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Residential Landlord and Tenant (Ontario) Legal Guide
(01 September 2020)

Note 1: On 01 September 2020 I updated the non-payment of rent provisions of the RTA to reflect the important COVID-related provisions of the summer of 2020. See Ch.7, s.11: COVID-era Arrears Agreements and Ex Parte Enforcement.

Note 2: EMCPA Order re Evictions [*New at 08 April 2021*]
Effective 08 April 2021 at 12:01am (noon), under Reg 266/21: Residential Evictions [extended by 292/21, 327/21 and 340/21], an order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act provides that no person (ie. the sheriff) shall attend a residential premises to enforce an LTB eviction order or a writ of possession issued by the Superior Court. This rule is excepted where the LTB or the Superior Court orders that the sheriff expedite enforcement [as per Ch.6 for evictions for illegal activities, safety, damage, and substantial interference with reasonable enjoyment]. This order is the same as prior 'stay-at-home' orders (now expired) that applied to different counties earlier in the year, though this current order is now province-wide. It is presently anticipated to last until 02 June 2021. [note current at 13 May 2021]

Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals
2. Special and Exempt Premises
   
   
3. Tenant Rights, Responsibilities and Remedies
   
   
4. Termination Fundamentals
5. Regular Landlord Terminations
6. Early Landlord Termination for Cause
7. Non-Payment of Rent Termination
8. Other Termination Procedures
9. Termination Defences
   
   
10. Rent Fundamentals
11. Above-Guideline Rent Increases
12. Other Rent Proceedings
    
    
13. General Board Procedures
14. Hearings, Orders and Enforcement
    
15. Reviews and Court Appeals
16. Civil Remedies
    
    
17. Offences
    
    Updating

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