PART VII RULES RELATING TO RENT · General Rules

s.109 — Receipt for payment

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

In plain terms

A landlord must give a tenant (or, within 12 months, a former tenant) a free receipt for rent, a deposit, or any other payment, on request.

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109 (1) A landlord shall provide free of charge to a tenant or former tenant, on request, a receipt for the payment of any rent, rent deposit, arrears of rent or any other amount paid to the landlord. (2) Subsection (1) applies to a request by a former tenant only if the request is made within 12 months after the tenancy terminated. General Rules Governing Amount of Rent

Forms for this section

RentReceipt Rent Receipt (Monthly & Yearly)

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Reproduced from Ontario e-Laws under the King's Printer for Ontario (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — June 1, 2026 (consolidation period to November 27, 2025). Always confirm the current version on e-Laws. General information, not legal advice.