Water Leak in an Ontario Rental: Who Pays for the Damage?
After a water leak in an Ontario rental, who pays depends on the cause, whose property was damaged and what insurance each side carries. Here is how the Residential Tenancies Act divides it.
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After a water leak in an Ontario rental, who pays depends on the cause, whose property was damaged and what insurance each side carries. Here is how the Residential Tenancies Act divides it.
Heat, water, electricity, gas — these are "vital services" in Ontario, and a landlord can't withhold or deliberately interfere with them, ever. Not for unpaid rent, not for a damaged unit, not until an eviction is actually enforced. There's a minimum heat standard (and stricter city bylaws), a rule that makes the landl