Start Here: Find the Right Ontario Landlord & Tenant Guide
Not sure where to begin? Choose the situation closest to yours below, or use the quick map of the site to find the right section.
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I have not been paid rent
Understand your options as a landlord when rent is late or missing, from an N4 notice to an LTB application.
Read this guideI received an N4 notice
What an N4 means, how many days you have, and how paying in full can void the notice.
Read this guideI received an N5 notice
Learn what interference, damage or overcrowding notices mean and whether you can void a first N5.
Read this guideI received an N12 notice
What landlord's-own-use and purchaser's-own-use notices require, including compensation rules.
Read this guideMy landlord wants me to leave
A plain-English overview of how evictions actually work in Ontario, and what can't happen without an order.
Read this guideMy tenant is causing problems
Options for landlords dealing with disruptive tenants, damage, or lease violations.
Read this guideRepairs are not being completed
What tenants can do when a landlord isn't keeping a unit in a good state of repair.
Read this guideMy landlord entered my unit
Notice requirements for entry, permitted reasons, and what to do about improper entry.
Read this guideI need to increase the rent
How the annual guideline works, notice periods, and above-guideline increase applications.
Read this guideI have an LTB hearing
How to prepare evidence, what to bring, and what happens during and after a hearing.
Read this guideI want to move out
Notice periods for ending a tenancy and a practical checklist for moving day.
Read this guideI need help with a lease dispute
How mediation and the Landlord and Tenant Board resolve disputes between tenants and landlords.
Read this guide
How This Site Is Organized
Four ways to find what you need
Tenant & Landlord Guides
Step-by-step, reference-style guides organized by role — what to do, in what order.
Tenant Guides / Landlord GuidesInsights
Longer-form analysis on the reasoning behind the rules — for when you want the fuller picture.
Read InsightsTools & Checklists
Practical checklists and a full notices & forms reference you can scan quickly.
Open Tools & ChecklistsGlossary
Quick, plain-English definitions for LTB and Residential Tenancies Act terms.
Browse the Glossary