How we write and check what we publish.
The standards behind every guide and news story on the Tenon10 blog.
What we publish
Practical guides and news for Canadian landlords, tenants and property managers: changes to tenancy law and rules, tribunal and court decisions, government announcements, and how-to guides on leases, notices, rent, deposits, maintenance and bookkeeping.
News stories report a change, say who it affects and link the source. Guides explain how a rule works today and say which province or city they apply to.
Sourcing
We work from primary sources wherever they exist: legislation and regulations, the Landlord and Tenant Board (Ontario), the Residential Tenancy Branch (British Columbia) and other tribunals, government and municipal releases, and published decisions.
We link the sources we relied on, so you can read them yourself. An article that summarises rules carries a dated "summary, not legal advice" note with its sources and the date they were retrieved.
Fact-checking
Our practice is to check an article's factual claims (rules, figures, dates and deadlines) against sources before it is published, and to record the result with the article. A fact check that does not pass blocks publication until the flagged claims are corrected and checked again, and a check made against an earlier version of the text is flagged as out of date.
Every article also passes an originality (plagiarism) check of the exact text being published before it can go live.
How we use AI
Articles are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools. AI also helps run the fact check.
No article is published by AI on its own. A person on our editorial team reviews each article and must approve its publication: our publishing tools will not publish or schedule an article until that person confirms it.
Independence and our product
Tenon10 is a software company. We make rental management software for landlords, property managers and tenants, and our articles sometimes mention Tenon10 features where they are relevant to the topic.
We say so plainly, and it does not change what we report a rule to say or whom it favours.
Not legal advice
Our articles are general information, not legal advice. Rules change and every tenancy is different. For advice about your situation, speak to a lawyer or a licensed paralegal, or contact the tribunal for your province.
Errors and contact
If you think we got something wrong, our corrections policy explains how to tell us and what we do about it. Our masthead names who is responsible for what we publish.