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Vacant Unit Tax
On May 11, 2022, The City of Ottawa (the "City") instituted a new By-Law related to vacant residential properties. The By-Law includes three key components that every residential homeowner should be aware of: The City has made the determination that, moving forward, a homeowner should...

Rights of Property Owners Regarding Flooding
As summer approaches and folks get back to their camps/cottages on the lake, it is a great time to do a refresher on riparian rights (rights inherent to lands where the property boundary is the high water mark of an...

Purchase and Sale of AIRbnb Properties Part 2
In Part 1 of our series on the purchase and sale of AIRbnb rental properties, we discussed different forms of taxation that may apply when buying or selling a short-term rental property. In Part 2, we will look at city...

Purchase and Sale of AIRbnb Properties Part 1
AIRbnb is a popular online marketplace for short-term rentals, homestays and vacation rentals primarily for tourism and short-term work/assignment purposes. The service is provided by a platform that is globally accessible on the Internet and via Mobile App. AIRbnb does...

Applying for Land Severance
In order to divide land that you own into smaller lots, official approval is required from the local municipality. Landowners must ensure that the land severance has no long-term negative impact on the community, otherwise, municipal services such as garbage...
