proceeds go to the Yarmouth & Acadian Shores Tourism Association." }, { "rule_id": "3ce4d490-aea3-42c2-85dc-5d70ac343263", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "for a dwelling unit located in tier 2, $500", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Municipality of the District of Yarmouth is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "region-of-queens-municipality", "unit_slug": "region-of-queens", "unit_name": "Region of Queens Municipality", "unit_type": "regional_municipality", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.regionofqueens.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "f30d8f25-ce92-4d56-8191-ded648f37226", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/municipal-services/planning/land-use-planning/", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-27", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "5e0298b9-09f6-4aa6-9697-b2a4fefa5202", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/our-bylaws-for-cg/", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-27", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "0010f9cb-f3f0-436e-9750-b8e152a50763", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/2026/06/10/notice-of-intent-to-consider-second-reading-2/", "source_quote": "impose an accommodation levy of three percent (3%) on the purchase price of accommodations, including hotels, motels, and registered short-term rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-27", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-amherst", "unit_slug": "town-of-amherst", "unit_name": "Town of Amherst", "unit_type": "town", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.amherst.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "20720c63-6027-47bb-96ad-3fe045c24c05", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2026-03-17", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Amherst Land Use Bylaw (P-2)", "source_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/6837-town-of-amherst-land-use-bylaw-2025-v20260910/file.html", "source_quote": "supplies rooms, up to a maximum of six", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Amherst's Land Use Bylaw doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. It defines a bed and breakfast, which must be accessory to the home of a resident of the property, and hotels and motels, which exclude private cooking facilities. How a rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "0f7f1302-0833-416b-8cdf-49ff28b6b7a1", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws.html", "source_quote": "Land Use Bylaw 2025", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's by-law list has no short-term rental licence or registration, and no general business-licensing by-law. Where a rental may operate is governed by the Land Use Bylaw." }, { "rule_id": "00a09ffa-b68a-4af8-951f-6e49dc970985", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws.html", "source_quote": "Before requiring visitors to pay a fee and asking accommodation providers to remit this money, a plan to use the funds and an organization to manage them will need to be established.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town and the Municipality of the County of Cumberland commissioned a tourism feasibility study that looked at a marketing levy. A February 2025 staff memo to council reports the consultant advised groundwork first, and the Town's September 2025 planning report lists the levy feasibility work as in progress. No levy by-law has been adopted." }, { "rule_id": "bb837125-c4c0-4b63-a8b9-a34b1e9db3d4", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "Tier 2 registration tax: $500/year per dwelling unit for a commercial short-term rental host", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Amherst is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-annapolis-royal", "unit_slug": "town-of-annapolis-royal", "unit_name": "Town of Annapolis Royal", "unit_type": "town", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q564536", "website": "https://www.annapolisroyal.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "34e06a37-43f8-490b-8f56-dd8b772ab437", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "conditional", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Annapolis Royal Land Use By-law (December 2020), Part 2 s.3.9 and the zone tables in Parts 7, 10 and 11", "source_url": "https://annapolisroyal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Land-Use-By-law-Dec-2020.pdf", "source_quote": "SHORT TERM RENTAL means the rental of a room or rooms for overnight accommodation in an owner-occupied dwelling for a period of 30 days or less, excluding the rental of the entire dwelling.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law's short-term rental is renting a room or rooms in a home its owner lives in full time, not the entire dwelling. It is a listed use in the Residential Single Unit, Residential Mixed Use and Residential Prince William zones. No residential zone lists renting a whole home." }, { "rule_id": "40dff097-b56d-45f1-ab8a-7ec03277763d", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$50 application fee", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://annapolisroyal.com/town-hall/bylaws/", "source_quote": "Town of Annapolis Royal By-laws", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no separate short-term rental licence or registration by-law. The municipal step is the development permit the Land Use By-law requires before the use of a building or land changes, issued by the Development Officer." }, { "rule_id": "65386081-cb14-4dd1-b43f-8d07d842e276", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://annapolisroyal.com/town-hall/bylaws/", "source_quote": "Town of Annapolis Royal By-laws", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the Town's by-law list, and the Town's website search finds no levy notice. The County of Annapolis's levy is a separate municipality's by-law. The County's council has asked its staff to open levy discussions with the Town." }, { "rule_id": "d3eb1b17-950a-4add-8da1-47badf0bc6be", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "restricted" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": "Short-term rental signs", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Annapolis Royal Land Use By-law (December 2020), s.6.9.3", "source_url": "https://annapolisroyal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Land-Use-By-law-Dec-2020.pdf", "source_quote": "Signage relating to Short Term Rental shall be prohibited.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law prohibits signage relating to short-term rentals. Existing inns and bed and breakfasts are separate uses with their own business-sign allowance." }, { "rule_id": "d027dd56-09a6-4c3f-8d34-2b174698cf73", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "they must ensure that any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Annapolis Royal is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-antigonish", "unit_slug": "town-of-antigonish", "unit_name": "Town of Antigonish", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "ffb14cd8-e811-4e0e-b2c6-74da3c0ec4a1", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca/departments/planning-building-services/834-town-of-antigonish-lub-final/file.html", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "5ea98ea6-3e02-466d-9248-57d615415aed", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-05", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca/marketing-levy-by-law-registration.html", "source_quote": "Every Operator must apply for and obtain a registration certificate", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "1f3df5f3-a0a1-43c4-a0a2-e9db66de2e0e", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-05", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofantigonish.ca/marketing-levy.html", "source_quote": "a 3% marketing levy on fixed roof accommodation booked within the Town of Antigonish", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "d276095e-703f-4e7a-80c6-efe661620d52", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50/yr primary residence; $500/yr commercial STR (Tier 2); $150/yr traditional tourist accommodation, 5+ bedrooms", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Town of Antigonish", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-berwick", "unit_slug": "town-of-berwick", "unit_name": "Town of Berwick", "unit_type": "town", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.berwick.