Resources
Printable Resources
Guides and posters you can print and reference to get your Second Suite up and running.
Your Financial Considerations: An Information Guide for Homeowners Thinking About Adding a Second Suite
Overview of financial gains and risks.
Creating A Second Suite: An Information Guide for Homeowners
Information on the process and Fire, Electrical, Building and Property Standards requirements for owners creating a Second Suite.
Operating A Second Suite: An Information Guide for Homeowners
Information on Tenant Screening, Tenancy Agreements, Termination of a Tenancy, and Landlord’s Rights and Responsibilities for owners operating a Second Suite.
Thinking About Adding a Second Suite?
Promoting the creation of Second Suites.
Steps to Creating a Second Suite
Follow the steps to create a Second Suite.
Resources for Homeowners
Bed Bug Information
The best method to deal with bed bugs is Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which combines a variety of techniques and products that pose the least risk to human health and the environment.
Electrical Safety Authority
ESA’s vision is an Ontario free of electrical fatalities and serious injury, damage, or loss.
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Home insurance protects you from having to pay out a huge amount at once, often at the very worst time emotionally.
Landlord's Self-Help Centre
Landlord’s Self-Help Centre is a non-profit community legal clinic which supports Ontario’s small-scale landlord community exclusively.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
The goal of the Ministry of Housing is to strengthen Ontario by ensuring it is made up of safe and strong communities with abundant green space, thriving and prosperous economies, and a range of housing choices.
Landlord Learning Videos
The video series offer essential information to Ontario’s small landlord client community on a variety of need-to-know topics and issues and will serve as fundamental learning tools for new landlords as well as for those who have been in the business for sometime.
Helping Your Tenants
Rent Bank
Landlord and tenant mediation, money management advice, follow-up support and community links.
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee plays a role in, protecting mentally incapable people.
Tenant hotline
The Tenant Hotline is a free telephone counselling service for tenants in Toronto, Ontario, operated by the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations.
Vulnerable Adults & Seniors Team (Toronto)
The team provides services to vulnerable adults and seniors, with a focus on older adults over 55 years.
VHA home healthcare
VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that offers 24/7 health care and support services to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
U of T housing services
Finding and maintaining suitable housing is a key part of a student’s personal and academic success. Housing Services offers the information, resources and support to meet housing goals.
Legal Resources
Law Society Referral Service
When you contact the LSRS, we will provide you with the name of a lawyer or paralegal who will provide a free consultation of up to 30 minutes to help you determine your rights and options.
Rental Housing Enforcement Unit (MH)
The Rental Housing Enforcement Unit responds to complaints from landlords or tenants about alleged offences under the new Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
Landlord and Tenant Board
To provide information about the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) and to resolve disputes between most residential landlords and tenants.
Enforcement Office of the Superior Court of Justice
Enforce civil orders [including Landlord and Tenant Board Orders], provide justice information to the public, and facilitate the delivery of other justice services.
Community Legal Education Ontario
CLEO produces clear, accurate and practical legal information to help people understand and exercise their legal rights.
Pro Bono Law Ontario
An effective vehicle through which the legal profession can give back to the community.
The Canadian Legal Information Institute
“CanLII’s goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.”
Small Claims Court
The Court has civil jurisdiction over monetary claims up to $25,000, and provides an efficient and cost-effective forum for Ontarians to bring or defend these claims.
JusticeNet
JusticeNet is a not-for-profit service helping people in need of legal expertise, whose income is too high to access legal aid and too low to afford standard legal fees.
Ontario Human Rights Commission
Learn how to prevent claims of discrimination and provide human rights in rental housing.
Ministry of the Attorney General
The Ministry of the Attorney General is responsible for providing a fair and accessible justice system which reflects the needs of the diverse communities it serves across government and the province.
Ontario Paralegal Association
You can learn more about what paralegals in Ontario do, and find a paralegal in a practice area that might be helpful to you.
E-Laws
“E-Laws provides access to official copies of Ontario’s statutes and regulations.”
General Information
211 Ontario
When you don’t know where to turn: 211’s telephone helpline (2-1-1) and website provide a gateway to community, social, non-clinical health and related government services.
311 Toronto
311 improves accessibility to non-emergency City services and information and increases the City’s effectiveness in responding to public inquiries.
Service Ontario
Driver licences, plate stickers, health cards, birth certificates and other services provided by the Ontario Government.
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Resources for Landlords
Enforce civil orders [including Landlord and Tenant Board Orders], provide justice information to the public, and facilitate the delivery of other justice services.
Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario
Protecting the rights of private sector landlords and property managers while helping them profit from their investment in multi-residential real estate.
Low-Income Energy Assistance Program
In order to assist consumers with limited financial resources, the Ontario Energy Board has introduced the Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP).
The 519 Legal Clinic
The 519 Legal Clinic provides free, confidential, summary legal advice and referrals in a queer-positive, anti-oppressive environment.
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to preventing evictions and ending housing discrimination across Ontario.