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The Threshold Map: Ontario's Unit-Count Compliance Checklist

A 19-point map of every line an Ontario rental portfolio crosses as it grows — the purchaser own-use ceiling at three units, the four-unit floors, Toronto's seven- and ten-unit lines with dates and published fees, the fire-file rules that ignore unit count entirely, and the compliance calendar to draft before closing. Compliance steps — it doesn't slope. Know the map before you buy the building.

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All 5 steps

  1. Run the ladder audit at offer stage: which rungs does this building sit on, and which do you cross by buying it
  2. Check the purchaser own-use ceiling before any tenanted purchase plan — the route exists at three units and not at four
  3. Calendar July 31 at closing for Toronto buildings of 10+ units and 3+ storeys — RentSafeTO is registration-based, not complaint-based
  4. Stand up the fire file if the building has a monitored alarm system: annual inspection, monthly logs, owner sign-off (new standard since Jan 1, 2026)
  5. Honour the floor that never moves: tenant rights are identical at every building size

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