If you received an N4 (Notice to End your Tenancy Early for Non-payment of Rent), you have not been evicted. This page explains what the notice means, how to check it, and what happens next.
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An N4 says the landlord believes you owe rent. Read it carefully and compare it with your own records:
If something is wrong, write it down and keep your proof. You can raise it at the hearing if the landlord applies.
If you pay the rent owing before the landlord applies to the Board, the notice is void and your tenancy continues (RTA s. 59(3)). The landlord can apply the day after the termination date (RTA s. 74(1)). Keep proof of every payment.
If the landlord has already applied, the application is discontinued if you pay the arrears, any rent that has come due since, and the landlord's filing fee before the Board issues its order (RTA s. 74(2)).
If the amount is wrong, you can say so at the hearing and show your proof: e-transfers, receipts, bank statements, OW or ODSP payment records, and messages about any agreement with the landlord. The Board decides what is owed.
If the landlord has not done repairs, has entered illegally or has harassed you, you can raise those issues at the landlord's hearing, or file your own application: a T6 for maintenance or a T2 for tenant rights, within one year (RTA s. 29(2)). These are separate from the rent the landlord says you owe. They do not cancel the N4.
Since September 21, 2026: to raise repairs, harassment or any other tenant issue at the hearing on an L1 the landlord filed on or after that date, you must (1) give the landlord and the LTB written notice of the issues at least 7 days before the hearing, and (2) pay the landlord directly half of the arrears claimed in the application at least 7 days before the hearing. It cannot be paid to the LTB in trust. Keep the receipt. (RTA s. 82(2); LTB operational update, September 21, 2026.) An L1 filed before that date follows the old rule: written notice only.
Before ordering an eviction, the Board must review all the circumstances. It can refuse the eviction or postpone it (RTA s. 83(1)–(2)), and it can include conditions in its order, such as a payment plan (RTA s. 204(1)). It must refuse in some situations, including a serious breach of the landlord's obligations and a reprisal for exercising your rights (RTA s. 83(3)).
If discrimination based on a protected ground under the Human Rights Code is part of what is happening, you can raise it at the hearing. A separate application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Form 1) must be made within one year (Human Rights Code s. 34(1)).
If you file your own application and have a low income, you may be able to ask for the fee to be waived. The Board decides from the fee-waiver request and the proof of income you file with it. Receiving OW, ODSP or CPP-D does not by itself waive the fee.
The landlord can apply to the Board the day after the termination date. If they do, you will be sent a Notice of Hearing. If you do not attend the hearing, the Board can decide without hearing from you. Acting early keeps the most options open.
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Start your caseNo. An N4 is a notice, not an eviction order. Only the Landlord and Tenant Board can order an eviction, and only after the landlord applies and the Board decides. You do not have to move out on the termination date.
Yes. The notice is void if you pay the rent owing before the landlord applies to the Board (RTA s. 59(3)). After the landlord applies, the case can still end if you pay the arrears, any rent that has come due since, and the landlord's filing fee before the Board issues its order (RTA s. 74(2)).
Yes. Unpaid rent and repairs are separate issues. You can raise repair problems at the landlord's hearing if you meet the s. 82 requirements, or file your own T6 within one year (RTA s. 29(2)).
Yes. Check the amount, the dates, the names, the address and the termination date. The termination date must be at least 7 days after the notice is given (RTA s. 59(1)).
Yes. Before ordering an eviction the Board must review all the circumstances and can refuse or delay the eviction (RTA s. 83). It must refuse in some situations, such as a serious breach of the landlord's obligations or a reprisal (RTA s. 83(3)).
Community legal clinics, Legal Aid Ontario and tenant duty counsel at the Landlord and Tenant Board can give advice on your situation.
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