LTB: Help for Landlords | Tribunals Ontario

Help for Landlords

This is a list of common concerns that you may have about your tenancy and what you can do about them. Not every concern is listed here. Remember that if you want to apply to evict your tenant, you will usually need to give them a notice before you apply.

Other resources that may help answer your questions, include:

A Guide to the Residential Tenancies Act (HTML | PDF)
The Residential Tenancies Act
LTB Frequently Asked Questions
LTB Brochures
Standard Lease (Mandatory for new leases starting April 30, 2018) and the Guide to the Standard Lease
The Application and Hearing Process at the Landlord and Tenant Board

You may want to get legal advice before you decide what to do.

Concern

Resources

Forms

My tenant has not paid the rent.

Brochure: If a Tenant Does Not Pay Rent

Guideline 11: Eviction for Failure to Pay Rent

N4 – Notice to End Your Tenancy for Non-payment of Rent

L1 – Application to Evict a Tenant for Non-payment of Rent and to Collect Rent the Tenant Owes

L9 – Application to Collect Rent the Tenant Owes

My tenant has persistently paid the rent late.

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

N8 – Notice to End Your Tenancy at the End of a Term

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

My tenant, their guest or another occupant of the rental unit has:

substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment, or another lawful right, privilege or interest of the landlord or another tenant (Use N7, below, if you live in the same building as the tenant and the building has 3 or fewer units.)
negligently damaged the rental unit or the complex (Use N7, below, for wilful damage)
too many people living in the rental unit

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

N5 – Notice to End Your Tenancy for Interfering with Others, Damage or Overcrowding

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

If you want compensation but don't want to evict, no notice is required. Use the L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant.

My tenant, their guest or another occupant of the rental unit has:

seriously impaired the safety of another person
wilfully damaged the rental unit or the complex (Use N5, above, for negligent damage.)
used the unit or complex in a manner that is inconsistent with its use as residential premises and that has caused or may cause, serious damage

I live in the same building as the tenant and the building has 3 or fewer units. My tenant, their guest or another occupant of the rental unit has:

substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment, or another lawful right, privilege or interest of the landlord or another tenant

N7 – Notice to End your Tenancy for Causing Serious Problems in the Rental Unit or Residential Complex

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

If you want compensation but don't want to evict, no notice is required. Use the L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant.

I own, or have entered into an agreement to buy, the rental unit and one of the following people wants to move into the rental unit:

Myself or my spouse
My child or parent
My spouse's child or parent
A person who will provide care services for any of these people

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

Guideline 12: Eviction for Personal Use, Demolition, Repairs and Conversion

N12 – Notice to End Your Tenancy Because the Landlord, a Purchaser or a Family Member Requires the Rental Unit

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

I intend to:

Convert the rental unit into a non-residential use
Demolish the unit
Do extensive repairs or renovations that require a building permit and vacant possession of the unit

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

Guideline 12: Eviction for Personal Use, Demolition, Repairs and Conversion

N13 – Notice to End Your Tenancy Because the Landlord wants to Demolish the Rental Unit, Repair it or Convert it to Another Use

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

My tenant or another occupant of the rental unit has committed an illegal act or carried on an illegal business.

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

Guideline 9: Eviction for an Illegal Act or Business

N6 – Notice to End Your Tenancy for Illegal Acts

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

My tenant has failed to meet the conditions of a mediated settlement or order of the LTB.

L4 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant Where Tenant Failed to Meet Conditions of a Settlement or Order

I want to apply for a rent increase above the guideline.

Brochure: 2020 Rent Increase Guideline

Brochure: Information about Applications for a Rent Increase Above the Guideline

Guideline 14: Applications for Rent Increases Above the Guideline

L5 – Application for an Above Guideline Increase

My tenant gave notice that they were moving out of the rental unit or agreed to move out and I want to apply for an eviction order.

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

L3 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict the Tenant – Tenant Gave Notice or Agreed to End the Tenancy

I want to evict an unauthorized occupant because my tenant transferred the tenancy without my consent.

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

Guideline 21: Landlords, Tenants, Occupants and Residential Tenancies

A2 – Application About a Sublet or an Assignment

My tenant's employment as the superintendent has ended and they have not moved out.

Brochure: How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy

L2 – Application to End a Tenancy and Evict a Tenant

My tenant and I have agreed to a rent increase above the guideline.

N10 – Agreement to Increase the Rent Above the Guideline

My tenant changed the locks without my consent.

L8 – Application Because the Tenant Changed the Locks

I want to know if the Residential Tenancies Act covers my rental unit or complex.

A Guide to the Residential Tenancies Act (HTML | PDF)

A1 – Application About Whether the Act Applies

I want to vary the amount of a rent reduction because the Notice of Rent Reduction sent by the municipality is wrong.

A4 – Application to Vary the Amount of a Rent Reduction