What do you do if you get an eviction notice? Do you need to move if your landlord sells your place?
Evictions are complicated. This list is designed to help you get started.
📸: Yara El Murr/The Green Line.
There is a wide range of reasons a tenant can be evicted and each type of eviction has its own legal process. Unraveling what information you need to know can be difficult.
That is why we made this list to help you understand your rights, how to fight evictions and how to access online resources.
General Info
City of Toronto: Understand and fight evictions
This is a City of Toronto website that gives you a general overview of evictions, the process, who is covered by the Residential Tenancies Act, types of evictions and where you can get help.
Preventing evictions in Toronto: A handbook for renters
This is a handbook designed by the City of Toronto that gives you a step by step overview on how evictions work in Toronto, common eviction scenarios and steps you can take.
This booklet written by Federation of Metro Tenants Associations is about what tenant rights a person has under the Residential Tenancies Act and how to fight an order of eviction.
Specific eviction scenarios
Renovation rights assessment tool
This is a tool designed by the City of Toronto that helps renters understand their rights and connect with resources if they are potentially facing an eviction due to a renovation or repair in their unit.
This is a series of tip sheets and guides written by the Advocacy Centre Tenants Ontario to help tenants experiencing specific eviction scenarios. For example, you can find a guide on what to do if you get an N4 notice or what you can do if your landlord evicts you without following the law.
A guide to Toronto’s tenant relocation and assistance plan
This is a guide that No Demovictions created with guidance from City of Toronto planning staff to ensure that tenants facing demoviction are properly informed about their rights, what to expect and what they are entitled to.
This is a template for those looking to get started in organizing/building a tenant association designed by No Demovictions
This is a question bank powered by Steps to Justice and hosted by the Advocacy Centre Tenants Ontario to ask questions about housing law.
How to fight above guideline rent increases in Toronto: Tenant checklist
This is an original tool from The Green Line that breaks down how tenants can fight above guideline rent increases in Toronto.
Do you want to talk to someone?
The Federation of Metro Tenants Associations has a tenant hotline provide general assistance on your rights as a tenant in Toronto. Call 416-921-9494.
For legal advice, call the Legal Aid hotline 416‑979‑1446
All these resources are great, but if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to digest all this information, we made a video series breaking down all the important information and the main steps of three common eviction scenarions.
- Are you covered under the Residential Tenancies Act?
- What happens after you get an eviction notice?
- What happens if you’re behind on rent?
- What happens if your landlord wants to move into or sell your unit?
- What happens if your landlord wants to renovate or demolish your unit?
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