:''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 the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

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, that governs

landlord and tenant A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant has rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a lea ...

relations in residential rental accommodations. The Act received

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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 The Act repealed and replaced the ''Tenant Protection Act'', 1997.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 The Landlord and Tenant Board () is an adjudicative tribunal operating in the province of Ontario that provides dispute resolution of landlord and Leasehold estate, tenant matters under the ''Residential Tenancies Act, 2006''. It is one of the 13 ...

(LTB) is governed by the act.

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 for the rental market of dwellings, with controversial effects on affordability of housing and tenancies. Generally, a system of rent regulation involves: *Price controls, limits on the rent that a landlord ...

. 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. Section 38 states a lease will automatically renew indefinitely. Section 39 requires an LTB order to remove a tenant who does not leave voluntarily. Together these sections effectively give tenants, if they pay their rent and do not violate other rules, lifetime tenancy.

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