Provincial residential tenancy boards
Lesson 2 of 7 in Tenant Rights & Disputes · 20 minutes
Every Canadian province (and territory) has its own tenancy board. Same goal — fair rental disputes — different names, forms, and timelines. Find yours and bookmark it today.
What you'll learn
- Identify the tenancy board and the residential tenancies act for each Canadian province (excluding Quebec)
- Know whether your province allows damage deposits, and how much
- Find the official forms and resources for your province
From the lesson
Tenancy law is provincial. The most useful thing a newcomer renter can do is bookmark their province's tenancy board website on day one.
Why provincial — and what they share
Tenancy is provincial
Property and civil rights — including landlord-tenant law — fall under provincial jurisdiction in Canada. So each province has its own Residential Tenancies Act (or equivalent) and its own dispute body. The federal government does NOT directly regulate residential rentals.
What every system shares
Three things are common to all provinces. First — the landlord must meet basic health and safety standards. Second — eviction requires a process: a notice, then (usually) a hearing, then an order. Force is…