Overview What Rights do
your Tenants have in #Ontario
Hunting for an apartment is tough, and it can feel like the landlords are holding all the cards. In Canada, there is a lot of protections for tenants, from being discriminated against when
finding an apartment or a
house to rent, to ensuring you don’t get taken advantage of when living at a rental or moving out. These vary from region to region, and even between cities there are some variations in what protections are extended. Here are the specific rights that you have as a tenant living in Ontario.
When
looking for an apartment, while landlords can check that you have enough money to pay the rent, they are
not allowed to discriminate based on how you get your money (for instance, employment insurance or social assistance). They can ask about your
job, but cannot require that applicants have a job or
work full time. Your S.I.N. number should not be requested, as some of the information on a S.I.N. could be used to discriminate, and it is not needed for renting housing.
Read the full article
here.