Short-Term Rental Business Licence Application Form

* If your primary residence is within a strata development, please also submit the Strata Authorization Form.

* If you are renting or leasing the property, please also sumbit the Home-Owner Authorization Form.

* Secondary suites must be constructed (legal) or upgraded (authorized) with a building permit.  Suites constructed without a building permit (illegal suites) are not eligible as a short-term rental.

** Carriage houses must be constructed with a building permit. Miner's cottages are reviewed for compliance and approved on a case-by-case basis.

Parking Plan
Please be aware that an additional off-street parking space is required for each guest booking. Please submit plan separately to business.licence@nanaimo.ca.  If you need help making a plan, check out our Short-Term Rental information page.

Applicant's Acknowledgement

I/we understand that all information requested is necessary in order to fully evaluate and process the application and that an application submitted without the required information may not be processed. Completion of the application form and submission of supplemental information does not guarantee approval, as such, operation cannot commence until the business licence has been issued.

I/we hereby make application for a business licence in accordance with the particulars as stated on this application and declare that the property is my/our primary residence and that the information on the application is true and correct. I/we have read the Business Licence Bylaw and the Short-Term Rental Operator's Guide and undertake to ensure compliance with all bylaws of the City of Nanaimo and all other laws now in force or which may hereafter come into force.