Tenant Guides: Ontario Rental Housing Information
Plain-English information about your rights, common notices, and the Landlord and Tenant Board process — written for Ontario tenants dealing with a real situation.
Tenant Guides
What's going on?
Start with the situation closest to yours, or see the full Start Here guide.
I received a notice
Understand what the notice means, key deadlines, and whether it can be voided.
Read this guideRepairs aren't being done
What landlords must maintain, and how to escalate through the LTB.
Read this guideMy privacy feels violated
Entry notice rules and what to do about improper entry.
Read this guideMy rent is going up
Notice periods, the annual guideline, and what's allowed.
Read this guideI have a hearing coming up
How to prepare evidence and what to expect.
Read this guideI want to move out
Notice periods and a practical moving checklist.
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Tenant Rights in Ontario
Core protections under the Residential Tenancies Act.
Read the guideEvictions in Ontario
How the eviction process works, step by step.
Read the guideUnpaid Rent and the N4 Notice
What happens after an N4, and how to respond.
Read the guideThe N5 Notice Explained
Interference, damage and overcrowding notices.
Read the guideThe N12 Notice Explained
Own-use notices, compensation, and bad-faith protections.
Read the guideOntario Rent Increases
The guideline, notice rules, and above-guideline increases.
Read the guideRepairs, Maintenance and Tenant Remedies
The T6 process and other remedies.
Read the guideLandlord Entry and Tenant Privacy
When entry is allowed, and when it isn't.
Read the guidePreparing for an LTB Hearing
What to bring and how the process runs.
Read the guideLTB Orders and Sheriff Enforcement
What happens after an order is issued.
Read the guideResidential Tenancies Act Ontario Guide
What the Act covers and who it applies to.
Read the guideHow to Respond to an N4 Notice for Unpaid Rent
Paying, disputing, or negotiating before the hearing date.
Read the guideHow to Respond to an N6 or N7 Notice
What to do before the deadline passes on an illegal-act or serious-problem notice.
Read the guideHow to Respond to an N8 Notice (End of Term)
Your options before the hearing when a landlord wants to end a tenancy at term end.
Read the guideHow to Respond to an N11 (Agreement to End a Tenancy)
What to check before signing an agreement to move out.
Read the guideHow to Respond to an N13 Renovation Eviction
Verifying your right to return and what to check before you move out.
Read the guideHow to File a T2 Application, Step by Step
Through the LTB portal, what to attach, and what happens next.
Read the guideHow to File a T6 Application for Maintenance Problems
Building a repair complaint case, form by form.
Read the guideHow to File a T5 Application After a Bad-Faith Eviction
The process and deadline for seeking a remedy.
Read the guideFiling a Claim for an Uninhabitable Unit, Step by Step
Building the application and gathering supporting evidence.
Read the guideHow to Ask for a Rent Abatement at a Hearing
Building the request and presenting the evidence that supports it.
Read the guideEnding a Fixed-Term Lease Early: A Step-by-Step Guide
Your options, the notice required, and what to expect.
Read the guideHow to Prepare for a Mediation Session at the LTB
What to bring and how a mediation session actually unfolds.
Read the guideHow to Appeal an LTB Order to the Divisional Court
The filing steps and deadlines for a Divisional Court appeal.
Read the guideHow to Get Your Deposit or Last Month's Rent Back
The step-by-step process for recovering money a landlord won't return.
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