{"title":"Midway short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)","question":"Can I rent out my home or a room on Airbnb in Midway?","slug":"short-term-rental","place":{"path":"ca/bc/midway","name":"Midway","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"housing-and-renting","name":"Housing and renting"},"owner":"shared","owner_label":"More than one level of government","owner_body":null,"short_answer":"In Midway the Official Community Plan supports renting a room in your principal residence for no more than 30 days, with a Village business licence ($50 a year). Midway is exempt from the Province's principal residence rule, but provincial registration still applies.","aliases":["airbnb midway","short term rental midway bc","vacation rental midway","bed and breakfast midway"],"cost":"A Village business licence is $50 a year.","how_long":"Not stated.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office","value":"661 Eighth Ave, Midway, BC","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m."},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-449-2222"},{"type":"email","label":"Village Office","value":"midwayreception@shaw.ca"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Business Licenses, Village of Midway","url":"https://midwaybc.ca/business-licenses/"}],"related":[{"slug":"business-licence","title":"Midway business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/business-licence/"},{"slug":"zoning-lookup","title":"Midway zoning: find your zone and what it allows","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/zoning-lookup/"},{"slug":"home-based-business","title":"Midway home-based business rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/home-based-business/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/grand-forks","name":"Grand Forks","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/short-term-rental/"},{"place":"ca/bc/osoyoos","name":"Osoyoos","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/osoyoos/short-term-rental/"},{"place":"ca/bc/oliver","name":"Oliver","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/oliver/short-term-rental/"},{"place":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/short-term-rental/"},{"place":"ca/bc/keremeos","name":"Keremeos","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/short-term-rental/"},{"place":"ca/bc/penticton","name":"Penticton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/short-term-rental/"}],"topic":{"title":"Short-term rental rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/short-term-rental/"},"facts":{"allowed":{"label":"Allowed","value":"The OCP supports short-term rental of rooms for no more than 30 days in a principal residence, subject to business licences. Purpose-built short-term vacation rentals are a commercial use under the Zoning Bylaw; bed and breakfasts are supported in all residences in line with the Zoning Bylaw.","short":"Rooms in principal residence, up to 30 days, with licence","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BYLAW-559-2024-OCP-signed.pdf","title":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 559, 2024 (PDF)","section":"OCP s. 3.2.8","quotes":["Support for short term rental of rooms for a duration of no more than 30 days in principal residence subject to business licenses.","Purpose-built short-term vacation rental facilities are considered a commercial use as defined and regulated by the Zoning Bylaw.","Bed and Breakfast facilities are supported in all residences in accordance with the Zoning Bylaw."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"licence":{"label":"Business licence","value":"Yes: all businesses, permanent or temporary, need a Village business licence, $50 a year. The OCP makes short-term rental subject to business licences.","short":"Yes, $50 a year","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/business-licenses/","title":"Business Licenses, Village of Midway","section":"Business Licenses page","quotes":["All businesses and individuals conducting business within the Village of Midway, whether permanent or temporary, are required to obtain a business licence from the Village Office.","Cost: $50 per year"]},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BYLAW-559-2024-OCP-signed.pdf","title":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 559, 2024 (PDF)","section":"OCP s. 3.2.8","quotes":["subject to business licenses"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"provincial_registration":{"label":"Provincial registration","value":"Midway is on the Province's exempt list, so the principal residence requirement does not apply. Provincial registration still applies to short-term rentals offered for fewer than 90 consecutive days, whether or not a local business licence is required.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals/principal-residence-requirement","title":"Principal residence requirement, Province of British Columbia","section":"Province page, List of exempt communities","quotes":["Midway","Provincial registration requirements apply to short-term rentals offered for fewer than 90 consecutive days, regardless of whether a local business licence is required.","Communities exempt from the provincial principal residence requirement:"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"rules":{"label":"Operating rules","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"The Village's Zoning Bylaw is a scan with no text layer, so its rules could not be read.","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_found","sources":[]},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 559, 2024 (s. 3.2.8); Zoning Bylaw No. 464, 2015; Business Licence Bylaw No. 200 as amended by Bylaw 427","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/bylaws-policies/","title":"Bylaws and Policies, Village of Midway","section":"Bylaws page","quotes":["Bylaw 559 – Midway Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 559, 2024"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":0,"unknown":2},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village's [Official Community Plan](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BYLAW-559-2024-OCP-signed.pdf) (Bylaw 559, s. 3.2.8) supports short-term rental of rooms for no more than 30 days in a principal residence, subject to business licences. It treats purpose-built short-term vacation rentals as a commercial use under the Zoning Bylaw, and supports bed and breakfasts in all residences in line with the Zoning Bylaw. This is policy, not a rule. The Zoning Bylaw could not be read, so the zones that allow it are unchecked.\n\nAll businesses in the Village, permanent or temporary, need a Village business licence, which is $50 a year (see business-licence). The licence fee schedule has no short-term rental category.\n\nMidway is on the Province's [exempt list](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals/principal-residence-requirement), so the Province's principal residence requirement does not apply here. Provincial registration still applies to short-term rentals offered for fewer than 90 consecutive days, whether or not a local business licence is required.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Call the Village Office and ask whether your zone allows short-term rental.\n2. Get a Village business licence (see business-licence).\n3. Check the Province's page and register if its rules require it.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- No short-term rental operating rules, such as guest limits, parking or posting a licence number, were found in the documents we read.\n- No short-term rental fine was found. Business licence penalties are covered in the business-licence answer.\n- The exempt list covers only the principal residence requirement. Registration is a separate provincial rule.","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BYLAW-559-2024-OCP-signed.pdf","title":"Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 559, 2024 (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/business-licenses/","title":"Business Licenses, Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/bylaws-policies/","title":"Bylaws and Policies, Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/short-term-rentals/principal-residence-requirement","title":"Principal residence requirement, Province of British Columbia","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 2 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/short-term-rental/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/short-term-rental.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/short-term-rental.json"}}