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    Background Checks Beyond Credit: What Ontario Landlords Can (and Can't) Legally Check

    A credit check is just one piece of tenant screening — and the moment you go beyond it, the legal lines get sharp. Criminal record checks, references, employment and income verification, eviction history, even a social-media search: each is governed by the Human Rights Code, Ontario's screening regulation, and privacy

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