What Changed / 2026 / Landlord & Tenant
Landlord & Tenant: What Changed in 2026
Rent increases, notices, board fines, and tenancy rules by province.
8 verified landlord & tenant changes logged in 2026, each checked against its official source. See every topic in the 2026 year in review or everything in date order.
Verified 2026-08-06 · Prince Edward Island · Landlord and tenant
Our PEI page said landlords "must apply to IRAC for increases above the allowed guideline." That named the wrong authority: since the Residential Tenancy Act changeover, the Director of Residential Tenancy sets the annual allowable rent increase, and a landlord seeking more files a Form 9 with the Rental Office, not IRAC. IRAC (the Commission) hears appeals of Rental Office decisions; it does not set the guideline or decide above-guideline applications in the first instance. We also refreshed the guideline figure itself: the Director has set the 2026 Annual Allowable Rent Increase at 2% on all rental units, heated or unheated, including mobile home sites, a single uniform figure with no heated/unheated split.
landlords must apply to IRAC for increases above the allowed guideline; guideline "varies by year" → Director of Residential Tenancy sets the guideline (2% for 2026, all units); above-guideline applications go to the Rental Office via Form 9; IRAC hears appeals only
Source: PEI Rental Office (peirentaloffice.ca): Rent increases, and 2026 rent increase notice
Updated: Landlord and tenant: Prince Edward Island, My rent went up: can they do that?, PEI rent increase calculator
Verified 2026-07-31 · Ontario · Landlord & tenant
Not yet in force. Scheduled for September 21, 2026: the N4 non-payment termination period is set to drop from 14 days to 7 days, and the one-month N12 compensation is set to be waived where the termination date is at least 120 days after the notice is given. Until September 21 the current rules apply, and an N4 served with only 7 days of notice before that date is not valid. Commencement is reported to be set by Orders in Council 616/2026 to 618/2026. We re-confirm against official sources before the effective date and update the affected pages that day.
In force now: N4 termination period 14 days; N12 one-month compensation applies → Scheduled September 21, 2026 and not yet in force: N4 termination period 7 days; N12 compensation waived where the termination date is at least 120 days after notice
Source: Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Bill 60 (Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act)
Updated: The N4 notice, My tenant stopped paying rent, Own-use eviction, Ontario eviction help
Verified 2026-07-31 · Ontario · Landlord & tenant
Two more Landlord and Tenant Board changes took effect on July 1, 2026. Supporting documents for an above-guideline increase application must now be served within 7 days of issuance, down from 14, with a certificate of service filed no later than 5 days from the date of service. Separately, a tenant may install a window or portable air conditioner after giving written notice, where the installation is safe and causes no damage.
AGI supporting documents served within 14 days of issuance; no statutory basis for the tenant air-conditioner right → AGI supporting documents served within 7 days of issuance, certificate of service within 5 days of service; tenant may install a window or portable air conditioner after written notice
Source: Tribunals Ontario: LTB Operational Update (legislative changes)
Updated: Air conditioners (Ontario), My rent went up: can they do that?
Verified 2026-07-18 · New Brunswick · Landlord & tenant
New Brunswick’s official housing page requires six months’ written notice before a residential rent increase. Our guide previously said three. Rent may rise at most 3% per 12 months (not in the first 12 months of a tenancy); landlords may apply for an above-guideline increase up to 9% for approved capital expenditures. (We verified this is current on 2026-07-18; the page does not print an effective date for the six-month rule.)
3 months’ written notice for a rent increase → 6 months’ written notice; 3% cap per 12 months, with above-guideline increases up to 9% only with approval
Source: gnb.ca: Rent increases
Updated: Landlord & tenant: New Brunswick, My rent went up: can they do that?
Verified 2026-07-18 · Nova Scotia · Landlord & tenant
Nova Scotia’s rent cap now has a precise end date: 5% in place until December 31, 2027, for existing tenants and fixed-term renewals in the same unit (not a new tenant’s first lease), with one increase per 12 months and four months’ notice. We previously hedged this as “as of 2025.”
5% cap (as of 2025; check current legislation) → 5% cap in place until December 31, 2027 (existing tenants and fixed-term renewals in the same unit)
Source: novascotia.ca: Rent cap facts
Updated: Landlord & tenant: Nova Scotia, My rent went up: can they do that?
Verified 2026-07-17 · Ontario · Landlord & tenant
As of July 1, 2026, the window to ask the Landlord and Tenant Board to review one of its orders was shortened from 30 days to 15 days.
Request to review an LTB order within 30 days → Request to review an LTB order within 15 days
Source: Tribunals Ontario: LTB Operational Update (legislative changes)
Verified 2026-07-17 · Ontario · Landlord & tenant
As of July 1, 2026, the maximum fines under s.236 of the Residential Tenancies Act increased for offences such as illegal evictions and bad-faith notices.
Maximum RTA fines: the previous s.236 maximums → Maximum RTA fines: increased (current maximums are in the LTB update)
Source: Tribunals Ontario: LTB Operational Update (legislative changes)
Verified 2026-07-17 · Ontario · Landlord & tenant
As of July 1, 2026, the LTB’s Payment Agreement form is now mandatory for s.206 repayment plans (agreements to pay off arrears).
A Payment Agreement form was not required for s.206 repayment plans → The Payment Agreement form is mandatory for s.206 repayment plans
Source: Tribunals Ontario: LTB Operational Update (legislative changes)
Updated: LTB L1 application, LTB L4 application
Guides affected by these changes
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