Resources
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Paying rent
This resource explains the fees and deposits landlords can charge tenants. It also explains why rent receipts are important and the information landlords must include in them.
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Police Powers: Stops and Searches
This resource sets out the rights of a person who is stopped, questioned, searched, arrested, or detained by the police. It also explains when the police can enter or search someone's home.
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Power of Attorney for Personal Care
This resource explains what a Power of Attorney for Personal Care is, reasons to make one, and what can happen if you do not. Topics include how to make a Power of Attorney for Personal Care, when an attorney can make decisions, the types of decisions they can make, and where to get forms, legal information, and help.
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Preparing your Continuing Power of Attorney of Property
This tip sheet helps you gather the information you need to make a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property.
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Preparing your Power of Attorney for Personal Care
This tip sheet helps you gather the information you need to make a Power of Attorney for Personal Care.
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Preparing your will
This tip sheet helps you gather the information you need to make a will.
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Property division: Common-law couples
This resource explains how property is divided when a common-law couple separates, or when one partner dies.
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Property division: Married couples
This resource explains how property is divided when a married couple separates or divorces, or when one spouse dies.
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Record suspension checklist
This tool is a list of steps to follow when you apply for a record suspension.
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Refugee hearing tipsheets
If you are a refugee claimant, these printable tipsheets can help you to:
- understand how to prepare for your refugee hearing
- gather your evidence
- get your decision and take other important steps after your refugee hearing
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Rent increases
This resource explains the rules a landlord must follow to increase the rent. It also talks about steps tenants can take if they have paid an illegal rent amount.
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Rental agreements
This resource explains Ontario's rules about rental agreements, including what can and cannot be included in them. It also explains your options if your landlord does not use Ontario's standard rental agreement. This resource explains Ontario's rules about rental agreements and what can and cannot be included in them. It also explains what tenants can do if their landlord does not use the standard rental agreement.
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Renting a place to live
This resource offers information to tenants about how much rent a landlord can charge, the deposits and payments a tenant might have to make before moving in, and other rules landlords and tenants must follow. There is also information about discrimination, moving out, taking legal action if a landlord breaks the rules, and where to get referral information in many languages.
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Repair request form for tenants
This resource can be used by a tenant to ask a landlord to make repairs to their rental unit.
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Residents’ Bill of Rights: Your rights if you live in a long‑term care home
In Ontario, long-term care homes must follow a law called the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021, which includes a Residents' Bill of Rights. This resource explains these rights in language that's easy to understand. It lets residents know what they can do if their rights are not being followed and includes a list of places that give legal help and information.
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Social assistance rules about couples
This resource talks about how spouses who live together must qualify for social assistance as a couple. It explains how Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) decide whether two adults who live together are spouses. Topics include living separately from a spouse, living with a close family member, living with a roommate, and how to get legal help if you disagree with the decision that OW or ODSP makes.