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Alberta short-term rental regulations

No provincial licence, a 4% tourism levy that still applies, and the city business licences that do the regulating in Calgary and Edmonton.

Alberta
Alberta short-term rentals: the levy and the licence

Alberta is the loosest short-term rental regime of the four big provinces — no provincial licence, no principal-residence test — which puts the whole of the compliance burden on the city and the tax.

Updated 29 August 2026
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