Rental

Locked Out by Your Landlord in Ontario? A Tenant’s Guide to the T2 and What You Can Recover

In Ontario, a landlord who changes your locks, shuts off your utilities, or removes your belongings is committing an illegal lockout (self-help eviction) — banned by the RTA. From the tenant's side: how to file the LTB T2, what evidence to gather, what remedies you can win (re-entry, rent abatement, out-of-pocket costs, fines), and the one-year deadline.

Filing Rental Income Tax with CRA Form T776: What Landlords Can Deduct, and Why Claiming CCA Depreciation Can Backfire

Rental income in Ontario is filed on CRA Form T776 (Statement of Real Estate Rentals): gross rent minus deductible expenses equals net rental income. Deductibles include interest (interest only, not principal), property tax, insurance, repairs, management fees and more, by CRA line number. Repairs (current expenses) are fully deducted the year you pay them; renovations and improvements (capital expenses) are depreciated over years through CCA — a rental building is Class 1 at 4%. CCA is optional, cannot create a rental loss, and triggers recapture on sale — and can void the 45(2) principal-residence exemption on a home you moved out of and rented.

How to Price a Rental Listing in the GTA: Too Low vs. Too High, and the Real Cost of Vacancy

How GTA landlords should price a rental: using leased comps (not active listings), the weekly carrying cost of an overpriced unit, pricing slightly under to win competition and a better tenant, and how rent control makes your starting rent a multi-year decision.

Rooming Houses & Multi-Tenant Homes in Toronto: Licensing, Fire Code, and the 2024 Rules

A guide to Toronto rooming / multi-tenant houses: city-wide legalization on March 31, 2024 (Municipal Code Ch. 575), the mandatory operator licence ($27.04/room + $162.24 inspection), up to 6 rooms city-wide (12 or 25 in some old-Toronto zones), a Fire Safety Plan for more than four tenants, fines up to $100,000 for operating unlicensed, and that tenants keep full RTA protection. Source: City of Toronto (2024).

How to Legally Screen Tenants in Ontario: Credit Checks, Income, and the Human Rights Lines You Can’t Cross

A landlord's guide to legally screening tenants in Ontario: what you can ask for (rental application, references, income and credit checks, OREA Form 410), the Human Rights Code grounds you can't refuse on, why the "30% income rule" is illegal, and legal first/last month rent vs. banned damage deposits. Source: ohrc.on.ca / tribunalsontario.ca.

Ontario’s 2026 Rent Increase Guideline: The 2.1% Cap, the 12-Month Rule, N1 Notice, and Above-Guideline Increases

A GTA guide to Ontario's 2026 rent increase guideline: the 2.1% cap, the once-every-12-months rule, the 90-day N1 notice, the exemption for units first occupied after Nov 15 2018, Above-Guideline Increases (AGI) through the LTB, and tenant rights. Source: Government of Ontario (ontario.ca) / LTB.

Ontario’s Mandatory Standard Lease (Form 2229E): What Every GTA Tenant and Landlord Should Know

Since April 30, 2018, most Ontario private residential tenancies must use the Standard Lease (Form 2229E). Who it covers, exemptions and the withhold-rent rule.

The N13 Notice in Ontario: When a Renoviction Is Legal, and Every Right a Tenant Has

When can an Ontario landlord legally use Form N13 for demolition, conversion, or major renovation? Get the 120-day notice rule, compensation by building size, the tenant right of first refusal, bad-faith penalties up to 12 months rent, and Toronto's new licence bylaw.