Raising the rent in Ontario has strict rules — 90 days' notice, once every 12 months, and no more than the 2.1% guideline for most units. LandlordEzy turns the N1 — Notice of Rent Increase into a one-click job: we pre-fill the new rent and the earliest legal date, you e-sign and serve, and the increase applies to your rent ledger automatically. No paralegal. No property manager. No mistakes.
Official LTB form · Guideline-safe new rent · Auto-applies to the ledger
Tribunals Ontario
Landlord and Tenant Board
Form N1
Notice of Rent Increase
Notice of Rent Increase
James Wilson
P. Rouillard
305 Queen St, Unit 3B, Sudbury, ON P3A 1J2
| Current rent | $1,500.00 |
| Increase (2.1% guideline) | +$31.50 |
| New rent | $1,531.50 |
Landlord signature
P. Rouillard
2.1%
Guideline pre-filled for you
90 days
Notice handled automatically
$0
Paralegal fees to draft it
Auto
Applied to your rent ledger
The rules are strict. The tool isn't.
Too much notice missing, the wrong amount, or raising too soon makes the increase unenforceable — and you can't fix it for another year. LandlordEzy makes it impossible to slip up.
The old way
The LandlordEzy way
STEP 1
Open the tenant whose rent you want to raise — we already have their lease and rent.
STEP 2
The guideline increase, new rent and earliest legal effective date are auto-filled on the official form.
STEP 3
Sign right on screen. Signing creates the final, filled, official N1 PDF.
STEP 4
In person, mail, courier or email (with written consent) — we record it and keep the proof.
STEP 5
On the effective date your ledger charges the new rent — and serves an N4 path if they underpay.
The part landlords love
The moment you serve the N1, LandlordEzy schedules the increase onto the lease. On the effective date, your rent ledger automatically starts charging the new rent — you don't lift a finger. If the tenant then pays the old amount, the shortfall lands in the ledger and you can serve an N4 in seconds. Raise the rent, collect the rent, enforce the rent — one connected, automated system that replaces a property manager.
A detail most landlords miss
When rent goes up, you're allowed to ask the tenant to top up their last-month-rent deposit so it matches the new rent. Most landlords forget — and lose that money. LandlordEzy adds the top-up to the ledger for you, scheduled to become due on the increase date (never before), and the tenant simply pays it with their rent. No credit card, no awkward ask, no lost dollars.
Done for you, automatically:
Property managers charge a percentage of your rent to do exactly this. LandlordEzy does it in under a minute, for every unit, for the price of a membership — and the increase enforces itself.
A property manager
% of your rent
Every month, forever — to handle the same paperwork you can do yourself in seconds.
With LandlordEzy
Included & instant
Every unit, every year — generate, sign, serve and auto-apply in under a minute.
An N1 — Notice of Rent Increase — is the official Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) form a landlord must give a tenant to legally raise the rent. In Ontario you must give at least 90 days' written notice, you can only raise the rent once every 12 months, and (for most units) by no more than the provincial rent-increase guideline. LandlordEzy fills the official Form N1 for you, calculates the new rent, sets the earliest legal date, and lets you e-sign and serve it.
The 2026 Ontario rent-increase guideline is 2.1%. For most rent-controlled units that's the maximum you can raise the rent in a 12-month period without applying to the LTB for an above-guideline increase. LandlordEzy pre-fills the current guideline and calculates the exact new rent for you, so you never go over by accident.
At least 90 days' written notice before the increase takes effect, served on the official N1 form. You also can't raise the rent until at least 12 months after the tenant moved in or since the last increase. LandlordEzy automatically sets the earliest legal effective date for you so the notice can't be served too early.
Under a minute. We pull the current rent from the lease, pre-fill the guideline increase and the new rent, set the earliest lawful effective date, and fill the official LTB Form N1 — then you e-sign and serve it without leaving the platform. No paralegal, no manual math, no missed deadlines.
Yes — this is the part landlords love. When you serve the N1, LandlordEzy schedules the increase onto the lease. On the effective date, your rent ledger automatically starts charging the new rent. If the tenant then underpays, the shortfall shows up in the ledger and you can serve an N4 in seconds. The whole rent-increase-to-enforcement loop runs itself.
Yes. When rent goes up, you're allowed to ask the tenant to top up their last-month-rent deposit so it matches the new rent. LandlordEzy adds that top-up to the ledger with one click — scheduled to become due on the increase effective date (it isn't payable before then), and paid alongside regular rent. No credit card, no awkward conversation.
No. A rent increase is a notice you serve yourself — landlords are entitled to prepare and serve their own N1. The mistakes that cost landlords (too much notice missing, the wrong amount, raising too soon) are exactly what LandlordEzy prevents automatically. You get the property-manager outcome without the property-manager fee.
Most units are capped at the guideline. Some units are exempt (for example, units first occupied after November 15, 2018), and a landlord can apply to the LTB for an above-guideline increase (AGI) in limited cases. If your increase is above the guideline, LandlordEzy flags it on the N1 so the form is shaded correctly. For anything above the guideline, confirm your situation with a licensed paralegal.
Yes. We fill the official Tribunals Ontario / Landlord and Tenant Board Form N1 — the same form the LTB requires — with the tenant and unit details, the new rent, the increase amount and percentage, the effective date and your signature. It's ready to serve.
Yes — the automated N1 generator, e-signing, serving, the ledger automation and the last-month-rent top-up are part of a paid LandlordEzy membership. Each lease includes a free N1, and it pays for itself the first time you avoid a paralegal bill or a botched, unenforceable increase.
LandlordEzy is software that helps you prepare and serve Ontario LTB forms — it is not a law firm and this page is general information, not legal advice. The 2026 guideline shown is 2.1%; confirm the current guideline for your situation. For advice on your specific matter, consult a licensed Ontario paralegal or lawyer.
Raise the rent the right way, the easy way — guideline-safe, perfectly timed, auto-applied to your ledger, and enforced if they don't pay. This is what running rentals without a property manager looks like.