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "6c92c0b8-3ef2-4008-a496-d08e77ee0fe4", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Berwick Land Use Bylaw", "source_url": "https://www.berwick.ca/planning/1365-2026-06-11-consolidated-lub/file.html", "source_quote": "Only one short-term rental shall be permitted on a lot.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "43576116-78dd-4311-882e-cab70b152ca5", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.berwick.ca/town-hall/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "Licenses", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "efbfc459-afe2-493c-b7f5-122b5ac872cd", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://valleyren.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20250820-Valley-REN-Regional-Marketing-Levy-Framework-and-DMMO-Report-Web.pdf", "source_quote": "West Hants, Kings County, Town of Wolfville, Town of Kentville, Town of Berwick, Town of Middleton, and Glooscap First Nations were included in the consultations.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "INFERENCE", "truth": "reported", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "The Valley Regional Enterprise Network has explored a regional marketing levy with Annapolis Valley municipalities, Berwick among them, to fund a regional tourism organization. Each council decides whether to adopt one." }, { "rule_id": "6af87ce3-ea6c-4501-8976-65b2269480b7", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500/unit/year (commercial, Tier 2); $50/year (primary residence)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/short-term%20rentals%20registration.pdf", "source_quote": "No person shall carry on the business of a host without first registering under this Act in the manner set out in the regulations.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Berwick is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-bridgewater", "unit_slug": "town-of-bridgewater", "unit_name": "Town of Bridgewater", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.bridgewater.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "3e33bdf5-f468-46c5-8692-d9fd87f2dd8e", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2014-12-24", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Bridgewater Land Use By-law (2014)", "source_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/document-library/planning/planning-documents/2232-land-use-by-law/file", "source_quote": "a. The dwelling shall be the principal residence of the business owner; ... c. A home based business use shall be one of the following: i. Bed & Breakfasts, up to a maximum of three rental units", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The land-use by-law names no short-term rental use. A bed and breakfast is allowed as a home-based business in the owner's principal residence, hosted by a resident owner or manager. Inns and hotels are commercial or development-agreement uses, and a use the by-law doesn't list for a zone is deemed prohibited there." }, { "rule_id": "ec51818b-4722-420d-b248-d0f67c99e30d", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$100", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Chapter 220, Marketing Levy By-Law (s.7.0)", "source_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-services/economic-development-invest-here/new-marketing-levy", "source_quote": "Operators will be required to provide a Letter of Compliance ($100) from the Town of Bridgewater's Community Devleopment Department", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town requires every accommodation operator to hold a letter confirming the accommodation complies with its land-use by-law, one for each place of business. The Community Development Department issues it on request. The Province asks for this proof with a first registration." }, { "rule_id": "bc54c05a-3e54-4c5a-aedc-d7f7fb5196ce", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Chapter 220, Marketing Levy By-Law", "source_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-council/town-by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/2893-chapter-220-marketing-levy/file", "source_quote": "The Marketing Levy is set at the rate of three per cent (3%) of the purchase price of the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Guests pay the levy on the accommodation part of the bill, and HST is charged on the levy too. The operator, or a platform that collects it, sends the Town a return every month, including months with nothing collected." }, { "rule_id": "b5d946c1-68cd-4f61-9940-c99d852d1d0d", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "A person who is operating as 1 of the following must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Bridgewater is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-clark-s-harbour", "unit_slug": "town-of-clarks-harbour", "unit_name": "Town of Clark's Harbour", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 3, "wikidata_id": "Q2975642", "website": "https://www.clarksharbour.com", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "89ae7430-db9e-4e6f-a677-31150a3e23f8", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-Law of the Town of Clark's Harbour", "source_url": "https://www.clarksharbour.com/landuse.html", "source_quote": "not more than six (6) rooms are so used and which is open to the traveling public", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals. The Residential Zone lists bed and breakfasts and guest homes among its permitted uses. Hotels, motels and tourist cabins are permitted in the Commercial Zone. Tourist cottages and cabins in the Residential Designation, and commercial accommodation in the Resource Designation, need a development agreement." }, { "rule_id": "e034d35c-ea1d-468c-b544-b6608a4db25f", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarksharbour.com/", "source_quote": "Dog Control ... Land Use", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The by-laws the Town posts on its website, for dog control and land use, include no licence or registration for short-term rentals, and its council minutes posted online record none. A development permit is still needed before any development under the Land Use By-law." }, { "rule_id": "120aa419-c32c-4ec8-b50f-769f98df49d6", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarksharbour.com/", "source_quote": "Dog Control ... Land Use", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The by-laws the Town posts on its website, for dog control and land use, include no marketing or accommodation levy, and its council minutes posted online record no levy being proposed or adopted." }, { "rule_id": "3a081530-6b09-4669-9cba-d1f5a0e56a53", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Clark's Harbour is in tier 3 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 3 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-digby", "unit_slug": "town-of-digby", "unit_name": "Town of Digby", "unit_type": "town", "region": "southwest", "provincial_tier": 3, "wikidata_id": "Q1224586", "website": "https://www.digby.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "c29cdd57-752f-4a6c-b33c-b8064d10c74e", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2012-05-07", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law, Town of Digby", "source_url": "https://www.digby.ca/tmp/1437-lub-as-approved-may-7-12-pdf.html", "source_quote": "Bed and Breakfast and Guest House (6.2.1, RLD Zone; 7.3.1(a), CD Zone); 'a resident owner or manager who provides overnight accommodation' (Part 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"71fb9879-c2aa-466c-b248-1582b1c5a90b", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3% of purchase price, per room per night", "local_name": "marketing and promotions levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-02-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Digby Marketing and Promotions Levy By-law, 2023-03", "source_url": "https://www.digby.ca/1024-town-of-digby-marketing-and-promotion-levy-by-law-2023-03/file.html", "source_quote": "A marketing and promotions levy is hereby imposed in the Town of Digby, the rate of which shall be three percent (3%) per night, per room.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "a4e1ac2a-7696-4224-83bb-37321aa6adde", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "Short-term accommodations (including tourist accommodations) need to register with the Short-term Rentals Registry to operate in Nova Scotia.