Council motion (Mar 6 2024) directs Legislative and Court Services and Economic Development staff to investigate regulating/enforcing short-term rentals (noise, waste, non-principal-residence use) via a complaint-based model, and asks Police Services Board for a tiered response; no STR licensing bylaw has been adopted.
Short-term rentals — Barrie, Ontario
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Barrie, Ontario has no short-term rentals bylaw on record as of 2026-09-21. Council motion (Mar 6 2024) directs Legislative and Court Services and Economic Development staff to investigate regulating/enforcing short-term rentals (noise, waste, non-principal-residence use) via a complaint-based model, and asks Police Services Board for a tiered response; no STR licensing bylaw has been adopted.
No adopted bylaw has been confirmed — the documents below are unconfirmed leads or supporting material (checked 2026-09-21).