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Screening & ApplicationsThe Alberta Human Rights Act bars landlords from refusing a tenant, or setting different terms, because of 15 protected grounds. Here is what that covers, the narrow adult-only exceptions, service dogs, and the one-year complaint deadline.
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.
GeneralVICTORIA, Oct. 31, 2026: BC's incoming government plans to drop Bill 43's housing targets and change Bill 44's suite and multiplex zoning. No bill has been tabled, so today's rules still apply. Here's what it could mean for landlords, small investors and tenants.
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.
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.
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.
Maintenance & RepairsAlberta rentals must have a bedroom escape window that opens without tools, while the building code limits many low windows to a 100 mm opening. Here is how a provincial variance reconciles them and what landlords should do.
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 UpdatesOTTAWA, Oct. 27, 2026: Mark Sutcliffe leads Ottawa's unofficial mayoral results with 44.65%. City rental by-laws and Ontario's rent rules don't change with the vote; here is what to watch.
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.
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.
Maintenance & RepairsIn BC, a business that applies pesticides for a fee needs a pesticide licence under the Integrated Pest Management Act, with a certified applicator doing the work. Here is what it means for landlords.
Rights & LegalIn Alberta, landlords and tenants can take most tenancy disputes to the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) or to court, and the first filing binds both sides. Here is how the two compare on cost, limits, remedies and appeals.
Maintenance & RepairsAlberta landlords must keep rentals free of insect and rodent infestations. Tenants must allow access and prepare. Here are the notice rules, operator registration and tenant options.
Rights & LegalCalgary owners must register secondary and backyard suites, and an unregistered suite cannot be advertised for rent. The amnesty that waives fees ends Dec. 31, 2026.
Maintenance & RepairsWhich BC window and door rebates rental owners can use (checked October 22, 2026), where landlords hit eligibility limits, and how rebates affect rent increases.
Maintenance & RepairsWhat the BC Building Code 2024 says about window guards, 100 mm limiters and bedroom escape windows, and what landlords and tenants should do in a rental.
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.
News & Policy UpdatesCANADA, Oct. 25, 2026: Ottawa's new National Heat Pump Rebate pays $2,000, or up to $10,000 below the median income, from early 2027. Here is what the federal text says, and does not say, about rentals.
Maintenance & RepairsA boil water advisory in Alberta raises fast questions for landlords and tenants: who issues it, who is responsible for safe water, what to tell tenants, how to flush the building when it lifts, and whether rent can be reduced.
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.
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.
News & Policy UpdatesVICTORIA, Oct. 25, 2026: Preliminary results show the BC Conservatives leading in 64 of 93 districts. Nothing in BC rental law changes yet; final count is planned for Nov. 6 to 10.
GeneralAlberta notice periods depend on the tenancy type and who is ending it. A tenant gives one tenancy month; a landlord needs three months and a prescribed reason, or 365 days for major renovations.
Rights & LegalVancouver limits short-term rentals to the unit the host lives in, and the Province's registry sits on top. What long-term landlords need to know when a tenant asks to host.
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.
News & Policy UpdatesEDMONTON and CALGARY, Oct. 24, 2026: Alberta's City Land Use Bylaw Direction Regulation (A.R. 255/2026) orders both cities to rewrite infill zoning. What it says about suites, parking and timing.
Maintenance & RepairsMISSISSAUGA, Ont., Oct. 21, 2026: An Ontario electrical contractor and its owner were fined $122,000 for pulling ESA permits for unlicensed work. What it means for landlords hiring an electrician.
Rights & LegalA step-by-step walkthrough of a BC Residential Tenancy Branch hearing for landlords and tenants: what to prepare, who speaks first, conduct on the call, and what happens after the decision.
GeneralEvery core rule for Alberta landlords on one page: leases, the one-month deposit cap, inspection reports, rent increases, entry, repairs, notices, the RTDRS and deposit returns.
Safety & Scam PreventionTSSA published a carbon monoxide backgrounder ahead of CO Awareness Week (Nov. 1–7). Here is what the Fire Code requires of landlords for Ontario carbon monoxide alarms before winter.
GeneralBC stratas can no longer ban long-term rentals, but strata landlords still owe the tenant the bylaws and a Form K, and owe the strata a signed copy within two weeks.
GeneralBC landlords have 15 days to return a deposit, get written agreement or file with the RTB. Here is when the clock starts, worked dates and what missing it costs.
GeneralAfter a BC 10 Day Notice, the tenant has 5 days to pay in full or dispute. Here is how the days are counted and what each outcome means for landlords and tenants.
