Plain-language notes on Ontario’s official standard lease: what the form records, which rules apply, and where the government guidance lives.
The 2027 guideline is 1.9%, taking effect January 1. Who the cap covers, the N1 deadline for a January increase, and why skipped years never carry forward.
What Form 410 collects, who is actually licensed to use it, and the Ontario rules that decide what you may ask an applicant and how you may weigh the answer.
There is no immediate eviction in Ontario. Here is the legal path a landlord actually has: the right N-form notice, the LTB application, the hearing, and the Sheriff.
One test decides it: does the person renting the room have to share a kitchen or bathroom with you? The answer picks the document, and picking wrong costs you the protections you thought you had.
What the Residential Tenancies Act actually requires of an Ontario landlord: maintenance, entry, deposits, documents, rent increases and the 2026 changes.