Contact the permit counter for information about operating a commercial tourist home.

Operating a commercial tourist home is prohibited throughout the borough.

Operating a tourist home is only allowed in certain commercial areas and you must get an occupancy permit.

Authorized areas 

• Both sides of Boulevard Décarie between de la Savane and Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Luc
• Chemin Queen-Mary between Victoria and Clanranald
• Avenue Victoria between Plamondon and Côte-Sainte-Catherine
• Avenue Van Horne between Westbury and Lavoie
• Both sides of Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges between Jean-Talon and Queen-Mary
• Boulevard Décarie and Avenue Prud’homme between Saint-Jacques and de Maisonneuve
• Boulevard de Maisonneuve between Décarie and Claremont

Steps

• Complete and send the notice of compliance from the Corporation de l’industrie touristique du Québec (CITQ) to the permit counter for approval.
• Pay the processing fees to have your notice of compliance reviewed.
• Get a certificate of occupancy:
  • If you have a Québec enterprise number, complete the online form.
  • If not, contact the permit counter. 

You can then apply to the CITQ. 

Fees

Notice of compliance review fee: $62

Operating tourist homes is prohibited throughout the borough.

By e-mail

If you have any questions about commercial tourist rentals, contact the permit counter.

By e-mail

To rent your principal residence, you must apply for a certificate of occupancy in person at the permit counter. No power of attorney is permitted.

Dwelling rented on a regular basis

A dwelling rented on a regular basis is considered a commercial tourist accommodation. This type of rental is authorized only in the following commercial areas: 

• Boulevard Saint-Laurent between Rue Sherbrooke and Avenue du Mont-Royal
• Rue Saint-Denis between Rue Sherbrooke Est and Rue Gilford

To operate a commercial tourist home, you must get a certificate of occupancy.

Dwelling rented on a regular basis

A dwelling rented on a regular basis is considered a commercial tourist accommodation. This type of rental is authorized only in the following commercial areas:

• Rue Notre-Dame Ouest between Rue Rose-de-Lima and Rue Charlevoix
• Rue Peel in the Griffintown area
• Rue Wellington in the Griffintown area
• Rue du Square-Gallery between Rue des Bassins and the Lachine Canal

Two tourist homes must have at least 150 metres between them.

Fees

Review fees are non-taxable and non-refundable. 

• Review of an application for a notice of compliance: $338
• Certificate of occupancy for a commercial tourist home: $907

In person

Commercial tourist rentals are only allowed in certain areas along Rue Bord-du-lac, Rue Monk and Rue Carré Grilli. 

Contact the permit counter to find out if your home is located in one of these areas.

All commercial tourist accommodation is prohibited in the borough.

In person

Tourist homes are prohibited throughout the borough.

If you have any questions about commercial tourist rentals, contact the permit counter.

By e-mail

If you have any questions about operating a commercial tourist home, contact the permit counter.

By e-mail

If you have any questions about operating a commercial tourist home, contact the permit counter. 

This use class includes commercial establishments where tourist accommodation is offered for a period of 31 consecutive days or less, the principal activity of which is the rental of rooms or beds. Hostels, hotels, motels, B and Bs and youth tourist accommodation establishments are part of this class. 

To operate this type of establishment in the areas of the borough where they are authorized, you must get a certificate of occupancy.

Bed and breakfast establishments, where the occupant rents out 4 or 5 rooms to tourists, are only allowed in certain residential areas. In this case as well, it is imperative that this be the operator’s place of residence.

As for apartment hotels, where full dwellings are rented out by people who do not reside in these dwellings, they are only authorized on the section of Rue Saint-Hubert located north of Rue de Bellechasse and south of Rue Jean-Talon Est, corresponding to the site of Plaza Saint-Hubert.

You must get a certificate of occupancy from the permit counter.

In person

Short-term commercial tourist rentals are prohibited throughout the borough.

Short-term commercial tourist rentals are prohibited throughout the borough.

Operating a tourist home is prohibited throughout the borough. 

Bed and breakfasts are allowed in some areas. 

If you want to operate a bed and breakfast, you must do so in your home, offer one to five rooms maximum and serve breakfast on site. The price of breakfast must be included in the price of the room.

You must: 

• Get a certificate of occupancy
• Complete a notice of complianceand send it by e-mail to the permit counter before applying to the Corporation de l’industrie touristique du Québec (CITQ)

An apartment that is not your principal residence, but that you rent to tourists on a regular basis, is considered a tourist home and requires a commercial occupancy permit.

This type of tourist rental is authorized only in the following sector (sector M.9): Rue Sainte-Catherine between Rue Saint-Mathieu and Rue Atateken (Amherst)

Tourist homes must be at least 150 metres apart. This use must be authorized by borough council as a conditional use.

See the map (in French)

Commercial tourist rentals are only allowed on Rue Saint-Hubert and Rue Jean-Talon Est. 

Contact the permit counter for more information.