Brampton short-term rental rules at a glance

Fee

Schedule A set $150 in 2021 and raises it every January with Toronto inflation. The City does not publish the current amount.

Schedule A

• “Application or Renewal Fee $150.00 September 30th” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “These rates shall automatically increase and be rounded up to the nearest dollar on the first day of January in each year” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Term

Every licence renews on September 30, whenever it was issued.

s.77

• “Licences shall renew September 30th annually” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Renewal window

None set.

After 90 days

The licence can no longer be renewed and a new application is needed.

s.12(3)

• “Where a Licensee fails to renew the Licence within ninety (90) days of the specified renewal date, the Person shall no longer be entitled to renew the Licence” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Changes

Tell the City within 7 days if any detail on the licence changes.

s.50(2)

• “notify the Licence Issuer within seven (7) days of any changes” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Refused or revoked

No new application for 12 months.

s.56

• “for a period of at least twelve (12) months from the date of the refusal or revocation” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Yearly limit

At most 180 nights per calendar year, whether the whole home or rooms are rented. The count resets on January 1.

s.23

• “No Short-Term Rental Host shall rent a property for a total of more than one hundred eighty (180) nights per calendar year.” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Long stays

Stays of 28 nights or more are not short-term rentals.

s.2

• “for any rental period that is less than twenty-eight (28) consecutive days” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

On the listing

The licence number, and a name that matches the licence.

s.52 · s.60

• “shall include their Licence number in any advertisements soliciting Short-Term Rental Guests” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “shall not advertise, promote or carry on the business under any name other than the name endorsed upon the Licence” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Invoices and receipts

Must show the licence number.

s.51

• “contains the Short-Term Rental Host Licence number” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

For guests

Every renter must get the information package: a contact available 24 hours a day, a floor plan with safety equipment and exits, the occupancy limit and fire safety plan. The licence must be posted where renters can see it.

s.14(7)(a) · s.14(7)(b) · s.54

• “an emergency contact person who will be available twenty-four (24) hours a day during the Short-Term Rental period” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “floor plan including the location of safety equipment within the property and all exits” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “in a conspicuous place that is clearly visible to the renter(s)” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Principal residence

Only the host’s principal residence can be rented, and a licence is invalidated if ownership or residency changes.

s.22 · s.29

• “No Short-Term Rental Host shall rent or advertise a property for a Short-Term Rental unless it is the Short-Term Rental Host’s Principal Residence at that time.” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “Any Licence issued will be automatically invalidated if the property ownership or principal residency changes.” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Occupancy

No more than three bedrooms rented individually, and at most one person per 14 m² (150 sq. ft.) of habitable floor area.

s.16 · s.17

• “No more than three (3) Bedrooms are to be individually rented in the Principal Residence at any one time.” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)
• “shall not exceed one person for each fourteen (14) sq. metres (150 sq. ft.) of the total floor area of all habitable rooms” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Insurance

General liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per occurrence, kept in force while licensed. Give the City 15 days’ notice of any cancellation or change.

s.61(1)

• “an inclusive limit of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Records

Keep a record of every stay for six years.

s.48

• “shall keep a record of each concluded Short-Term Rental transaction for six (6) years” Brampton By-law 165-2021 (consolidated, amended to 106-2026)

Looked for and not confirmed

• The current licence fee and late renewal fee. Schedule A set $150 and $50 in 2021, indexed to inflation every January since.
• Whether operators must file Municipal Accommodation Tax returns. Not mentioned in the by-law or on the City page.