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-kentville", "unit_slug": "town-of-kentville", "unit_name": "Town of Kentville", "unit_type": "town", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.kentville.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "c9c5592e-ae1b-425e-8d12-3b360a69e900", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "permitted" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://kentville.ca/news/12-08-2024/change-provincial-requirements-related-short-term-rentals", "source_quote": "the Town of Kentville does not currently regulate short term rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "2bdd15a9-b79f-4293-ad7c-c6a228e74041", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://kentville.ca/news/12-08-2024/change-provincial-requirements-related-short-term-rentals", "source_quote": "A letter from the Town of Kentville confirming your short-term rental complies with Land Use Bylaw regulations is necessary", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "cedc9ba3-077f-4dfd-a0af-5a67956b1f99", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://kentville.ca/town-hall/bylaws-and-policies/list-bylaws", "source_quote": "(no by-law titled 'Marketing Levy', 'Tourism Levy', or 'Accommodation Levy' appears anywhere in the Town's ~40-chapter by-law index)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "ec92c4b1-f8da-4203-b578-7106b03584d3", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500/unit/year (commercial, Tier 2); $50/year (primary residence)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-lockeport", "unit_slug": "town-of-lockeport", "unit_name": "Town of Lockeport", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 3, "wikidata_id": "Q3257744", "website": "https://www.lockeport.ns.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "0145de23-b4b5-4f4a-ab01-8a64111462e9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law of the Town of Lockeport", "source_url": "https://lockeport.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Land-Use-By-Law-complete-with-amendments.pdf", "source_quote": "a building or buildings which are used to accommodate the travelling public for gain or profit by supplying them with sleeping accommodation", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law doesn't use the term short-term rental. It lists a guest house or bed and breakfast in the three residential zones, and a tourist establishment, which covers any building supplying sleeping accommodation to travellers for gain, in the Residential Large Lot and Tourist Commercial zones. Neither requires the owner to live there. Unlisted uses are prohibited." }, { "rule_id": "3b6205df-72f9-4086-9d16-9b9eb69301dd", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "conditional" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law of the Town of Lockeport", "source_url": "https://lockeport.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Land-Use-By-Law-complete-with-amendments.pdf", "source_quote": "No building or structure shall hereafter be erected or altered, nor the use of any building, structure or lot hereafter be changed unless a development permit has been issued and no development permit shall be issued unless all the provisions of this By-law are satisfied.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence and no business-licensing by-law. Its Land Use By-law requires a development permit before the use of a building or lot changes; applications go to the Town Office. Building permits, inspections and subdivisions are provided by the Municipality of the District of Shelburne." }, { "rule_id": "08830b40-e523-4534-8de3-7310b8230a8b", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://lockeport.ns.ca/by-laws/", "source_quote": "Ball Bylaw, Building Bylaw, Candidates Deposit Bylaw, Civic Address Bylaw", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "None of the Town's published by-laws sets a marketing, tourism or accommodation levy, and the council minutes the Town posts record no levy proposal." }, { "rule_id": "72085d43-f29b-48f7-a16a-e50051b9f263", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$240/dwelling unit/year (Commercial STR, Tier 3)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "for a dwelling unit located in tier 3, $240.", "verified_on": "2026-09-27", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Lockeport is in tier 3 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 3 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-lunenburg", "unit_slug": "town-of-lunenburg", "unit_name": "Town of Lunenburg", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://townoflunenburg.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "605ec433-ce7e-4ee1-a1ed-f0006690d7f9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://townoflunenburg.ca/short-term-rentals.html", "source_quote": "only one short term rental is permitted... You are not permitted to use an accessory dwelling unit as a short-term rental.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "4771f2b7-855b-41e7-a913-73c770f228d0", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://townoflunenburg.ca/short-term-rentals.html", "source_quote": "Cost: Free [Development Permit]... Zoning Confirmation Letter. Fee: $63.60.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "ff08bad8-6ff6-4334-b4c6-3a7d34654f2e", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "adopted_not_in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2027-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townoflunenburg.ca/short-term-rental-levy.html", "source_quote": "3% of the purchase price of the accommodation... effective January 1, 2027", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-12-18", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "16368b3b-1b56-435f-96d6-254b981d53f5", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://townoflunenburg.ca/heritage-permit-requirements.html", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-mahone-bay", "unit_slug": "town-of-mahone-bay", "unit_name": "Town of Mahone Bay", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.townofmahonebay.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "c197004c-7976-41e1-befa-9dac14360700", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$30 (basic Development Permit fee); $50 where the construction value is over $1,000", "effective_from": "2024-03-20", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Mahone Bay Land Use Bylaw 2024, section 5.45 (Short-term Rentals)", "source_url": "https://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/2025-10-23_mahone_bay_land_use_by-law_official_in_effect_updated.pdf", "source_quote": "Short-term rentals shall only be permitted where proof of primary residency is provided", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "A short-term rental needs a development permit. In the four residential zones, the operator must prove primary residency to the Development Officer, with one rental per lot, none in an accessory dwelling and no signage." }, { "rule_id": "afb3f315-7195-4707-b35b-bcad7c6c2790", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/tomb_fee_schedule_building___land_use.pdf", "source_quote": "Development Permit (Basic Fee) $30.00 / Development Permit (Construction value over $1,000.00) $50.00", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no separate short-term rental licence or registration by-law. The municipal step is the development permit the Land Use Bylaw requires." }, { "rule_id": "6fbb7afe-1d92-433b-aae5-8858ae5b61ca", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None currently; under strategic consideration", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/2025-08-06__2025-2026_business_plan_-_final.pdf", "source_quote": "Consider implementation of a Marketing Levy", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's business plan lists considering a marketing levy as a priority action, and council's Policy and Strategy Committee lists it among its outstanding items. No levy by-law, rate or start date has been adopted." