Building Permit Guides
When preparing for a building or renovation project in the City of Kenora, you will need to understand when a building permit is needed, what is needed for the permit application, and the zoning rules that must be followed.
Learn about the requirements and approvals needed for a variety of common building and renovation projects:
- Decks and porches
- Docks and shorelines
- Fences
- Garages and storage sheds
- New single unit dwellings
- Secondary suites
Additional resources and forms
Check out these important resources and forms:
- Cloudpermit
- Cloudpermit support
- Building by-law
- Energy efficiency design summary form
- Ontario Building Code
- Ontario Building Code Part 9 housing and small buildings
- Ontario Building Code Part 10 change of use
- Ontario Building Code Part 11 renovation
- OntarioOneCall
- Road permits
- Schedule 1 designer information form
- Vent design summary form
- Zoning
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