Ontario LTB Changes
Effective September 21, 2026. Plain-language overview of recent Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) and Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) updates from Bill 60 and Bill 97, for landlords and tenants who need licensed paralegal help.
Daniel English is a licensed Ontario paralegal (not a lawyer). YLAW provides paralegal representation at the LTB and related residential tenancy matters within the Law Society of Ontario’s paralegal scope of practice.
What changed on September 21, 2026?
Ontario updated several RTA rules that affect how landlords and tenants give notices, raise issues at rent-arrears hearings, and challenge bad-faith terminations. These changes come from Bill 60 and Bill 97 amendments.
N12 — Landlord’s own use
For N12 notices served on or after September 21, 2026, if the landlord gives at least 120 days’ notice to end a tenancy for personal use, they are generally no longer required to pay compensation to the tenant or offer another acceptable unit. Shorter notice still triggers the older compensation rules. This change does not apply to purchaser’s own use N12s.
After an eviction for landlord’s own use, the landlord (or specified person such as an immediate family member or caregiver) must normally take occupancy within 60 days of the date in the N12. Failure to do so may be presumed bad faith, and the tenant may file a T5 application.
N13 — Renovation, repair, or demolition
Tenants who intend to move back after renovations should give written notice. On or after September 21, 2026, landlords must promptly tell tenants the estimated completion date, update them if it changes, and notify them in writing when the unit is ready. Landlords must also give 60 days’ notice to reoccupy after work completed on or after that date.
The deadline to file a T5 for right-of-first-refusal problems is now two years after move-out or six months after renovations finish, whichever is later.
N4 — Non-payment of rent
The N4 notice period is shortened from 14 days to 7 days. Updated forms are on the Tribunals Ontario portal.
To raise other issues at a rent-arrears hearing (for applications filed on or after September 21, 2026), the tenant must pay the landlord half of the claimed arrears at least seven days before the hearing, keep a receipt, and still give written notice of those issues at least seven days before the hearing.
Persistent late rent
As of September 21, 2026, rent received more than seven days late at least three times in a six-month period can count as persistent late payment (with important exceptions if the landlord applied the payment to other amounts owed).
Setting aside or delaying eviction orders
Rules for cancelling eviction orders based on agreements or tenant notices, and for delaying evictions when the landlord objects, are tighter. The LTB must be satisfied a delay would not be unfair and, in many cases, that there are compelling reasons.
Need licensed paralegal help?
These updates affect strategy for notices, hearings, and bad-faith claims. Book a free consultation with licensed Ontario paralegal Daniel English at YLAW.
Contact YLAW · Call (437) 995-9529 · Related summary: LTB / RTA Updates Effective September 21, 2026
Informational summary only — not legal advice. Source: LTB materials on Bill 60 and Bill 97 RTA amendments.