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-middleton", "unit_slug": "town-of-middleton", "unit_name": "Town of Middleton", "unit_type": "town", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "c410c138-76f1-4328-b4c2-be023ac09375", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "not_allowed", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law of the Town of Middleton: Part 3, definition 117 (Short Term Rental); Part 7, s.7.1 (Residential (R) Zone, uses permitted); s.5.1 (unlisted uses prohibited)", "source_url": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/images/Middleton%20LUB%20eff%2018.11.15%20amended%2026.05.19%20-%20final.pdf", "source_quote": "means a dwelling or part of a dwelling where the resident owner supplies temporary accommodation for compensation to the travelling or vacationing public", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law defines a short-term rental, also called an AirBnB, as all or part of a dwelling where the resident owner supplies temporary accommodation to travellers. It is a permitted use, as of right, in the Residential (R) zone. The by-law treats a use it doesn't list in a zone as prohibited there." }, { "rule_id": "3aa4643e-0397-4792-8680-09cb39eb1464", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/government/bylaws", "source_quote": "Licenses, General Provisions", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence or registration by-law. Its licensing by-law covers auctioneers, peddlers, hawkers, traders and travelling amusements only." }, { "rule_id": "27a06422-e394-4380-a2a6-10d49257321c", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None (Annapolis County's separate 3% county levy, in force since 2024-06-01, does not cover Middleton)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://annapoliscounty.ca/government/news-media-releases/2340-municipal-council-highlights-april-21-2026", "source_quote": "Municipal Council instructed staff to reach out to the Town of Annapolis Royal and the Town of Middleton to initiate discussions regarding the Marketing Levy.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no marketing levy by-law. The Municipality of the County of Annapolis, whose levy applies within the County and stops at the town boundary, has asked Middleton and Annapolis Royal whether they would enable one in their own boundaries. No levy by-law has come before the Town's council." }, { "rule_id": "9eb18cd1-89fc-4b6b-854f-42d11f08ec07", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "Registration - commercial short-term rental tier 2 (communities not in tier 1 or tier 3)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Middleton is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-mulgrave", "unit_slug": "town-of-mulgrave", "unit_name": "Town of Mulgrave", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 3, "wikidata_id": "Q1861474", "website": "https://www.townofmulgrave.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "9a2be53b-8953-435c-99d5-5b81591603fe", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-02-18", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Mulgrave Land-Use By-Law (By-Law #02), as amended re: Short Term Rentals", "source_url": "https://townofmulgrave.ca/1024-notice-of-adoption-of-amendment-to-land-use-by-law-02/file.html", "source_quote": "add Short Term Rentals as a permitted use in R-1 (Residential First Density) Zones", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "A Land-Use By-Law amendment adds short-term rentals as a permitted use in the Residential First Density (R-1) zone: a dwelling unit rented to one party in each rental period, for a limited stay, with no condition that the operator live there. The by-law's rural residential, mini home park, industrial and open-space zones don't list them." }, { "rule_id": "9623801d-8e9a-4ffa-942c-01126871ee4a", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://townofmulgrave.ca/town-hall/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "02 - Land Use By-Law Amendment Re; Short Term Rentals", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence or business-licensing by-law. For the provincial registration it issues a Proof of Compliance letter, the Town's confirmation that a rental complies with its Land-Use By-Law." }, { "rule_id": "bdabaa50-77bc-4ee3-8c05-2d9096db6fc3", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://townofmulgrave.ca/town-hall/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "01 - Repeal and Consolidation By Law; 02 - Land Use By Law (and its Agricultural Uses, Mini Homes, Shipping Containers and Short Term Rentals amendments); 03 - By-Law Respecting Tax Exemptions; 04 - ... Fire Protection Rate; 05 - Sewer Charges; 06 - Nuisance; 07 - Elections Deposit; 08 - Dog; 09 - Mobile Home Park; 10 - Emergency Management; 11 - Town Seal; 12 - Sewer Connection; 13 - Deed Transfer Tax; 14 - ... Use of Sewers; 15 - Collection of Solid Waste & Recyclable Material; 16 - Fire Prevention; 17 - Civic Addressing; 18 - Building; 19 - Anti-Litter; 20 - Non-Smoking; 21 - Peace & Good Order", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the Town's list of by-laws, and the council agendas and minutes the Town has posted for the past two and a half years record no levy proposal." }, { "rule_id": "5ed9a192-ceb6-48ef-9848-a2e07961936f", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$240 CAD/unit/year (Tier 3, commercial STR)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "$240", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Mulgrave is in tier 3 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 3 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-new-glasgow", "unit_slug": "town-of-new-glasgow", "unit_name": "Town of New Glasgow", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q286048", "website": "https://www.newglasgow.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "cb93da07-9310-4011-a2bc-f6bce3d82484", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$100 (Development Permit, on the Town's Municipal Fees Policy, Appendix A, dated 5 May 2025)", "effective_from": "2016-08-22", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Towns of New Glasgow, Pictou, Stellarton, Trenton and Westville (Common) Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://www.newglasgow.ca/by-laws/564-land-use-bylaw/file.html", "source_quote": "5.4. Accommodations mean Buildings or portions thereof in which rooms are regularly provided for compensation for tourist Use and which are not used by the owner as a family Dwelling, including, without limitation, Hotels and Motels", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "New Glasgow's land-use by-law doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. It defines Bed and Breakfast, in a home the owner lives in, and Accommodations, rooms rented to tourists in a building the owner doesn't use as a family home, and lists bed and breakfasts and hotels and motels in named zones. How a rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "fbb5e7bb-f40f-43fe-a0e1-f9ded512ac11", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.newglasgow.ca/town-hall/council/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "10 New Glasgow Subdivision Bylaw; Alternate Voting Bylaw; Board of Police Commissioners Bylaw; Boundaries Bylaw; Building Bylaw; Business District Bylaw; Bylaw Respecting Certain Exemptions from the Fire Protection Rate; Chief Administrative Officer Bylaw; Civic Addressing Bylaw; Committees, Boards and Commission Bylaw; Council Meetings Bylaw; Deed Transfer Tax Bylaw; Dog Bylaw; Feeding of Wild Animals Bylaw; Fire and Burning Bylaw; Heritage Bylaw; Interpretation Bylaw; Land Use Bylaw; Local Improvements Bylaw; Municipal Emergency Measures Bylaw; Noise Bylaw; Off-Highway Vehicles Bylaw; Officers Bylaw; Outdoor Cafes and Eating Areas Bylaw; Parking Control Bylaw; Pictou County Solid Waste Management Bylaw; Pollution Control Bylaw; Property Minimum Standards Bylaw; Public Spaces Bylaw; Recreation Bylaw; Refuse Bylaw; REMO Bylaw; Sidewalk Snow & Ice Removal Bylaw; Smoking Bylaw; Swimming Pool Bylaw; Tax Exemption Bylaw; Taxi Bylaw; The Property Assessed Clean Energy Program Bylaw; Tourism Marketing Levy Bylaw; Town Seal Bylaw; Town Solicitor Bylaw; Tree Committee Bylaw; Vending Bylaw; Wastewater Discharge Bylaw", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence or general business licence covering accommodation. Its municipal steps are the Development Permit its land-use by-law requires before a change of use, and the registration certificate its levy by-law requires of accommodation operators." }, { "rule_id": "7fa64fcc-abf8-4018-bd64-f2971f8b5d0c", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "tourism marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-09-07", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of New Glasgow Tourism Marketing Levy Bylaw", "source_url": "https://www.newglasgow.ca/746-tourism-marketing-levy-bylaw/file.html", "source_quote": "the rate of which shall be three percent (3%) of the purchase price of the accommodation", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's Tourism Marketing Levy Bylaw puts a levy on the purchase price of accommodation. The operator collects it at the time of sale, shows it as a separate item on the bill, keeps separate records and files monthly returns with the Town." }, { "rule_id": "a13522b4-2405-4fa4-9702-2ed14e45517d", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of New Glasgow is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-oxford", "unit_slug": "town-of-oxford", "unit_name": "Town of Oxford", "unit_type": "town", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://oxfordns.