GeneralB.C.'s 2027 rent increase limit is 2.2%. Here is how to calculate it, when to serve the RTB-7, and the rules on the 12-month gap, tenant agreements and additional increases.
GeneralAsking rents are down 9.2% from their 2024 peak. The guideline still lets you raise rent, but on a market moving down, the most expensive number on your books is an empty month.
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 & LegalFrom September 1, 2026, serving an N13 in Mississauga starts a second clock the province doesn't run: within seven days, the landlord must apply to the City for a Rental Repairs and Renovations Licence — and no work starts, and no tenant leaves, until both the building permit and the licence are in hand. Here's the mun
Tools & EvaluationsThe listing process is full of jobs a free tool does better than willpower — pricing sanity checks, photo prep, description drafting, deposit math, scam checks, and the paperwork around a signed lease. Here's the honest toolkit for Ontario landlords: the free tools worth bookmarking for each job in the listing workflow
Rental Pricing & ROIFree rental listing sites are genuinely good now — the question is which ones earn a spot in your posting routine, because "free" varies: some sites are free forever, some are free tiers with paid upsells, and some are free in one city and paid in another. Here's the honest ranking for Canadian landlords: the sites wor
Rights & LegalRental ad discrimination rarely looks like discrimination — it looks like friendliness: "perfect for young professionals," "ideal for a quiet couple," "great family neighbourhood." Under Ontario's Human Rights Code, the ad is where compliance starts, and warmly-phrased tenant preferences are the same violation as blunt
Safety & Scam PreventionRental scams run in both directions, and most guides only warn one side. Tenants get burned by cloned listings, phantom units, and deposit-wire pressure; landlords get burned by their own photos scamming their own applicants, fake pay stubs, and overpayment cheques. Here's the two-sided defence: the scam patterns by na
Screening & ApplicationsThe reference call is screening's cheapest instrument and its most badly run: most landlords either skip it, ask questions that invite rehearsed answers, or drift into territory the Human Rights Code governs even on a phone call. Here's the call done properly — why previous landlords beat current ones, the twelve quest
Screening & ApplicationsThe tenant credit check is the most misunderstood step in Ontario screening — landlords fear it's complicated, applicants fear it hurts their score, and both fears are out of date. Here's the whole process: the written consent that must come first, where to actually run the check (and what each route costs), why rental
Tools & EvaluationsFive ready-to-use rental listing templates — basement suite, condo one-bedroom, family house, student unit, and executive rental — each built on the six-part method: a factual headline, a lede that proves you've met the unit, the complete facts block, specifics instead of adjectives, a response promise, and Ontario's l
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
Tools & EvaluationsNine places Ontario landlords actually list rentals — Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Rentals.ca, Zumper, PadMapper, ViewIt.ca, RentSeeker, and the agent-gated Realtor.ca — compared honestly on cost, audience, posting friction, scam exposure, and where each one earns its place. Dated cells, no pay-to-play, an
Rights & LegalThree Ontario cities now license renovation evictions, and a pattern has emerged: all three give landlords seven days from the N13 to apply, and almost everything else differs — Hamilton charges $715 per unit with annual renewals, Toronto $700 with compensation proven before approval, and Ottawa (from January 1, 2027)
Rights & LegalOttawa city council passed its Rental Renovation Licence bylaw 21–5 on July 15, 2026, and it takes effect January 1, 2027: a municipal licence within 7 days of issuing an N13, a building permit secured before the notice goes out, and a city-produced tenant rights guide served alongside it. Here's what the bylaw actuall
Rights & LegalAs of July 24, 2026, the LTB's final orders are public data: every non-confidential order from January through May 2026 is live on Ontario's Open Data Catalogue, with orders back to 2021 following in phases and new ones publishing monthly — on a disclosed 2-to-3-month lag. This guide covers what's in the release and wh
Tools & EvaluationsThis is the last comparison in our series, and it's about a kinship: both of these tools care about single-family rentals — the scattered houses, duplexes, and townhomes that make up most Canadian landlords' portfolios. Propertyware has spent almost twenty years serving that segment at company scale: it's built, in its
Tools & EvaluationsYardi Breeze is the friendliest door into one of the oldest names in property software — per-unit pricing, no onboarding fees, and a product line that runs from Breeze through Premier to Voyager, the enterprise platform that costs more per year than most small portfolios gross. That's the honest frame for this comparis
Tools & EvaluationsHere's a comparison between twins of a different kind: both of these tools give a 1-to-3-unit landlord a genuinely free plan — not a trial, a product. Landlord Studio pairs its free tier with the deepest DIY bookkeeping stack at this end of the market: live bank feeds, receipt scanning, smart rules that sort your trans
