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Rights & LegalA fire, flood or earthquake that makes a BC rental unlivable can end the tenancy without notice, under the doctrine of frustration. Here is when that applies, what happens to rent and deposits, and what changes if the unit can be repaired.
Finances & BudgetingThe BC government's published deposit interest rate for 2026 is 0%, but a deposit held during 2023, 2024 or 2025 still earned interest at 1.95%, 2.7% and 0.95%. Here is how the Regulation's formula works and how to work out what you owe.
Lease & AgreementsIn BC, a tenancy agreement can ban pets or limit their size, kind and number, and a landlord can take one pet damage deposit. Guide and service dogs are not pets: a landlord cannot refuse them or charge a pet deposit for them.
Rights & LegalYes — and almost everything attached to that yes is where landlords get into trouble and tenants overpay. First month's rent is just rent; last month's is Ontario's only legal deposit, capped at one rental period, earning interest every year at that year's guideline rate. Damage, security, cleaning, and pet deposits ar
Rights & LegalKey deposits. Pet fees. An unreturned last month's rent. Interest nobody ever paid. N12 compensation that never arrived. Ontario law makes all of it recoverable — through one application with eight grounds and a filing fee under $60. But the T1 runs on a strict one-year lookback, and unchallenged rent increases become
Moving & SettlingOntario doesn't legally require a move-in or move-out inspection — but skipping one is how landlords lose damage claims and tenants lose deposits. Because Ontario bans damage deposits, an inspection report isn't a deduction tool; it's your evidence at the Landlord and Tenant Board. Here's how to document a rental prope