New Ontario Lease Standard Effective April 30, 2018

The Rental Fairness Act, 2017 (RFA) received Royal Assent on May 30, 2017 and part of the implementation is a province-wide standard lease agreement. 

The standard lease form is available at the Ontario Central Forms Repository.

The Ontario government plans to develop a Standard Lease USER GUIDE that will be released on April 30, 2018 when the standard lease comes into effect. This will be available on the Ontario Ministry of Housing website. 

All landlords in Ontario must use this new Standard Lease form with all new or renewing tenancies effective April 30, 2018.