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "2dc0f0db-4e9f-4de9-8bda-212b68362fa5", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2009-07-13", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Oxford Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw P-2)", "source_url": "https://oxfordns.ca/by-laws/1811-land-use-bylaw/file.html", "source_quote": "Bed and Breakfast: means a dwelling where the proprietor supplies rooms, up to a maximum of six... Such use is accessory to the main residential use occupied by a resident of the property", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Oxford's Land Use Bylaw doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. It defines a bed and breakfast, which must be accessory to a home occupied by a resident of the property, and hotels and motels, which exclude private cooking facilities. How another kind of rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "cbce9c31-55da-49c0-8955-29db88ef5daa", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.oxfordns.ca/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "Alternative Voting Bylaw; Animal Control; Building and Grounds Maintenance Bylaw; ... Land Use Bylaw; ... Zoning Map (30 titles enumerated, none an STR/accommodation/business licence)", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's by-law list has no short-term rental licence or registration, and no general business-licensing by-law. Where a rental may operate is governed by the Land Use Bylaw." }, { "rule_id": "22401dd0-0d2a-4f21-b2ff-39d7c3e6119c", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.oxfordns.ca/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "Land Use Bylaw ... Livestock at Large By-Law ... Municipal Elections Deposit By Law 2022 12 19 2 ... Municipal Planning Strategy ... Noise Bylaw", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's by-law list has no marketing levy by-law, and the council minutes it posts for recent years record no levy proposal." }, { "rule_id": "d91f239b-f614-4ca7-a699-0cae571ea737", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$500 CAD/unit/year (Tier 2, commercial STR)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "must apply to be registered under the Act... must renew their registration annually", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Oxford is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-pictou", "unit_slug": "town-of-pictou", "unit_name": "Town of Pictou", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q1018711", "website": "https://www.townofpictou.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "a412736a-6a6f-45f2-96fd-9378dac9493a", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25 (Development Permit, on the fee schedule attached to the Town's permit application)", "effective_from": "2025-09-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/1081-lub-1/file", "source_quote": "51.1.1. As-of-right / a. General Waterfront Uses ... vii. Cottages ... viii. Country Inns ... xiii. Hostels ... xiv. inns ... xix. Tourist or Guest Home Establishment", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law the Town shares with Stellarton and Trenton doesn't name short-term rentals. A bed and breakfast in the owner's home is permitted in the Rural Residential, R1, R2 and R3 zones, with a cap on guest bedrooms. The Waterfront zone also permits cottages, inns and other tourist accommodation, none tied to the owner living there." }, { "rule_id": "03ec3a7a-576b-407c-bf76-8019f3aed90a", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/government/by-laws", "source_quote": "All Town By-Laws may be viewed at the Town Administration Building. More recent By-Laws reviewed and approved by Council include: Alternative Voting By Law signed | Commercial Development District Improvement By-Law | Dog Control By Law | DRAFT Tourism Marketing Levy By law | FirearmsPyrotechnics Final signed | Heritage By Law January 2024 | LUB | Noise By law executed | OHVA BYLAW 2026 Executed | Outdoor Fire By law Approved Executed | Public Sewers By Law | Sidewalk Cafe scanned | Subdivision By Law | Taxi Council Approved Executed | Vendors By Law", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence, and none of the by-laws it posts is a business licence by-law. Its municipal step is the development permit the Land Use By-law requires for a change of use." }, { "rule_id": "560c054f-0ca4-4a17-a82c-919d578e342e", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3% (proposed; not adopted)", "local_name": "tourism marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Tourism Marketing Levy By-law (draft)", "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/government/by-laws", "source_quote": "DRAFT Tourism Marketing Levy By-law.pdf", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "The Town posts a draft Tourism Marketing Levy By-law. Council voted to table the levy until further notice, and its later minutes record no decision to adopt it." }, { "rule_id": "328b1ba7-1d3b-429d-903b-7d5aa8016b6b", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "A person who is operating as 1 of the following must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Pictou is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "port-hawkesbury", "unit_slug": "town-of-port-hawkesbury", "unit_name": "Town of Port Hawkesbury", "unit_type": "town", "region": "cape-breton", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q2326975", "website": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "a6e42fad-9e8b-49da-9480-99d22329f7d5", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law for the Town of Port Hawkesbury", "source_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Land-Use-By-Law.pdf", "source_quote": "if a use is not listed as a permitted use in any zone, it shall be deemed to be a prohibited use in that zone.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals, and a use a zone doesn't list is prohibited there. The closest defined uses are a bed and breakfast establishment, run by the resident with meals, listed in two residential zones and the waterfront zone, and a tourist establishment, hotel or motel, listed only in commercial, mixed-use and industrial zones." }, { "rule_id": "f5242f89-4235-4515-b968-24afb1900bba", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-11-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Port Hawkesbury Marketing Levy By-law", "source_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Marketing-Levy-By-law-Amended_2026_FINAL.pdf", "source_quote": "Every Operator of a facility providing Accommodations to which this By-law applies shall apply for and be issued a registration certificate by the Municipality.