Tourist accommodation · Co-ownership
The declaration of co-ownership comes before the platform. And since September, it comes back every year.
The text
Section 3 of the Regulation, among the documents to file with a registration application: "if the establishment is located in an immovable held in divided co-ownership, a copy of the provisions of the declaration of co-ownership allowing the establishment to be operated for tourist accommodation purposes or, in the absence of such provisions, the authorization of the syndicate of co-owners to that effect".
Two doors, then. Either the declaration already allows it, or the syndicate authorises it. There is no third way.
The same rule for a tenant
The next subparagraph covers tenants: a copy of the leasing contract allowing such operation or, if the lease has no such provision, "the authorization of the owner to that effect".
A tenant who lists a dwelling without that authorization does not merely have a problem with their landlord. They have a registration problem.
What changed on September 1, 2026
That consent must now be provided at each annual renewal, whereas it was previously required only at initial registration. A syndicate therefore does not need to prohibit anything to stop the operation. It only has to decline to sign again.
Read the declaration before buying
The declaration of co-ownership sets the destination of the immovable and of the private portions, the rights and obligations of co-owners, and the applicable rules. Many declarations prohibit short-term rental outright, or set a minimum rental term.
It is a document you request before the offer, along with the syndicate's register, the minutes and the financial statements. A buyer building a yield on nightly rates without having read the declaration is building on nothing.
Three questions for the syndicate
- Does the declaration allow tourist accommodation? If so, in exactly what terms.
- Have authorizations already been granted? And are they still in force.
- Has the subject come back to a general meeting? Recent minutes are the best indicator of what is coming.
Where this lands: before the offer
Short-term rental is the one residential use that depends at once on a provincial statute, a municipal by-law, a declaration of co-ownership and two tax administrations. Any one of those layers can make the plan impossible or unprofitable on its own.
That is why we check all four before a client makes an offer on a property bought to rent by the night. A yield presented on nightly rates, without the zoning, the declaration and the registration, is not a yield. It is an assumption.
Three habits
- Check the address, not the city. Rules change from zone to zone inside one municipality.
- Ask for the registration certificate, not the number. The certificate carries the expiry date, the class and the number of units.
- Remember the registration cannot be transferred. The seller's income was earned under their file, not yours.
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Frequently asked
Can you run an Airbnb in a Quebec condo?
Only if the declaration of co-ownership allows it or the syndicate of co-owners authorises it. One of those documents is required at registration.
Can a tenant rent short-term?
Only if the lease allows it or with the owner's authorization, which must be filed at registration.
Can the syndicate reverse its authorization?
Since 1 September 2026 the consent must be provided at each annual renewal, which lets the syndicate decline to renew it.
Sources, consulted 13 September 2026: the Tourist Accommodation Act (CQLR, chapter H-1.01) and the Tourist Accommodation Regulation (chapter H-1.01, r. 1) on legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca, consolidated text current to 15 April 2026; announcements by the Quebec Department of Tourism published on quebec.ca for the amendments of 9 April and 1 September 2026; Canada Revenue Agency guide T4036. This page informs; it is neither legal nor tax advice, and municipal rules vary from one address to the next.
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