The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 [1] (RTA) along with O. Reg. 517/06 (Maintenance Standards) [2] and O. Reg. 516/06 (General)[3]under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, came into effect on January 31, 2007, in Ontario. This Act is applicable to all landlords and tenants who rent residential properties in Ontario. It sets out their rights and responsibilities. The purposes of this Act are to provide protection for residential tenants from unlawful rent increases and unlawful evictions, to establish a framework for the regulation of residential rents, to balance the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords and tenants and to provide for the adjudication of disputes and for other processes to informally resolve disputes.[4].
The RTA has been amended many times since it came into force with the most recent changes in 2025. The Province of Ontario passed Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, on November 24, 2025, that received Royal Assent on November 27, 2025. The passage of Bill 60 introduced significant amendments to the RTA, specially aiming to speed up proceedings at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), reduce backlogs, and streamline the eviction process for landlords. The RTA is one of the major legislations consisting of 18 parts and 246 sections. It is too extensive to discuss here. This article will focus on the common grounds of dispute between the landlord and the tenant and the eviction process under the legislation.