EmergencyHousing.CA · field kit · Ontario · law as of 2026-09-20
What's Really Owed
A landlord N4 names a number. That number is often rent plus late fees, pet money, “admin”, and math that does not survive the Residential Tenancies Act. This kit splits the figure. You leave with a dollar amount to void the notice, a T1 map for the rest, and letters. Print them. Nothing is stored.
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As of 21 September 2026, most N4s give you 7 days — not 14.
Bill 60 cuts the non-payment notice period for monthly tenancies on notices served on or after that date. Daily and weekly tenancies were already at 7. Paying the rent (not the padded extras) on or before the termination date still voids the notice. The clock is shorter. The arithmetic still has to be lawful.
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What this is
The inverse of a landlord arrears calculator. Those tools exist to build an N4. This one exists to challenge it: lawful rent in arrears, extras that are not rent, a defective termination date, unpaid last-month interest, and the 12-month T1 window.
What it is not
Not a rent offer. Not an LTB, Service Manager, or HRTO determination. Confirm the statute on e-Laws. The Human Rights Code has primacy unless another Act expressly says otherwise. If you can, take the printout to a clinic or Legal Aid.
Why it is not on every site
Ontario landlord sites will add late fees into “what the tenant owes.” Tenant sites explain rights in prose. Almost no one will sit with you and subtract the pet deposit from the N4 before the 7-day clock runs out.
Illegal on a typical N4
Late fees and “penalties”
Pet deposits and pet rent
Damage, security, cleaning, move-in, admin
Key money above replacement cost
NSF administration over $20
Usually lawful (still often not “rent”)
The lawful period rent itself
Last-month deposit, one period only
Refundable key deposit at real cost
The bank’s actual NSF charge
NSF admin, capped at $20
After you print
Get a receipt the same day you pay
Ask in writing for a ledger
File T1 within 12 months
Do not miss the L1 hearing
Call 211 or Legal Aid if you cannot pay
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