Tools & EvaluationsHere's the strangest comparison in our series: these two tools chose almost the same shape. Rentec Direct's entry plans run $45–$55 USD a month covering up to 25 units; Tenon10's Pro runs $49 CAD for the same twenty-five. Both price flat. Both publish their numbers. Neither requires a contract. Both get praised by revi
Tools & EvaluationsThis is the closest price matchup in our comparison series: TenantCloud's entry plan runs $15–$17 USD a month, unlimited units on every tier, with a genuinely devoted small-landlord following — and Tenon10's Essentials runs $9.99 CAD for up to ten. No sales floors, no enterprise minimums, no assembled-bill shock: two s
Tools & EvaluationsFor the first time in this series, the comparison isn't decided before it starts. liv.rent is Canadian — Vancouver-built, CAD-priced, genuinely liked — so the two arguments that carried our Buildium, AppFolio, and DoorLoop pages simply don't apply. What's left is a better question than "which is cheaper in whose curren
Tools & EvaluationsThis is the first comparison in our series without an easy answer built in. DoorLoop names Canada in its own positioning, starts at a price a small landlord can say out loud, offers a real free trial, and earns reviews in the 4.5-to-5-star range. So this page does the two jobs a genuine comparison requires: it assemble
Tools & EvaluationsHere's the shortest honest comparison on the internet: AppFolio doesn't sell to portfolios under 50 units — so if you're a Canadian landlord with a duplex, a fourplex, or anything under two dozen doors, one of these platforms won't take you as a customer, and the other was built for you. This page covers the rest prope
Tools & EvaluationsBuildium is excellent software — for a US property management company running 50 to 1,000 doors. If that's you, close this tab and go demo it. But if you're a Canadian landlord with a basement suite, a triplex, or a growing portfolio under 25 units, you'd be paying US-company prices in US dollars for US workflows — and
Rights & LegalEvery complaint a tenant brings you is two things at once: a problem to fix and a test of whether your word means anything. Ontario landlords who handle complaints well run a system — acknowledgment inside a day, categories that route urgent from routine, one written record per issue, and a close-the-loop message when
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 & LegalYour lease is not where the rules live. A condo tenant is bound by a declaration they never signed — and when they breach it, the corporation doesn't chase them. It charges you, and the charge attaches to your unit ahead of your mortgage. Here's the second rulebook, and the deadline most owners miss by three weeks.
Rights & LegalMost Ontario landlords screen on income first — three times the rent, or a 30% cut-off. The Human Rights Commission says that rule is illegal, and the regulation makes income the one tool you can't use on its own. Credit and rental history can stand alone. Income can't. Here's what you may actually ask.
Market TrendsOntario made basement apartments legal almost everywhere — and that's the half-truth that costs landlords the most. Bill 23 fixed the zoning. It didn't touch the Building Code or the Fire Code. A suite is legal only when all three line up, and the numbers you'll google disagree with each other.
Market TrendsStudent rentals are their own asset class — different tenant, different lease, different rules — and in 2026 they're at an inflection point. Ottawa cut Ontario's study-permit allocation 42% this year, and the pullback is reshaping every university town: landlords who once had September bidding wars are now offering one
Platform & ProductEvery property platform now claims an AI. The honest questions are: what can it actually see, what can it actually do, and what happens when it's wrong? This deep-dive walks through Keya, Tenon10's AI copilot, the way a landlord meets it — plain-English answers drawn from your own ledger ("What's my collection rate thi
Platform & ProductMost landlords don't have an accounting problem in April — they have a records problem all year that becomes visible in April. This deep-dive walks through Tenon10's accounting module the way a landlord actually meets it: the ledger that builds itself as rent comes in (card, bank, e-Transfer, even cash — one ledger), t
Rights & LegalEvery message to a tenant carries a legal weight — and most landlords can't tell the three tiers apart. Some things must be LTB forms, and no friendly letter can substitute. Some must be written with exact contents the RTA prescribes: the 24-hour entry notice's reason, date, and time; the email-service consent that mak
Rights & LegalAutomation has become standard practice in rental management — rent collection that reconciles itself, maintenance portals that never sleep, AI that reads a stack of applications in minutes. But the listicles skip the part that matters in Ontario: the RTA and the Human Rights Code draw hard lines around what can run on
Finances & BudgetingA homeowner policy does not cover a rental — most Ontario landlords learn that one the expensive way. This guide covers what standard landlord insurance actually includes (structure, liability, lost rental income), what the common endorsements add (sewer backup, overland flood, legal expenses), what a typical policy co
