Ending a tenancy in Ontario: where the official process begins
Use the LTB’s current overview and forms collection to distinguish notices, applications, hearings, decisions, and eviction orders before relying on a saved document.
If you are considering a written notice, an agreement, or another step to end an Ontario tenancy, begin with the current official sources. This is general information, not legal, tax, accounting, or professional advice. It does not tell you which form applies, whether a notice is complete, or what you should do in a particular tenancy.
Start with the LTB’s current overview
The Landlord and Tenant Board’s How a Landlord Can End a Tenancy brochure is a useful place to understand the official material it groups together: tenancy agreements, agreements to end a tenancy, notices, applications, hearings, decisions, and eviction.
The brochure says a landlord can end a tenancy only for a reason allowed by the Act, and that different notices exist for different reasons. Those are reasons to read the current official material before treating a saved document, a template, or a general online explanation as an answer for your situation.
Keep a notice separate from an order
Ontario’s renting-rights page says that a landlord can only evict in specific situations and must give written notice using the proper LTB form. It also says that written notice does not itself require a tenant to move out: the landlord must first apply for and receive an eviction order from the LTB.
That is general source navigation, not a decision about any tenancy. If your question turns on the reason, the type of rental, an agreement, a notice, a deadline, a hearing, or an order, get qualified help for your facts.
Re-open the current forms collection
Use the LTB’s Forms, filing and fees page to find its current forms, instructions, filing information, and fee information. The collection currently says the LTB is updating some processes, forms, and information materials. Re-open it before you use an old download or follow an old bookmark.
Put the records you already have in one place
Before you read the official sources, collect the material you can verify:
- the property and unit details;
- the tenancy agreement and any documents already in your records;
- the dates, messages, or notices actually sent or received; and
- the questions your records do not answer.
This is an editorial records-preparation list. It is not an official checklist, and it is not a substitute for current source material or qualified advice.
From the team behind The Brief
The Brief is produced by the same team that operates EaseLease, a Canada-first rental-record tool for landlords with roughly 1–5 units. EaseLease helps organize property, unit and tenant records, income and expenses, receipts, reminders, and exports. It does not select, create, complete, deliver, or file tenancy notices, and it does not provide legal, tax, or accounting advice.