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Rights & LegalAlberta pays two rent benefits directly to tenants. Here is who qualifies for the Rent Assistance Benefit and the Temporary Rent Assistance Benefit, the 2026 TRAB rates, and how to apply.
GeneralWhen the only tenant of an Ontario rental dies, the tenancy is deemed to end 30 days later. Here is what the landlord must preserve, who may collect the belongings, when a spouse stays on, and what the estate can still claim.
GeneralA buyer's step-by-step guide to taking over a tenanted Alberta rental: purchaser-occupy notices, deposits, the notice of landlord and rent increases.
GeneralSaskatchewan lets a landlord show an occupied unit to prospective tenants on two hours' notice once the tenant has given notice or a fixed term is in its last two months. Here is how to do it step by step.
Rights & LegalOttawa landlords must give tenants an "information for tenants" document, answer urgent service requests within 24 hours, keep a tenant support registry and an integrated pest management plan, and keep a capital maintenance plan for buildings of 3+ storeys or 10+ units.
GeneralAlberta's Residential Tenancies Act does not apply to a room in the landlord's own living quarters, short hotel and B&B stays, some student housing and several other kinds of accommodation. Here is the full list and what it means when you advertise a room or a suite.
GeneralHow a Canadian selling US property uses Form 8288-B to reduce FIRPTA withholding: when it applies, the evidence to attach, line-by-line steps, timing and a worked maximum-tax example.
Rights & LegalLockouts, utility cut-offs and curbside belongings are all illegal eviction tactics in Alberta. Here is what the Residential Tenancies Act requires instead, and what a tenant can do.
GeneralThe Saskatchewan rent increase form for a month-to-month tenancy is the ORT's Notice of Rent Increase (old Form 5). Here is what to have ready, how to pick a valid effective date, and how to serve it.
GeneralHow FIRPTA withholding works when a Canadian sells US real estate: the 15%, 10% and 0% rates, worked examples, the buyer's Forms 8288 and 8288-A, and getting the excess back on a 1040-NR.
Rights & LegalOTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2026: A proposal to replace a 23-unit rental complex at 551 Riverdale Ave. with a 92-unit building could displace more than 50 tenants. Here is what Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act requires when a landlord ends tenancies to demolish.
Rights & LegalAn Ontario landlord can end a tenancy over noise or smells only when they substantially interfere with the landlord or other tenants, using an N5 and an LTB order. Here is what counts, the deadlines, and what does not work.
News & Policy UpdatesTORONTO, Nov. 13, 2026: A Toronto couple says an air-quality monitor that read their flatulence as smoke led to an eviction notice. In Ontario, a smell alone is not a ground to evict. Here is what the law actually requires.
GeneralAn RTB compensation claim in BC succeeds only if you prove a breach, a loss caused by it, the loss's value and that you acted reasonably to limit it.
GeneralOnly a civil enforcement agency can evict in Alberta, and only after the order for possession is served and an affidavit of service is filed. The steps from order to eviction day, and the rules that govern the day itself.
GeneralWhen a Canadian must file Form T1135 for a US rental, how the C$100,000 cost test works, Part A vs Part B, a worked category 5 example, currency conversion and late-filing penalties.
GeneralSaskatchewan's tenancy law does not mention late rent fees or NSF charges and sets no amount. Here is what that means for a lease clause, an unpaid-rent notice and a claim at the ORT.
GeneralUnreasonable disturbance or significant interference can end a BC tenancy for cause, but only when the conduct goes well beyond the ordinary noise of shared living.
GeneralWorked dates for every Alberta notice period: monthly notices for tenants and landlords, rent due on the 15th, late notices under section 10(2), weekly and yearly tenancies, and how 14 clear days are counted.
GeneralWhen a tenant moves out and leaves things behind, Saskatchewan's Act sets a $1,500 line: at or under it the landlord may remove and dispose of the items after reasonable efforts to reach the tenant; over it the landlord needs a Property Disposition Order.
Safety & Scam PreventionOTTAWA, Nov. 6, 2026: Health Canada has recalled the Leakbee YC302 carbon monoxide detector, sold in Canada from January to May 2026. Here is what landlords and tenants should do if a rental has one.
Rights & LegalEvery written Ontario lease must give the landlord's legal name and address for notices, and the landlord must hand over a signed copy within 21 days. Until they do, the tenant's duty to pay rent is suspended, but the rent comes due once the landlord complies.
Rights & LegalWELLAND, Ont., Nov. 12, 2026: Tenants at a Welland building say they don't know who their landlord is after its manager's insolvency. Ontario's RTA s.12 says the lease must name the landlord.
News & Policy UpdatesCALGARY, Nov. 12, 2026: The City's proposed 2027–2030 budget asks for a 15% increase in municipal property tax revenue in 2027, about $53 a month more for a typical home including utilities. Council debates it from Nov. 23.
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