Rights & LegalNot every tenancy has to end at the Landlord and Tenant Board. Ontario law gives landlords and tenants several legal ways to part company without an eviction hearing — the N11 mutual agreement and cash-for-keys deal, the tenant's own N9 notice, assignment, and negotiated moves — each faster than the queue when done rig
Rights & LegalEvery LTB journey follows the same road: a notice, an application on the Tribunals Ontario Portal, a queue, a fork at mediation, a hearing, an order — and sometimes the Sheriff. This pillar guide maps the entire process end to end for landlords, tenants, and property managers: which notice starts which application, wha
Rights & LegalAn LTB eviction order is not possession — only the Sheriff can enforce it, and the Sheriff has a queue of their own. This guide covers the whole after-the-order world for landlords and tenants: the filing package and the six-month deadline, the fees and the regional wait, the Notice to Vacate, what actually happens on
Rights & LegalMost tenants at the LTB appear without a lawyer — and unlike landlords, tenants get free help: Duty Counsel on hearing day, community legal clinics before it. But the help only works if you claim it, the s. 82 counter-issue lane now sits behind a half-the-arrears payment (since September 21, 2026), and a missed hearing
Rights & LegalIn Ontario, a lease that ends doesn't end anything — it converts. So "renewal" is really a strategy question: stay month-to-month or sign a new fixed term? The answer is different for landlords (retention economics, flexibility), tenants (no-fault eviction protection, leverage you didn't know you had), and property man
Rights & LegalOntario's rent guideline isn't always the ceiling. Through an Above-Guideline Increase, landlords can recover extraordinary tax hikes, major capital work, and security costs — but only on three statutory grounds, under strict caps, with a hearing at the end and an expiry date built in. Here's the full process: grounds,
Rights & LegalOntario's renoviction rules now run on paperwork: a qualified professional's report, building permits, written timeline estimates, update obligations, a completion notice, and a 60-day window for the tenant to come back. Here's the full document trail — what landlords must produce, what tenants can demand, and where mu
Rights & LegalBill 60 gives Ontario landlords a new choice on own-use evictions: serve the N12 the fast way and pay a month's compensation, or give at least 120 days' notice and pay nothing. On a $3,000 unit, that timing choice is worth $3,000. This guide breaks down exactly how the new 120-day path works under RTA s.48.1(2), when i
Rights & LegalAs of July 1, 2026, the maximum fine for an RTA offence is $100,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations — double the old caps. Here's which offences carry that exposure, why directors and officers can be personally liable, and the compliance file that keeps the new numbers theoretical.
Rights & LegalTenant insurance isn't required by Ontario law — but your lease can require liability coverage, and skipping it can put your tenancy at risk. Here's what landlords can and can't demand under the standard lease, what coverage actually protects you, and how to get insured for less than a dollar a day.
Screening & ApplicationsA 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
Taxes & DeductionsThe expense section is where a T776 is won or lost — it's the largest part of the form and where landlords both overpay (by missing deductions) and get audited (by claiming the wrong ones). This deep-dive walks every T776 expense line, the one distinction that governs all of them — current vs. capital — and the traps t
Taxes & DeductionsCapital Cost Allowance lets Canadian landlords deduct a slice of their building's cost each year — but it's the most misunderstood line on a rental tax return. It's optional, it can't create a loss, and every dollar you claim can come back to bite you as fully taxed "recapture" when you sell. This guide explains how CC
Rent & PaymentsOntario's 2027 rent increase guideline is 1.9% — the maximum most landlords can raise rent without going to the LTB. This complete guide covers the 1.9% cap, the exact N1 notice rules, the 90-day timing (you can serve as early as October 2026 for a January 2027 increase), who's exempt, and the mistakes that quietly voi
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
Rent & PaymentsThe last month's rent deposit is the most common — and most misunderstood — deposit in Ontario. It can only be used for the last month's rent, never for damage, and you owe your tenant interest on it every year. This guide shows landlords exactly what you can collect, how the annual interest and top-up work, and why al
Taxes & DeductionsGood bookkeeping is the difference between a rental that runs like a business and one that costs you at tax time. This complete guide shows Ontario landlords what records to keep, how to track income and expenses, which costs are deductible, how long the CRA expects you to keep everything, and how clean books flow stra
Lease & AgreementsA guarantor can turn a borderline applicant into a safe one — but only if the agreement is set up properly and offered fairly. This guide shows Ontario landlords what a guarantor actually does, how to put a guarantee in place that holds up, how to screen and verify one, and the human-rights line you can't cross by dema
Screening & ApplicationsNo pay stub doesn't mean no proof. Self-employed applicants — freelancers, contractors, gig workers, small-business owners — are a fast-growing share of Ontario renters, and screening them out for lacking a T4 is both bad business and a legal risk. This guide shows landlords which documents actually verify self-employe