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Port Hawkesbury has no short-term rental licence. Its Marketing Levy By-law requires every operator providing accommodation in the town to apply for and be issued a registration certificate by the Town: one for each place of business, displayed on the premises and not transferable. The by-law states no fee for it. The certificate registers the operator for the levy; it isn't the municipality's confirmation of land-use compliance that a provincial registration application asks for." }, { "rule_id": "df45cb1e-1023-473c-b628-a3770651d030", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Port Hawkesbury Marketing Levy By-law", "source_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Marketing-Levy-By-law-Amended_2026_FINAL.pdf", "source_quote": "Where the Accommodation will be provided on or after January 1, 2024, three percent (3%) of the Purchase Price of the Accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town charges a marketing levy on the purchase price of short-term accommodation in the town, collected at the time of sale by the operator or platform operator and remitted to the Town each month. HST is charged on the levy as well as on the room, as on every Nova Scotia marketing levy; the Town's levy page says the same. The levy funds Destination Cape Breton." }, { "rule_id": "4c8b9fb6-17e4-44ec-b9e9-114077e84c24", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "for a dwelling unit located in tier 2, $500", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Port Hawkesbury is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-shelburne", "unit_slug": "town-of-shelburne", "unit_name": "Town of Shelburne", "unit_type": "town", "region": "south-shore", "provincial_tier": 3, "wikidata_id": "Q1693101", "website": "https://shelburnens.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "298ea8b5-8c9a-4292-afef-c70e8c2237cc", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "outcome_non_primary": "allowed_in_some_zones", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2026-03-18", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Shelburne Land Use Bylaw (2026): Definitions (Visitor Accommodations) and sections 9.4, 9.5, 9.8.2.4 and 9.10", "source_url": "https://shelburnens.ca/by-laws/1628-land-use-by-law-updated-2026/file.html", "source_quote": "VISTOR ACCOMODATIONS mean Bed and breakfasts, hotels, motels and short term-rentals, for overnight accommodation for the travelling public", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law treats short-term rentals as visitor accommodations, alongside bed and breakfasts, hotels and motels, and each needs a development permit. The R-1 and R-2 residential zones allow them as a home-based business, with one unit when the owner lives elsewhere; the Neighbourhood Commercial and Historic Waterfront zones allow more units." }, { "rule_id": "23e1d818-553e-4297-967a-a92865045346", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$50 application fee", "effective_from": "2026-03-18", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Shelburne Land Use Bylaw (2026), sections 1.4 (permit expiry) and 13 (Development Permits)", "source_url": "https://shelburnens.ca/by-laws/1628-land-use-by-law-updated-2026/file.html", "source_quote": "permitted as-of-right by development permit in the R-1 Single Unit Residential and R-2 General Residential zone", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental or business licence among its by-laws. Its step is the development permit the Land Use By-law requires to start a visitor accommodation, issued by the Development Officer. Building work needs a separate building permit from the inspection department shared with the District and the Town of Lockeport." }, { "rule_id": "00f2c8e7-fd46-46ac-8b3b-6ef9a1a70238", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "None", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://shelburnens.ca/by-laws.html", "source_quote": "By-Laws - Town of Shelburne", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "No marketing, tourism or accommodation levy by-law appears in the Town's list of by-laws, and Town Council's published minutes record no levy proposal." }, { "rule_id": "f07ebd03-8642-440e-839e-bcc41342ce46", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": "Parking for visitor accommodations", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Shelburne Land Use Bylaw (2026), Part 7 Parking and Loading Areas (ss.7.3, 7.4) and s.11.1.1", "source_url": "https://shelburnens.ca/by-laws/1628-land-use-by-law-updated-2026/file.html", "source_quote": "Visitor Accommodations or Hotel 1 space per room", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law's parking table asks for one vehicle space for each room of a visitor accommodation. In the Historic Waterfront zone that is replaced by accessible parking: one stall, or cash in lieu, for each property, or two stalls for visitor accommodations of five or more units." }, { "rule_id": "738c3cda-be05-4508-baaa-eaf1abaab71a", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Shelburne is in tier 3 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 3 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-stellarton", "unit_slug": "town-of-stellarton", "unit_name": "Town of Stellarton", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q3498168", "website": "https://www.stellarton.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "8629596e-d6a6-4ff8-bcdd-228feef38e1a", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "unknown", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-09-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/1081-lub-1/file", "source_quote": "Bed & Breakfast Uses shall be permitted in the Rural Residential (RR), Residential Single Unit (R1), Residential Two Unit (R2) and Residential Multiple Unit (R3) Zones", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Land Use By-law Stellarton shares with Pictou and Trenton doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. The closest defined use is a Bed and Breakfast in a home the owner lives in, or Hotels and Motels in the commercial zones. How a rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "441f0d32-f91b-4447-9c22-4c9403b16f72", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.stellarton.ca/by-laws-1.html", "source_quote": "Common Land Use By-Law", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence or registration by-law. Its municipal steps are the Development Permit the Land Use By-law requires and the registration certificate its levy by-law requires of accommodation operators." }, { "rule_id": "d56951b7-a1ac-4a52-9350-cceb9fd4899f", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "tourism marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-08-16", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Tourism Marketing Levy By-law, 58", "source_url": "https://www.stellarton.ca/by-laws-1/732-tourism-marketing-levy-bylaw-58/file.html", "source_quote": "the rate of which shall be three percent (3%) of the purchase price", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town charges a tourism marketing levy on the purchase price of accommodation, not including GST. The operator collects it at the time of sale, shows it as a separate item on the bill, holds a Town registration certificate for each place of business and makes monthly returns to the Town." }, { "rule_id": "8e3f5aee-a18f-4ae0-91dd-9202958969ef", "kind": "other", "code": "other", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "restricted" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": "Mini-home garden and garage suites", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-09-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law, Schedule H", "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/1081-lub-1/file", "source_quote": "The Town of Stellarton will permit the use of mini-homes as garden suites or garage suites, subject to the following criteria: [...] f) the structure may not be used for short term accommodations;", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The common Land Use By-law lets Stellarton, alone of the three towns, allow a mini-home as a garden or garage suite, on conditions. One condition is that the mini-home may not be used for short-term accommodations." }, { "rule_id": "9de2d19a-0f22-4b8e-92fb-cdaf73233421", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50/yr primary residence; $500/yr commercial STR (Tier 2); $50/yr traditional tourist 1-4 bedrooms; $150/yr traditional tourist 5+ bedrooms; $500/yr platform operator", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Town of Stellarton", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Stellarton is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-stewiacke", "unit_slug": "town-of-stewiacke", "unit_name": "Town of Stewiacke", "unit_type": "town", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.stewiacke.net", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "1cef98ab-c41f-4b20-be17-0af1a951a0f9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-07-22", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "The Land