The City of Timmins is reminding owners and operators of short-term rental properties that they are required to license their rental accommodation as a business under By-law 2025-9085.

Effective January 14, 2025, all local short-term rental properties were required to be registered with the City and have the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) applied to all short-term stays. MAT payments of 4% per short-term rental property are due each month and are required now for all rental bookings completed since January 14, 2025.

While the City works to move the registration process online, owners and operators can register their short-term rental accommodations now with Service Timmins and provide MAT payment with rental receipts or supporting records that verify use of the property as a short-term rental accommodation. By registering short-term rental properties now, owners can avoid the set fine for failure to register.

The City will be working with software that provides a proactive solution to ensure owners and operators comply with licensing requirements. That means municipal Enforcement Services will be able to locate short-term rental property listings and owners to confirm the properties are registered and remitting applicable MAT payments. The owner of any short-term rental identified by the software will also be required to back date all MAT payments to the approved by-law date of January 14, 2025.

View our page for short-term rental owners and operators. 

For more information on the Municipal Transient Accommodation Tax (MAT): https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/finance/municipal_accommodations_tax