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PART VII RULES RELATING TO RENT · General Rules

s.116 — Notice of rent increase required

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

In plain terms

A landlord must give at least 90 days' written notice before increasing the rent (Form N1), and generally only once every 12 months.

Official text

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116 (1) A landlord shall not increase the rent charged to a tenant for a rental unit without first giving the tenant at least 90 days written notice of the landlord’s intention to do so. (2) Subsection (1) applies even if the rent charged is increased in accordance with an order under section 126. (3) The notice shall be in a form approved by the Board and shall set out the landlord’s intention to increase the rent and the amount of the new rent. (4) An increase in rent is void if the landlord has not given the notice required by this section, and the landlord must give a new notice before the landlord can take the increase.
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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.