MississaugaBuilding PermitsTents & Temporary Structures
When Do I Need a Building Permit for a Tent?
Published by City of Mississauga
This is the City of Mississauga’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Document
- Published by
- City of Mississauga
- Also called
- Temporary tents greater than 60 square metres
- For
- any
- Signed by
- owner · architect · professional engineer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 7
- Agencies
- Mississauga Recreation and Parks Division · City of Mississauga Building Division
- Instruments
- Ontario Building Code · Mississauga Zoning By-law 0225-2007 · City of Mississauga Noise Control By-law 360-79 · CAN/ULC-S109 · NFPA 701
Overview
A seven-page package the City of Mississauga publishes on its when-a-building-permit page. The opening note sets out the Ontario Building Code exemption for tents under 60 m2 in aggregate ground area, unattached and more than 3 m from other structures, Zoning By-law 0225-2007's 14 consecutive day and 28 day annual limits, the eplans upload list, and worked examples of when a field review by a professional engineer applies. It then carries the EABO Commitment to General Reviews form, a fillable temporary tent letter of use, and Building Code subsection 3.14.1.
What it covers
- When do I need a building permit for a tent?
- Additional approvals
- Fire safety requirements
- Building permit application requirements
- When do I need a professional engineer to provide a field review?
- Examples of design and field review for a tent:
- Commitment to general reviews by architect and engineers
- Part A - Owner's undertaking
- Part B - Consultants
- Temporary tent letter of use
- 3.14.1. Tents
- 3.14.1.1. Application
- 3.14.1.2. General
- 3.14.1.3. Means of Egress
- 3.14.1.4. Clearance to Other Structures
- 3.14.1.5. Clearances to Flammable Material
- 3.14.1.6. Flame Resistance
- 3.14.1.7. Bleachers
- 3.14.1.8. Sanitary Facilities
- 3.14.1.9. Provision for Firefighting
- 3.14.1.10. Electrical Systems
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