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Central Frontenac
Sharbot Lake & Kennebec — STR licensing in effect.
Read the bylaw guideCity of Kingston
Kingston & Wolfe Island — STR licence + 4% MAT.
Read the bylaw guideGravenhurst
Gateway to Muskoka — STR licensing in effect.
Read the bylaw guideGreater Madawaska (Calabogie)
Calabogie Lake, Centennial Lake & Madawaska River.
Read the bylaw guideHastings Highlands
Maynooth, Baptiste Lake & Papineau Lake.
Read the bylaw guideHuntsville
Algonquin gateway — STR bylaw + MAT.
Read the bylaw guideKillaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Round Lake, Golden Lake & Bonnechere River.
Read the bylaw guideLake of Bays
Baysville, Dorset — STR licensing with annual renewal.
Read the bylaw guideLanark Highlands
Dalhousie Lake, Clayton Lake & rural Lanark.
Read the bylaw guideLeeds and the Thousand Islands
Gananoque area, Charleston Lake & 1000 Islands waterfront.
Read the bylaw guideMadawaska Valley (Barry's Bay)
Barry's Bay, Combermere & Kamaniskeg Lake — Algonquin east gate.
Read the bylaw guideMississippi Mills
Almonte, Pakenham & Mississippi River cottages.
Read the bylaw guideNorth Algona Wilberforce
Eganville area & Golden Lake south shore.
Read the bylaw guideNorth Grenville
Kemptville & Rideau River — STR framework under review.
Read the bylaw guidePrince Edward County
PEC has the strictest STR enforcement in Ontario — and a 4% MAT due every quarter.
Read the bylaw guideRideau Lakes
Big Rideau, Newboro, Westport — STR licensing + MAT in effect.
Read the bylaw guideSouth Algonquin (Whitney)
Whitney, Madawaska & Galeairy Lake — Algonquin west gate.
Read the bylaw guideSouth Frontenac
Bobs Lake, Sydenham, Bedford — quarterly MAT remittance to the Township.
Read the bylaw guideTay Valley Township
Bob's Lake north shore, Christie Lake & Bobs-Crow-Christie chain.
Read the bylaw guideThe Blue Mountains
Town of The Blue Mountains: STA licensing + 4% MAT, quarterly remittance.
Read the bylaw guideTiny Township
Tiny Township — mandatory STR licensing along the Georgian Bay shoreline.
Read the bylaw guideTown of Bancroft
Bancroft & York River — Algonquin south gate.
Read the bylaw guideTown of Perth
Heritage town on the Tay — STR licensing in force.
Read the bylaw guideTownship of Muskoka Lakes
Lake Joseph, Lake Rosseau, Lake Muskoka — STR bylaw + MAT.
Read the bylaw guideVillage of Westport
Upper Rideau Lake village — STR rules in effect.
Read the bylaw guideWasaga Beach
Town of Wasaga Beach — STA licensing + 4% MAT for the longest freshwater beach in the world.
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