New B.C. Short-Term Rental Registration: Who is Affected, When to Register & How to Save up to 50% on Fees.

Lake Windermere and its world-famous Whiteway for skating, skiing & more (photographed above.)

Who is exempt from the BC short-term rental registration? 

The following accommodations will be exempt from BC’s short-term rental registration:

• Accommodations over 90 (consequtive) days long
• Accommodations on Reserve lands
• Accommodations on the Nisga’a Lands or the treaty lands of a treaty First nation
• The following accommodations that are not suitable for long-term housing:
• Hotels, motels, hostels
• A vehicle, such as an RV
• A tent or other temporary shelter
• Time share properties
• Home exchanges
• Accommodation that is provided by an operator of outdoor recreational activities
• Student or employee housing that is owned or operated by schools or non-profits
• Strata corporation guest suites
• Short-term rentals do not include accommodation that was intended to be provided for 90 consecutive days or longer, but which unexpectedly ends before 90 days have passed.

What happens if I don't register (as a host?)

• From May 1 to 31, 2025, platforms must stop advertising any short-term rentals that do not have a valid registration number and prevent any new bookings. This means your listings will be removed from all platforms, not allowing any new bookings from being made.

• Beginning June 1, 2025, and going forward, platforms must stop advertising any short-term rentals that do not have a valid registration number, prevent any new bookings, and cancel any existing bookings.

Please note that operating without a valid registration number may also result in administrative monetary penalties. Specific penalties for hosts have not yet been announced, but those for platforms and strata-titled hotels are up to $10,000/day of non-compliance. 

I own multiple properties. Do I have to submit multiple applications?

Each short-term rental unit must be registered separately through separate applications, except for when a host is registering more than one bedroom within the same home.

For example:

• If a host provides short-term rental accommodations on the main floor of their home and a secondary suite, both must be registered separately
• If a host provides separate short-term rental accommodations in two bedrooms within their home, these can be registered in one application, though a fee will apply to each bedroom



How to register your short-term rental (as a host.) 

Properties managed by us (Aisling Baile) can be registered by us as the listing’s official property manager to save our clients the hassle. If you are interested in us managing your property (and your registration) for you, click here to schedule a call.

If you are registering your B.C. short-term rental as a host, here are the steps & requirements needed to complete your application: 

1/ Sign in to your BC Services Card/App or with your BCeID if you are not a BC resident.  Please note that you will need a business or a basic BCeID account, not a personal account, to complete the short-term rental registry [STREGP].)

2/ Agree to the terms and conditions

3/ Create a Service BC Account

4/ Define Your Short-Term Rental

• Short-Term Rental Unit Nickname
• Give your rental unit a nickname to help you identify it, especially if you manage multiple units.

• Short-Term Rental Unit Residential Address
• Include the Residential Address of your short-term rental by looking up the address, or if the address cannot be found in the lookup, you can enter the address manually.
• Note: the address cannot be a Mailing Address (e.g., PO Box, etc.).

• Property Type
• Single Family Home, Secondary Suite, etc.

• Type of Space
• Entire Home (guests rent an entire residence for themselves)
• Room in a Home (guest rent only a portion of a residence (e.g. a bedroom) and may share common spaces with the host or other guests. If you select this option, you will be charged a fee per room.)
• Rental Unit Set-up
• This unit is the host's principal residence or a room within the host's principal residence
• This unit is not the host's principal residence but it's on the same property
• This unit is not on same property as host's principal residence

• Number of Bedrooms for Rent

• Ownership Type
• Owner
• Co-owner
• Renter
• Other

• Parcel Identifier (PID) a nine-digit number located on your notice of assessment for the property

5/ Add contact details for each property host / co-host / manager

6/ Upload supporting documentation (note, they must all be in .pdf format under 10MB)

It will prompt you with what’s required for your application but could be any/all of the following: 

• BC’s driver’s license
• BC Services card
• Property assessment notice
• Speculation and Vacancy Tax Confirmation
• Home Owner’s Grant Declaration
• ICBC Certificate of Insurance
• Home Insurance Summary
• Property Tax Notice
• Utility Bill
• Government or Crown Corporation Official Notice
• Fractional ownership agreement
• Support strata-titles hotel or motel documentation
• Tenancy agreement
• Rent receipt or bank statement
• Local government business license
• Other proof document (subject to review by registry staff) 

7/ Review & Confirm all information

8/ Submit payment via Credit Card

Once you have successfully submitted your payment, you will be sent to a pending approval page where you can find your application number and download a receipt for your records.

Important Notes:

• Save constantly. We've incurred more than our fair share of error messages when going through the application process that resulted in a loss of data. To avoid this, hit "SAVE" after completing each portion of the application process.

• Utilize their online support chat. Although not perfect, there is a chat function on the bottom right corner of the page if you come across any hiccups along the way.