City of Calgary · Task guide

Prepare a Calgary secondary or backyard suite for lawful rental use

For a suite in or behind a house: establish its status, gather the permit facts, meet the safety requirements the City names, apply, pass inspection, and land on the Suite Registry. Requirements are listed as calgary.ca states them; anything not readable from the City's pages is marked verify rather than filled in. Nothing is filed from here, and none of this changes the tenancy rules.

Preparation0 of 5 stages

Preparation only. Nothing is saved to an account.

Stage 1 of 5

Establish the suite's status

Registered, existing but unregistered, or proposed. The Suite Registry and the permit history settle it.

Establish the suite's status