Use By-law for the Town of Stewiacke (consolidated copy, July 2025)", "source_url": "https://www.stewiacke.net/stewiacke-town-hall/by-laws/553-stewiacke-consolidated-lub/file.html", "source_quote": "such use is accessory to the main residential use occupied by a resident of the property", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Stewiacke's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals. Its closest uses are guest houses and bed and breakfasts (General Residential zone, with bed and breakfast homes also in Rural Residential) and hotels and motels (Highway Commercial zone). In General Residential, a bed and breakfast must be accessory to a home a resident occupies. Unlisted uses are prohibited." }, { "rule_id": "9ecb3d93-64cf-4b3c-b90c-86a2e93109a5", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25", "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.stewiacke.net/faqs.html", "source_quote": "Zoning confirmation letter: $25.00", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Stewiacke has no short-term rental licence. The Town's fee schedule lists a zoning confirmation letter, the Town Office's written statement of a lot's zoning." }, { "rule_id": "d1aada0d-2f06-4bfd-b820-ba4747dcb1e8", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy Bylaw, By-law Number 2023-01", "source_url": "https://tcmarketinglevy.ca/about", "source_quote": "the Town of Truro, the Municipality of Colchester and the Town of Stewiacke passed legislation implementing the marketing levy and, together with Millbrook First Nation, have partnered in the implementation and administration of a tourism marketing levy in their region. The Municipality of Colchester administers the marketing levy registration and report administration processes for all four partners.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "db97895d-28b3-4097-8e61-bc67f28d1d8a", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/08/07/new-short-term-rental-regulations-starting-september", "source_quote": "Regulations under the Short-term Rentals Registration Act include new registration requirements, host categories, rates and penalties.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Stewiacke is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-trenton", "unit_slug": "town-of-trenton", "unit_name": "Town of Trenton", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q3538507", "website": "https://www.town.trenton.ns.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "fdd3fcb2-858c-4211-be8f-38dfa9bb1a4f", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25 (Development Permit, on the Town's posted fee schedule dated February 2018)", "effective_from": "2025-09-12", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/1081-lub-1/file", "source_quote": "the resident owner supplies rooms for compensation for tourist Use and which is licensed per the Tourist Accommodations Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Towns of Pictou, Stellarton and Trenton share one Land Use By-law, which doesn't name short-term rentals. In Trenton's residential zones the closest use is a bed and breakfast in a home its owner lives in, with at most four guest bedrooms. Hotels and motels are listed downtown. Trenton's zoning map has no Waterfront zone, where cottages are listed." }, { "rule_id": "8180ac3b-0674-427d-a82a-d8e5a61616c4", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.town.trenton.ns.ca/97-licenses-general-provisions-by-law-no-19/file.html", "source_quote": "Licenses: General Provisions By-law No. 19", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence or general business licence covering accommodation. Its municipal steps are the Development Permit the Land Use By-law requires and the registration certificate its levy by-law requires of accommodation operators." }, { "rule_id": "177096b6-eedc-4f8b-8f96-34e413889851", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "tourism marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2023-09-20", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Tourism Marketing Levy By-law, 2023-02", "source_url": "https://www.town.trenton.ns.ca/913-2023-02-tourism-marketing-levy/file.html", "source_quote": "A marketing and promotions levy is hereby imposed in the Town, the rate of which shall be three percent (3%) of the purchase price", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town charges a tourism marketing levy on the purchase price of accommodation. The operator collects it at the time of sale, shows it as a separate item on the bill, and makes a monthly return to the Town, filing one even for a month with no levy collected." }, { "rule_id": "e238fe61-ceef-485e-9271-d5fe7c3660d3", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "A person who is operating as 1 of the following must apply to be registered under the Act", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Trenton is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-truro", "unit_slug": "town-of-truro", "unit_name": "Town of Truro", "unit_type": "town", "region": "central", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://truro.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "1bf4544c-d597-49a4-b179-fc3c8b14ee57", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-01-11", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Land Use By-law (Town of Truro Community Plan, Part 7)", "source_url": "https://truro.ca/documents/pln/1850-part-7-land-use-by-law.html", "source_quote": "the owner resides and provides common living rooms and not more than four", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Truro's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. It defines Accommodations, overnight lodging for the travelling public for pay, and Bed and Breakfast, where the owner lives in the building, and lists each in some zones. How a rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "582054f0-943c-4d5e-97f7-e4f4482ea9ec", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://truro.ca/documents/by-laws/1732-letter-of-short-term-rental-request.html", "source_quote": "are required in order to process your short-term rental request documentation", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town has no short-term rental licence. Planning and Development issues a Letter of Short-Term Rental Compliance on request; the Town's levy page calls it the municipal document for provincial registration, and a current, paid-up levy registration is required first." }, { "rule_id": "60962b5b-5d8b-48ce-ba1e-7ddde1b14fce", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": 3, "rate_label": "3%", "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-04-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy Bylaw, B160-015", "source_url": "https://truro.ca/government/by-laws/1565-marketing-levy-bylaw/file.html", "source_quote": "The marketing levy is set at the rate of 3% of the purchase price of the accommodation.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "0007f047-c726-43a5-81da-a3f882013a5f", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/short-term%20rentals%20registration.pdf", "source_quote": "No person shall carry on the business of a host without first registering", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Truro is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-westville", "unit_slug": "town-of-westville", "unit_name": "Town of Westville", "unit_type": "town", "region": "northeast", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": "Q3567557", "website": "https://westville.