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Someone Slips at Your Open House — Are You Liable? Ontario’s Occupiers’ Liability Act, Explained for Sellers and Landlords
Someone gets hurt at your open house or in a unit you rent out — and the first thing Ontario law wants to know is not whether an accident happened, but whether your care was reasonable. This guide anchors on that single test in the Occupiers’ Liability Act (s.3), then works outward from it: who can actually be liable (the “occupier” — and there can be more than one, s.1), how little time an injured visitor may have to sue (for snow or ice, just 60 days — s.6.1), when pointing at your snow contractor works (s.6), whether a warning sign helps, and where a landlord gets pulled in (s.8). Broker Arthur Zhao explains.
Aug 25, 2026
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