Screening & ApplicationsA reference call is only as good as the questions you ask — and most landlords ask the wrong ones. This guide gives Ontario landlords the specific previous-landlord and employer questions that reveal real risk, the ones that catch coached or fake references, and how to ask them without straying into Human Rights Code t
Screening & ApplicationsA credit check is one of the few screening tools Ontario law actually permits — but only if you do it right. This guide shows landlords how to get consent, run the check, read the report, and use it lawfully under the Human Rights Code, including the 2026 rules that make rental credit checks a no-score-impact soft inqu
Screening & ApplicationsA clean-looking application can still hide trouble. This guide walks Ontario landlords through the real red flags on a rental application — refusal to consent, inconsistent details, references that don't check out, gaps in rental history — and, just as importantly, how to act on them lawfully without crossing into Huma
Screening & ApplicationsScreening the right tenant is the single best way to avoid problems later — but in Ontario you have to do it within strict Human Rights Code limits. This complete guide walks landlords and property managers through a legal, effective screening process: applications, credit and reference checks, income verification, wha
Rights & LegalThe N13 is the notice an Ontario landlord uses to end a tenancy to demolish, convert, or do major repairs that need the unit empty. This guide walks through the three grounds, the 120-day notice rules, the compensation and right-to-return, and exactly how the process works — for both landlords serving one and tenants w
Rights & Legal"Renoviction" is when a landlord uses renovations to end a tenancy — sometimes legitimately, sometimes not. This complete guide explains how the N13 process actually works, the compensation and right-to-return rules, the new licensing crackdown under Bill 60/97, and how both landlords and tenants can stay on the right
Rights & LegalWhen a tenant moves out still owing you money, the L10 lets you take them to the LTB to collect — rent arrears, NSF charges, and utility costs. Here's who can use it, the one-year deadline that catches landlords out, what you can claim, and how to file and actually get paid.
Rights & LegalThe L9 lets an Ontario landlord ask the LTB for an order that a current tenant pay the rent they owe — without ending the tenancy. Here's when to use the L9 instead of an L1, how to file it, what the LTB can order, and how to actually collect once you win.
Rights & LegalThe N7 is Ontario's notice for ending a tenancy when a tenant causes serious problems — safety threats, wilful damage, or dangerous misuse. Here's when landlords can use it, the strict 10-day timeline, why it can't be voided, and the mistakes that get applications thrown out at the LTB.
Rights & LegalOntario landlords face the biggest rental law changes in years. Bill 60's N4 and landlord's-own-use N12 changes are in force for notices given on or after September 21, 2026 — a 7-day N4, and no compensation on a landlord's-own-use N12 (never a purchaser's) served with at least 120 days' notice; the 15-day LTB review r
Rights & LegalThe N5 is Ontario's most-used notice for tenancy issues that aren't about money — interference, damage, or overcrowding. This 2026 guide explains the unique two-N5 rule, what tenants can do to void the notice, and what landlords must document to make an N5 stand up at the LTB.
Rights & LegalConfused about whether to file an L1 or L2 at the Ontario LTB? This 2026 guide breaks down when each application applies, what notices they follow, how hearings differ, and what documentation landlords need to win.
Rights & LegalA complete 2026 guide to Ontario N12 notices. Understand when own-use ends a tenancy, the compensation rules under Bill 60, the good faith requirement, and how the process works for landlords, property managers, and tenants receiving an N12.
Rights & LegalA complete 2026 guide to rent increases in Ontario. Understand the 2.1% provincial guideline, the 90-day N1 notice requirement, when rent increases apply, what voids them, and how the process works for landlords, property managers, and tenants alike.
Lease & AgreementsThink your tenant's lease "expires" when the term ends? Think again. In Ontario, fixed-term leases automatically convert to month-to-month tenancies—and landlords can't force tenants to leave or sign a new lease. Learn how this works and what your options really are.
Rights & LegalMiss this critical 60-day window and your unauthorized occupant becomes a legal tenant—with full RTA protections and rent control intact. Learn how section 104(4) of the Residential Tenancies Act creates "deemed assignments" and what every Ontario landlord must do to protect their property.
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Lease & AgreementsEverything Ontario landlords need to know about the Standard Lease in 2026. Learn what's required, what you can add, common mistakes to avoid, and how to create a legally compliant lease under the new Bill 60 rules.
Rights & LegalStep-by-step instructions for Ontario landlords on filling out, serving, and following up on the N4 Notice to End a Tenancy for Non-Payment of Rent.
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