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "0dcb0536-52ef-4ae3-9f89-a8b4c896acf0", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "no_str_specific_rule" ], "outcome_primary": "not_named", "outcome_non_primary": "not_named", "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": "$25 (Development Permit, on the Town's posted fee schedule dated February 2018)", "effective_from": "2026-07-31", "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Town of Westville Land Use By-law", "source_url": "https://westville.ca/Portals/101/bylawdocs/LUB%20-compressed.pdf", "source_quote": "Bed & Breakfast Uses shall be permitted in the Residential Core (RC), Residential Periphery (RP) and Rural Residential (RR) Zones", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "Westville's Land Use By-law doesn't name short-term rentals as a use. It permits a bed and breakfast, in an owner-occupied home with a cap on guest bedrooms, in its residential zones and downtown, and roofed accommodations, its hotel and motel use, in the Downtown Commercial and Highway Commercial zones. How a rental is classified is the development officer's decision." }, { "rule_id": "44582112-57c8-4489-ae4b-e6db5e8854cf", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://westville.ca/Transparency/By-Laws-Policies", "source_quote": "Westville By-Laws, Page 1 of 2: Prohibiting Feeding or Attracting Wildlife; Vendors & Buskers Bylaw; Commercial Development District Improvements By-Laws; Dog By-Law; Fire Department Bylaw; Adult Entertainment and Massage Parlour Uses; Heritage Property By Law; Tax Exemption By Law; Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board; Wastewater Discharge By Law; Alternative Voting By-law; Dangerous and Unsightly Premises Policy. Page 2 of 2: Board of Police Commissioners; Pictou County Solid Waste Resource Management; Council Meetings; Deed Transfer Tax; Civic Addressing; Regional Emergency Measures; Noise By-Law.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town's by-law list has no short-term rental licence or registration and no business-licensing by-law. What the Town asks of a rental comes from its Land Use By-law, through the development permit." }, { "rule_id": "bdca31c6-2c55-4a9d-8c91-d01651d8ad37", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [ "rate_unconfirmed", "start_unconfirmed" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": "marketing levy", "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": "Marketing Levy By-law", "source_url": "https://westville.ca/portals/101/2018docs/Nov%202023.pdf", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": "Council passed a town marketing levy by-law on second reading and later approved a further reading of it. Whether it is in force, at what rate and from when isn't confirmed. Ask Town Hall whether a town levy applies to stays in Westville." }, { "rule_id": "24c63a16-ef90-47a7-b46a-66bac5189b4f", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50/yr primary residence; $500/yr commercial STR (Tier 2); $50-$150/yr traditional tourist accommodation; $500/yr platform operator", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Town of Westville", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": "The Town of Westville is in tier 2 of the Province's Schedule A. A commercial short-term rental (a home you don't live in) pays the tier 2 fee per unit each year. A personal vacation home, kept mainly for its owner's use, pays the lower traditional rate, and a primary residence the primary-residence fee." } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-wolfville", "unit_slug": "town-of-wolfville", "unit_name": "Town of Wolfville", "unit_type": "town", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://wolfville.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "19fe83fa-4a1e-4291-9a26-01f89a92fb3d", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://wolfvilleblooms.ca/shorttermrentals", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "fd9cc513-d300-42d5-8d1b-19feeb39ca11", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://wolfvilleblooms.ca/shorttermrentals", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "f32e15d4-c487-47b4-854c-06ed422b9580", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://valleyren.ca/industry-sectors/tourism/", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "e71a774e-f354-40ee-bfa7-863d7f253fc6", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "$50-$2,000/yr depending on category and tier; Wolfville's Commercial STR fee is $500/yr (Tier 2)", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "Tier 2 (Regional centers and municipalities): $500 per dwelling unit annually", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "town-of-yarmouth", "unit_slug": "town-of-yarmouth", "unit_name": "Town of Yarmouth", "unit_type": "town", "region": "southwest", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "1ecaf6d9-a10b-4416-ab4e-0a31763359b9", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "main_residence_only" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/notice-of-approval-27.html", "source_quote": "Allow one dwelling unit per lot to be used as short-term rental provided the...host lives on the same lot", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "4a6da5c3-6b8b-41a1-9488-fd7a19dd2ac6", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "none", "flags": [ "not_required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, 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"2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "534e54c5-3e97-4149-824c-0dff26696d2c", "kind": "other", "code": "other_levy", "status": "not_found", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/room-levy.html", "source_quote": null, "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "UNRESOLVED", "truth": "under_review", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "d37429c4-02d8-41e7-a7a7-9847c488e455", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.novascotia.ca/register-your-short-term-accommodation", "source_quote": "Short-term accommodations...need to register...if they provide accommodations for 28 days in a row or less.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] }, { "unit_id": "west-hants-regional-municipality", "unit_slug": "west-hants", "unit_name": "West Hants Regional Municipality", "unit_type": "regional_municipality", "region": "annapolis-valley", "provincial_tier": 2, "wikidata_id": null, "website": "https://www.westhants.ca", "rules": [ { "rule_id": "d9c502b4-0a58-4eff-95e8-3c567061bfc7", "kind": "str_land_use", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "varies_by_zone" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.westhants.ca/short-term-rentals.html", "source_quote": "appropriately zoned to allow residential uses", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "2083305b-d31d-48af-a0d0-f16accb72bb1", "kind": "str_licence", "code": null, "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.westhants.ca/short-term-rentals.html", "source_quote": "approximately 2 weeks to issue following the submission of a complete application email and fee", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "fb0e8bc6-9adb-46c1-9d35-7751ed12c779", "kind": "marketing_levy", "code": null, "status": "proposed", "flags": [], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": "not set; provincial cap is 3% of the purchase price of the accommodation", "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": null, "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://www.westhants.ca/government/council/committee-of-the-whole/committee-of-the-whole-minutes-april-2020-march-2021-1/2026-cotw-minutes/7651-2026-01-13-committee-of-the-whole-minutes-amended-february-12-2026/file", "source_quote": "recommends Council support the implementation of the Marketing Levy in principle, pending support from other municipal units. Motion carried.", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-28", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "9cbb0e25-e9bf-4109-bc95-09f5be5495c2", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_overlay", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2024-09-30", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "they must ensure that any online advertisement for their accommodation includes their registration number", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null }, { "rule_id": "1e7d8320-91ff-469a-a433-fa50b96e14a3", "kind": "other", "code": "provincial_registration_fee", "status": "in_force", "flags": [ "required" ], "outcome_primary": null, "outcome_non_primary": null, "rate_pct": null, "rate_label": null, "local_name": null, "fee_label": null, "effective_from": "2025-12-01", "effective_to": null, "instrument": null, "source_url": "https://novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/strentals.htm", "source_quote": "A whole home primary residence short-term rental host must pay an annual registration tax of $50 in each whole or partial registration year... A commercial short-term rental host must pay the following annual registration tax in each whole or partial registration year... (b) for a dwelling unit located in tier 2, $500;", "verified_on": "2026-09-28", "grade": "VERIFIED-CANONICAL", "truth": "fact", "next_review": "2026-10-01", "public_summary": null } ] } ] }