Tenant Rights: Eviction

A landlord can ask you to move out only for reasons outlined in the Tenant Protection Act.  Some of these reasons include: 

• not paying rent in full or often paying rent late,
• illegal activities,
• affecting the safety of others,
• disturbing the enjoyment of other tenants or landlord,
• allowing too many people to live with you,
• not reporting income in subsidized housing,
• you have an animal that is causing problems for other tenants or causing damage to your unit, or
• the landlord wants to make major changes to the entire property.

If a landlord wants you to leave, he/she must tell you in writing when they want you to move out. When leaving your housing, remember that the landlord owes you interest on your last month's rent. The interest on this money should be paid out to the tenant annually or in some cases when the tenant moves out.
If you do not want to move out, there are a couple of things that you can do. If you are being evicted because of certain behaviours that your landlord described in your eviction letter, you can stop doing it right away, and you will be allowed to stay in your home. Your other option is to file a dispute with the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal.

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