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Rights & LegalWhat Alberta landlords can and cannot do when a tenant stays after the tenancy ends: the order for recovery of possession, civil enforcement, compensation and conditional orders.
Rights & LegalHow Alberta's Safer Spaces certificate works: who qualifies, how to apply, the 28-day notice and 90-day deadline, what rent is owed, and what landlords must keep confidential.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 5, 2026: Budget 2026 renews the Canada Housing Benefit for 10 years, opens insured financing for new triplexes, fourplexes and 5- to 50-unit buildings from February 1, 2027, and adds billions for homelessness and non-market housing.
Safety & Scam PreventionRental scams in BC often borrow a real landlord's photos and address. Here is how landlords can make their listings hard to copy, the RTA rules that make a fake stand out, and where to report one.
Rights & LegalField by field: how Saskatchewan landlords fill in the Immediate Notice to Vacate and Notice of Arrears (formerly Form 7), work out the arrears, serve every tenant and prove service to the ORT.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 4, 2026: Budget 2026 is tabled November 5. What is already in place for rental housing, and what landlords and tenants should check on the day.
Rights & LegalSaskatchewan's residential law is The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, not The Landlord and Tenant Act. Every main rule for landlords on one page: leases, deposits, rent increases, notices, service, possession hearings and the ORT.
Market TrendsCANADA, Nov. 3, 2026: Yardi's Fall 2026 report says in-place apartment rents rose 1.7% a year to $1,790, the smallest increase since its tracking began in 2020, while new leases slipped 0.2%.
Safety & Scam PreventionHAMILTON, Nov. 3, 2026: A Hamilton fuel worker was fined $22,500 for gas work without TSSA contractor registration. Here is what Ontario law requires and how landlords check a contractor first.
News & Policy UpdatesVANCOUVER, Nov. 3, 2026: BC's Residential Tenancy Branch ordered a Vancouver house's landlords to pay $93,800 after 17 tenants were found in about 21 unpermitted, unsafe rooms.
Taxes & DeductionsTORONTO, Nov. 2, 2026: Toronto's 2026 Vacant Home Tax declarations are open. Every residential owner, landlords with rented units included, must declare by April 30, 2027 or risk a 3% tax.
Maintenance & RepairsSaskatchewan landlords must keep rentals in good repair and fit for habitation, including heating, plumbing and appliances; tenants keep units clean and fix damage they cause. Here is who fixes what and how the ORT enforces it.
Rent & PaymentsSaskatchewan landlords need 12 months' written notice to raise rent, and the first increase cannot start until 18 months into the tenancy. There is no cap on the amount.
Taxes & DeductionsAlberta, Oct. 30, 2026: Alberta will set one education property tax rate for every municipality from 2027, $2.65 per $1,000 for residential property, locked for three years. What it means for landlords.
Safety & Scam PreventionAlberta's Minimum Housing and Health Standards require smoke alarms between each sleeping area and the rest of the suite, working at all times. Here is where they go, who keeps them working, and a checklist for landlords and tenants.
Market TrendsCMHC's October 2025 Rental Market Survey, city by city: two-bedroom average rents, the same-unit rent change and vacancy rates across BC, and what the numbers mean for landlords and renters.
Taxes & DeductionsEvery Vancouver home needs an Empty Homes Tax declaration each year. Here is how the 3% tax works for the 2025 reference year, the dates the City has posted, and how a rental qualifies as occupied.
Rights & LegalWhat an Alberta landlord can and cannot take from a security deposit: the lease conditions, the wear-and-tear rule, the inspection report bar on damage deductions and the 10-day return, with a worked example.
Taxes & DeductionsThe five taxes a BC landlord meets: federal income tax on rent, the provincial speculation and vacancy tax, Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax, property transfer tax and the BC home flipping tax, with the 2026 rates and deadlines.
Safety & Scam PreventionHealth Canada posted two heating recalls on Oct. 29, 2026: DREO DR-HSH015 space heaters and NTI/HTP gas boilers. Here is how landlords check, fix and tell tenants.
News & Policy UpdatesWHITEHORSE, Oct. 29, 2026: Yukon's Bill 8 removes the rent cap from December 1. Rent increases will need six months' notice, and landlords can end a tenancy without a reason on six months' notice.
News & Policy UpdatesHAMILTON, Oct. 28, 2026: Keanin Loomis leads Hamilton's unofficial mayoral results with 41.77% of the vote. The City's rental by-laws and Ontario's rent rules do not change because of the vote.
News & Policy UpdatesCALGARY, Oct. 28, 2026: Calgary's Housing Accelerator Fund agreement ended on October 27, months after Council repealed citywide rezoning. What changed on residential lots, the federal conditions on the final payment, and what stays the same for landlords.
GeneralUnder Alberta's Condominium Property Act, windows in a unit's exterior walls are common property unless the plan says otherwise. Here is who repairs them, who pays, and what a condo landlord still owes the tenant.
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