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Maintenance & RepairsOntario's Pesticides Act requires an exterminator licence to treat and an operator licence to run a pest control business. What each means, the insurance operators carry, and why a landlord cannot use the Class D exemption in a tenant's unit.
Maintenance & RepairsCockroaches move between units, so treatment in an Ontario apartment building usually has to cover more than one unit. The landlord's duty, the entry notice for every unit, unit-by-unit preparation, and the Toronto and Mississauga by-law rules.
Maintenance & RepairsRodents in an Ontario rental are usually the landlord's to treat and seal out. Raccoons and squirrels add provincial wildlife rules: who can remove them, release within 24 hours nearby, and why bats need extra care.
Maintenance & RepairsWhen a tenant refuses pest control entry in Ontario, the landlord's options run through the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB): a valid notice, accommodation, an N5 for substantial interference, and an L2 claim for wasted visits.
Maintenance & RepairsBefore a pest treatment, an Ontario landlord must give at least 24 hours' written notice with the reason, day and a time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sample wording, delivery rules and preparation sheets.
Maintenance & RepairsWhen there are bed bugs in an Ontario rental, the landlord arranges and pays for treatment in most cases. Here is when a tenant can be charged, what tenants must do, and the routes when nothing happens.
Maintenance & RepairsWhen an Ontario landlord ignores a leak, tenants have three real tools: a written record, the municipality's property standards office, and a T6 application at the Landlord and Tenant Board.
Maintenance & RepairsKeeping drains clear is part of an Ontario landlord's repair duty. A tenant pays only when a blockage came from their own wilful or negligent conduct, and the landlord has to prove it.
Maintenance & RepairsA burst pipe lets an Ontario landlord enter without notice. A dripping tap does not, even if the tenant asked for the repair. Here is how the entry rules apply to plumbing.
Maintenance & RepairsOntario's maintenance standards require plumbing to be protected from freezing, and that duty sits with the landlord. Here is when a tenant can be charged, what Toronto's by-laws add and how to prevent a burst.
Maintenance & RepairsWho pays for heat in an Ontario rental is set in section 6 of the standard lease. What heat-included means for the landlord, what changes when the tenant pays, and how the arrangement can be switched.
Maintenance & RepairsIn a rent-controlled Ontario unit, a furnace or heat-pump replacement can support an above-guideline increase through the LTB, capped at 3% a year. What qualifies, how it is calculated, and the limits.
Maintenance & RepairsServicing, repairing or replacing heating equipment in an Ontario rental needs 24 hours' written notice, except in an emergency or with the tenant's consent at the time. How the rules apply to heating work.
Maintenance & RepairsThe landlord pays for heating repairs caused by age and normal use; the tenant pays only for undue damage caused wilfully or negligently. Where the line falls, and how a landlord recovers the cost.
Maintenance & RepairsOntario law sets no fixed number of days to fix a furnace, but heat is a vital service in winter. How urgent the repair is, what to do in the first 24 hours, and what happens if it drags on.
Maintenance & RepairsNo heat in your Ontario rental? Heat is a vital service from September 1 to June 15. Here is what to do today, when to call the city, and how the LTB can order the repair.
GeneralAn Ontario landlord can seek an above-guideline rent increase for new windows when the work is an eligible capital expenditure, finished in time and fully paid. The 3% cap, useful lives, rebates and what tenants can raise.
Maintenance & RepairsIn Ontario, landlords must fit window safety devices on upper-floor windows when a tenant asks, and Toronto requires window protection in larger apartment buildings. The opening limits, lock rules and federal blind cord limits.
Maintenance & RepairsIn an Ontario rental, condensation on windows is the landlord's problem when a seal, frame or fan has failed, and the tenant's to manage when it comes from indoor humidity. How to tell which, and what each side should do.
Maintenance & RepairsIn Ontario, a notice to enter for window replacement must be written and given 24 hours ahead with the reason, day and a time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. How to serve it, and the separate 60-day project notice.
Maintenance & RepairsIn Ontario, a landlord must fix drafty windows in a rental unit under RTA s.20; the tenant pays only for damage they caused. What the standards say, what to do first and what the LTB can order.
Safety & Scam PreventionSmoke and CO alarm duties under Ontario's Fire Code, and what happens after a fire: repairs, frustration, rent, moving back, entry, tenant-caused damage and insurance.
Rights & LegalAn N13 renoviction runs on paper, and from September 21, 2026 there's more of it: Bill 97 amends the RTA's right-of-first-refusal rules, adding written-notification duties for landlords once a tenant has preserved the right — including keeping the tenant updated when the completion date slips, which it usually does. Th
Rights & LegalSince July 1, 2026, the clock to challenge a Landlord and Tenant Board order has run half as long: a Request to Review must be filed within 15 days of the order's issue date — down from 30 — under new s.209(3) of the RTA, with orders issued before that date keeping the old deadline. Two months in, the mistakes have a p
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