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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 & LegalSaskatchewan sets no total time for an eviction, only the steps: an immediate notice once rent is 15 days or more overdue, an ORT hearing and a written decision, then a 30-day writ the sheriff enforces.
Rights & LegalAn immediate notice does not let your Saskatchewan landlord put you out. Only a sheriff with an ORT writ can. Here is how to check the notice, what paying does and does not do, and how the hearing and appeal work.
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%.
Rights & LegalEvery main right a Saskatchewan renter has under The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006: leases, the one-month deposit cap, 12 months' notice of rent increases, entry, repairs, evictions and taking a dispute to the ORT (formerly the Rentalsman).
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.
Rights & LegalSaskatchewan tenancy disputes go to the Office of Residential Tenancies (formerly the Rentalsman): apply online, pay a non-refundable $50 fee, serve the hearing notice, and get a written decision after a phone hearing.
Safety & Scam PreventionIn BC, smoke alarms are mandatory in every rental unit and the landlord installs, tests and maintains them, while the tenant must not disable them and must report problems. Carbon monoxide alarms are recommended rather than required. Here is who does what.
Moving & SettlingA room-by-room move-in inspection checklist for Alberta rentals, with the statements every report must contain under AR 211/2004 s.4 and the one-week timing in RTA s.19.
Rights & LegalAn Alberta landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed term lease of a year or more, whatever the lease says. Here is when rent can go up, at renewal and on back-to-back short terms.
Safety & Scam PreventionA BC rental scam usually asks for money before you have seen the unit or signed a tenancy agreement. Here are the warning signs the RCMP and the Competition Bureau list, the BC rules a real landlord follows, and where to report.
News & Policy UpdatesREGINA, Oct. 28, 2026: A Regina eviction dispute is in the news. Here is how Saskatchewan evictions work, from notice and dispute to the ORT hearing and the sheriff.
News & Policy UpdatesTORONTO, Oct. 27, 2026: Olivia Chow leads Toronto's unofficial mayoral count with 54.16% and all polls reporting. City rental bylaws and Ontario's rent rules do not change with the vote.
Rights & LegalEdmonton tenancies follow Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act. The City adds permit rules for secondary suites and a business licence for short-term rentals of 30 days or less.
Rights & LegalCalgary tenancies follow Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act, plus city rules for secondary suites and short-term rentals. The suite amnesty is set to end December 31, 2026.
Maintenance & RepairsCondensation and mould on rental windows: what tenants must clean, what landlords must repair, and how BC's Residential Tenancy Branch sorts out the cause.
Rights & LegalAlberta requires a move-in and a move-out inspection report with prescribed statements and signatures. Without them, a landlord cannot deduct for damage from the deposit.
Lease & AgreementsAlberta has no official lease form, but a written lease must carry one statement in larger print, and landlords owe tenants a signed copy, a notice of landlord and an inspection report on set deadlines.
GeneralWhen new windows can support an additional rent increase in BC: the Residential Tenancy Regulation tests, what is excluded, the 3% cap and what tenants can do.
GeneralAlberta caps all deposits at one month's rent, requires a trust account within 2 banking days, and gives landlords 10 days to return the deposit. No inspection report means no damage deductions.
Rights & LegalYour rights as an Alberta renter, in the order a tenancy runs: the lease, the deposit cap, the inspection report, entry, rent increases, repairs, notices and getting your deposit back.
Rights & LegalAs of July 24, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., every Tribunals Ontario Portal notification to LTB applicants, respondents, and other parties comes from a new address — [email protected] — replacing the old ontario.ca sender. If your inbox rules, safe-sender list, or spam filter still expect the old address, hearing
Rights & LegalEvery rental file is a privacy file: applications, credit checks, IDs, camera footage, smart-entry logs. Under PIPEDA, landlords and property managers are data custodians with real obligations — consent, purpose limits, safeguards, 30-day access requests, and mandatory breach reporting with fines up to $100,000. Here's
Rights & LegalThe line between a holiday guest and a legal tenant is the most expensive line in Ontario short-term rentals — and it isn't the 28-day switch most hosts believe it is. This guide maps when the RTA's transient-accommodation exemption actually applies, the municipal licensing patchwork (Toronto's principal-residence rule
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