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Ontario Lease Copy and Landlord Address: Tenant Checklist
A one-page checklist for Ontario tenants: checking the landlord's legal name and address on the lease, the 21-day copy rule, asking in writing and the rent suspension.
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The first 5 of 12 steps
- Find the landlord's legal nameEvery written lease since June 17, 1998 must show it (RTA s.12(1)). A first name or nickname is not enough; a company owner's legal name should appear.
- Find the address for noticesThis is where you serve notices and applications (s.12(1)); on the Standard Lease it has its own section near the start.
- Verbal agreement? Expect written noticeThe landlord must give written notice of the legal name and address within 21 days after the tenancy begins (s.12(3)).
- Gather your recordsKeep your lease copy or signing date, and messages showing who the landlord is: emails, payment records, the listing.
- Count 21 daysFrom the day you signed the lease and gave it to the landlord (s.12(2)).
+7 more items in the full checklist
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