Rental

Can Your Landlord Ban You From Smoking or Growing Cannabis in Your Ontario Rental?

Legal cannabis let you grow 4 plants at home — but that is a right against the government, not against your landlord. This tenant-side guide explains what your Ontario lease can and cannot take away: when a no-smoking or no-cultivation clause is actually enforceable, why a landlord usually cannot add one mid-tenancy, whether a lease can override your federal right to grow (Cannabis Act s.12(4)), what second-hand smoke and mould can trigger (N5/N7), your landlord's 24-hour entry rules, and medical-cannabis accommodation under the Human Rights Code. Verified 2026-08-05.

Moving Out the Right Way in Ontario: The N9 Notice, the Deposit You Already Spent, and the Inspection That Doesn’t Exist

Here's what catches Ontario tenants off guard on move-out: there is no damage deposit and no legal move-out inspection, so the burden of proving the unit's condition is entirely on you — document it before you hand back the keys. This guide also covers the N9 notice (60 days, ending on the last day of a rental period), how your last month's rent deposit and its yearly interest are settled (2.1% for 2026), and how to sublet or assign if you need to break a fixed term early. Sourced throughout, and written for tenants who would rather get it right than argue later. Verified 2026-08-05.

Your Landlord Just Listed the Place: A Tenant’s Rights Map for Ontario

Your landlord is selling and you rent in Ontario — can you be forced out? No. According to the Landlord and Tenant Board, a sale doesn't end your lease: showings need 24 hours' written notice (8 a.m.–8 p.m.), the buyer inherits your tenancy and deposit, and only a genuine own-use N12 — with 60 days' notice and one month's rent compensation — can end it. Here is your rights map, and the T5 remedy for when an own-use claim turns out to be a pretext.

Renting Your First Place in Ontario as an International Student: No Credit, No Guarantor, No Problem

New to Ontario with no Canadian credit score and no local guarantor? Under the Residential Tenancies Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code, a landlord can only legally take a last month's rent deposit (capped at one month) plus a refundable key deposit at cost — security and damage deposits are illegal here. A landlord cannot force you to prepay months of rent, cannot single you out for a guarantor because you are a newcomer, and cannot treat 'no Canadian credit' as bad credit. This guide covers the document pack that replaces a credit score, the deposit rules, the Form 2229E standard lease, and building credit from month one.

Bed Bugs in an Ontario Rental: Whose Legal Responsibility Is Pest Control (and Who Pays)?

Bed bugs in an Ontario rental — whose job is pest control and who pays? Under the Residential Tenancies Act s.20, the landlord must treat and foot the bill regardless of who brought them in; the tenant's duty is to cooperate and prepare the unit. This guide breaks down the landlord/tenant split, when cost can shift to the tenant (s.34 wilful or negligent conduct, non-cooperation), how municipal property standards, public health and the LTB each fit, and the T6 paper trail that wins a rent abatement.

Landlord Won’t Fix It? Ontario’s T6 Application, Step by Step

When an Ontario landlord won’t make repairs, a tenant can file a T6 (Tenant Application about Maintenance) at the LTB for rent abatement, a repair order and compensation. The fee is 53 dollars, or 48 dollars on the Tribunals Ontario Portal. This guide digs into the notice and evidence you build first, how to complete the form, what the Board can order, how abatement is calculated, the one-year limit, and why withholding rent backfires.

Renting an Unregistered Basement Unit in Ontario: Does the RTA Still Protect You If the Unit Is Illegal?

Your landlord says the basement you rent is illegal, not covered by the Residential Tenancies Act, and that you can be evicted anytime? Whether a unit meets municipal rules is not a precondition for the RTA to apply, and the LTB keeps jurisdiction over the tenancy. Learn why the RTA still applies, what the LTB does and does not decide, the real risk of a municipal work order and N13, and what a tenant can raise. Not legal advice.

Renting a Mobile Home Lot in Ontario: How Land Lease Community Rules Differ From the Standard RTA

In an Ontario land lease community or mobile home park you own the home but rent the site, and Part X of the RTA (ss.152–167) overrides the standard rules: entry/exit fees limited to out-of-pocket costs, a $50 cap on the rent increase when you sell and assign, and a full year's notice plus compensation if the park ever closes.