Airbnb Listings in Canada Set to Jump Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Listings in Toronto gained about 60 percent to 15,000 in 2016
Company’s head of public policy meeting with politicians

Toronto, Canada on May 23, 2015.
Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

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By Gerrit De Vynck

February 8, 2017 at 6:19 PM UTC

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Airbnb Inc.’s presence in Canadian cities is set to keep growing, even as regulators across the country take a closer look at bringing in tighter rules for short-term home rentals.

Airbnb listings in Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, grew to more than 15,000 in 2016, according to a report Airbnb released Wednesday. That’s up almost 60 percent from the 9,460 the city of Toronto estimated were available in 2015.