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:''This is the Residential Tenancies Act of Ontario. For other jurisdictions, see Residential Tenancies Act (disambiguation).'' The ''Residential Tenancies Act, 2006'' (RTA 2006) is the law in the province of
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
,
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, that governs landlord and tenant relations in residential rental accommodations. The Act received
royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in oth ...
on June 22, 2006, and was proclaimed into law on January 31, 2007. The Act repealed and replaced the ''Tenant Protection Act'', 1997. Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board is governed by the act.


Contents

The ''Residential Tenancies Act 2006'' contains chapters on the meaning of a tenancy, the duties of landlords and tenants, "security of tenure" and the list of legitimate reasons that a landlord can evict a tenant, and a system of
rent regulation Rent regulation is a system of laws, administered by a court or a public authority, which aims to ensure the affordability of housing and tenancies on the rental market for dwellings. Generally, a system of rent regulation involves: *Price cont ...
. Section 120 contains the key provision on rent regulation, which says that rents cannot increase by more than 2.5 per cent in a year.


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