Three things in one place: what is being dug up on your street, where the big projects actually stand, and a search of the Town’s own planning papers. Every fact here links back to the page it came from, in the Town’s words, so you can check it yourself.
“Wasaga Beach (450) featuring even higher numbers of short-term rental homes.”
Housing Master Plan, page 22“For clarity, properties mainly used as STAs, where the owner does not reside on-site, will only be permitted to be used for long-term rentals.”
Rental Licensing, page 6“No Person shall Market or permit the Marketing of a Short-Term Accommodation without a Licence.”
Rental By-law, page 5Those sentences are copied word for word out of the documents. Nothing here was written by a computer.
Housing Needs Assessment (2023)
Introduction Key Findings The following section provides an overview of the rental housing market The following are key findings from this section: in Collingwood. This includes commentary on macro-level data from • The Town of Collingwood has very limited purpose-built rental supply, CMHC, as well as a survey of available rental inventory in the primary with only 562 units as of 2022. (purpose-bu…
Short-term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078
terms, conditions and requirements set out in the applicable Schedule(s) to this By-law. 4.3. No Person shall Market or permit the Marketing of a Short-Term Accommodation without a Licence. 4.4 No Per…
Affordable Housing Master Plan (October 2023)
…g to AirDNA (Figure 10). This market. This is putting significant strain on the rental is a region-wide trend with Blue Mountains (850) and market. Wasaga Beach (450) featuring even higher numbers of short-term rental homes. While it is possible that not all Figure 9 these homes are leased out as short-term rentals year- round, these figures are still notable. Secondary homes and short-term rental…
Affordable Housing Master Plan (October 2023)
homes and homes used as short-term / short-term rentals on local housing affordability while rentals are also likely having an impact on housing also understanding that these dwelling units may also affordability in Collingw…
Affordable Housing Master Plan (October 2023)
g Affordability Challenges? through short-term rental arrangements to ease rising mortgage costs. The Town of Collingwood has embarked on a regulatory review for short-term rentals, which attempts to balance the positive aspects and cha…
Short-term accommodation licensing update (C2024-10)
…24-11-18 Amendments ☐ Submitted To: Committee of the Whole | Council Submitted By: Sara Almas, Director, Legislative Services/Clerk Prepared By: Amanda Fone, Licensing and Compliance Officer Subject: Short-Term Accommodation Licensing Service Update and Launch of Phase 2 Recommendation THAT Staff Report C2024-10, “Short-Term Accommodation Licensing Service Update and Launch of Phase 2”, be receive…
Affordable Housing Master Plan (October 2023)
for short- Recommendations are provided in Section 7.0 on term rentals). collecting market data for the purpose of monitoring the AHMP. Depending on the type of data, the While these tools should be explo…
Short-term accommodation licensing update (C2024-10)
Short-Term Accommodation Licensing Service – Phase 2 C2024-10 Page 12 of 12 Resource 1: Staff Report C2023-24: Licensing Short-Term Accommodations • November 23, 2020 – Staff Report P2020-25 “Short Te…
Zoning By-law 2010-040 (consolidated November 2025)
Collingwood Zoning By-law 2010-040 4.25 Short-Term Accommodation 63 B 4.25.1 A short-term accommodation shall be permitted subject to compliance 24 1 B with the following zoning provisions: 4.25.2 A short-term accommodation shall be carried…
Short-term accommodation licensing update (C2024-10)
Short-Term Accommodation Licensing Service – Phase 2 C2024-10 Page 6 of 12 principal residence. For clarity, properties mainly used as STAs, where the owner does not reside on-site, will only be permi…
Short-term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078
<Zoning By-Law= means any by-law administered by the Town passed pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act or a successor thereof, as may be amended from time to time. 2. Short Title 2.1. This By-law may be referred to as the <Short-Term Accommodation Licensing By-law=. 3. General and Administration 3.1. This By-law shall apply throughout the entire Municipality. 3.2 T…
Short-term Accommodation Licensing By-law 2024-078
a bed and breakfast; <Short-Term Accommodation Brokerage= means any Person who facilitates or brokers or Markets or causes to be Marketed or assists in any capacity in the booking process of a Short-Term Accommodation rese…
I wrote these three by hand, straight out of the papers — no computer wrote them. The box above searches all 2,158 bits of those papers.
The plan already allows 6 storeys, but the zoning still says 12 m. That gap scares off builders. Fix the zoning so apartments above shops can be built downtown, near jobs and transit.
Downtown is a heritage district, and that is why people come. Height should follow the heritage study, protect views like the one to Town Hall, and use step-backs so the street still feels low Downtown Plan p.26.2 Official Plan p.89.1.
Both sides agree the rules don't match each other right now.
The Build and Protect columns are arguments. The cited sentences above are the part that comes from a document.
Type a question in your own words. You get three answers: someone arguing to build more, someone arguing to go slower, and then a plain summary of what makes sense — split into homes, shops and jobs. Every fact links back to the page it came from.
Town of Collingwood, Simcoe County and Province of Ontario public documents. Page numbers are PDF pages, not the number printed on the page. An excerpt is a short capture of a report whose full file could not be downloaded, and the link still goes to the original.