Before serving or filing
Review the form, facts, service, filing and supporting documents before taking an LTB step.
Read the guide →Ontario LTB information
Practical starting points for an organized tenancy matter.
General information for landlords and tenants preparing to review documents, organize evidence, consider settlement or attend an LTB hearing.
Practical LTB guides
Prepare the process—not only the form.
General Ontario information about notices, evidence, virtual hearings and resolving an LTB matter.
Preparing evidence
Organize documents, calculations, photographs, communications, witnesses and disclosure.
Read the guide →Virtual LTB hearings
Prepare Zoom access, documents, witnesses and your hearing-day workspace.
Read the guide →Settlement and mediation
Consider negotiation, payment plans, written settlements, mediation and consent outcomes.
Read the guide →Prepare your file
Good organization supports better decisions.
These starting points are general. The documents and steps required in a specific matter depend on the facts, the application and any procedural direction from the LTB.
Notices and applications
Identify every notice, application, order and certificate already served or filed. Record when and how each document was delivered.
Browse notices and applications →Evidence and chronology
Prepare a clear timeline and preserve relevant leases, ledgers, communications, photographs, inspection records, invoices and other supporting documents.
Negotiation and settlement
Consider the practical outcome being sought, what terms may be workable and how any agreement will be documented and enforced.
Hearing preparation
Review the issues, remedies, witnesses, evidence, service requirements and filing deadlines well before the scheduled hearing.
Official resources
Use current information from reliable sources.
Forms and procedures change. Always confirm the current form, instructions and applicable rules before filing.
LTB forms, filing and fees
Current notices, applications, instructions and filing information.
Visit Tribunals Ontario ↗Application and hearing process
Official information about filing, mediation, hearings and orders.
Review the process ↗LTB decisions on CanLII
Search published decisions of the Landlord and Tenant Board.
Search decisions ↗General information only: This resource page does not provide legal advice and does not identify the correct form, deadline or strategy for a particular matter. A retainer is created only when confirmed in writing.