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Tenant rights
Fifteen plain-language topics covering the tenancy issues Ontario renters ask about most. Each one explains what generally applies, the warning signs to watch for, the evidence worth preserving, and where the official rules live — with sources you can check yourself.
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Leases, deposits, and what generally applies when you rent a home in Ontario — including rules many renters never hear about.
Read this topicHow rent increases generally work in Ontario: 90 days' written notice, the annual guideline, and the exceptions that catch people off guard.
Read this topicLandlords generally must keep rental homes in good repair — even when problems existed before you moved in. Here is how to document issues and what processes may help.
Read this topicA rented home is still your home. Landlords generally need 24 hours' written notice and a lawful reason to enter — with a few important exceptions.
Read this topicLandlords generally may not harass, threaten, or coerce tenants, or substantially interfere with their reasonable enjoyment of the home. Patterns and records matter most.
Read this topicA notice is not an eviction. Understand the general path — notice, application, hearing, order, sheriff — and why deadlines make this time-sensitive.
Read this topicIn Ontario, only the sheriff can generally enforce an eviction. A landlord changing your locks without an enforced LTB order is an emergency with immediate steps.
Read this topicRenovation and demolition evictions have specific requirements — and, for major renovations, tenants generally have a right to move back in. Bad-faith "renovictions" can be challenged.
Read this topicA sale generally does not end a tenancy. New owners generally inherit existing tenants, and "the house is being sold" is not, by itself, a legal reason to leave.
Read this topicLandlords generally cannot seize belongings over unpaid rent, and after a sheriff-enforced eviction tenants generally have a short window to retrieve their property.
Read this topicVital services like heat, water, and electricity generally cannot be deliberately cut off or interfered with — and many municipalities set minimum heat standards.
Read this topicOntario's Human Rights Code applies to housing. Discrimination on protected grounds is prohibited, and landlords generally have a duty to accommodate disability-related needs.
Read this topicWhat generally happens before, during, and after a Landlord and Tenant Board hearing — and why showing up prepared changes outcomes.
Read this topicEnding a tenancy properly protects you after you leave: notice periods, the last month's rent deposit, and options like assignment and subletting.
Read this topicLandlord-tenant disputes do not always end at move-out. Landlords can generally pursue former tenants at the LTB — and former tenants have claims of their own.
Read this topicThis is legal information, not legal advice. RTO Pro is not a law firm. Deadlines and exceptions may apply to your situation — a qualified legal professional should confirm anything important before you rely on it.
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Every topic is grounded in the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and official Landlord and Tenant Board materials, links to its sources, and shows when it was last reviewed. This content is currently awaiting professional legal review — we label that honestly rather than pretending otherwise.