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    LTB T2 Form: How to File a T2 Application in Ontario

    The Form T2 is how Ontario tenants enforce their rights at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). If your landlord is harassing you, entering without notice, changing the locks, or cutting off heat, water or electricity, the T2 application is the form you file. Repairs and maintenance problems go on a T6, and you can file both.

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    What a T2 Application Is For

    You file a T2 at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) when your landlord:

    • Harassed you or your children
    • Interfered with your reasonable enjoyment
    • Violated your privacy (illegal entry or threats)
    • Interrupted electricity, heat, water, or services
    • Targeted you based on disability, family status, income, or other protected grounds

    These are the issues in s. 29(1), paras. 2–6 of the Residential Tenancies Act. Repairs, maintenance and unsafe conditions are para. 1, which goes on a T6.

    When You Should File a T2

    File a T2 if ANY of the following apply:

    1. Your landlord is harassing you

    Examples:

    • Repeated threats
    • Intimidation
    • Yelling
    • Discrimination
    • Constant pressure to leave

    2. Repairs or maintenance are not being done: file a T6 as well

    These are maintenance issues, which go on a T6, not the T2. You can file both. Examples:

    • Mold
    • Leaks
    • Heating failures
    • Bed bugs or pests
    • Unsafe or unhealthy conditions

    3. Your privacy is being violated

    Examples:

    • Entering without notice
    • Letting contractors in without permission
    • Using keys at random

    4. Your landlord is retaliating

    Examples:

    • Gave you an eviction notice after you asked for repairs
    • Increased pressure after you filed another form
    • Stopped communicating

    5. Your family's health or safety is affected

    Children, elderly tenants, and disabled tenants are especially protected.

    How to File a T2 in Ontario (Step-by-Step)

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    Step 1 — Gather your evidence

    The LTB expects proof, not just your statements.

    Collect:

    • Photos
    • Videos
    • Email/text messages
    • Medical notes
    • Maintenance logs
    • Noise recordings
    • Incident timeline
    • Receipts
    • Property Standards or Public Health reports

    Organize everything by date — this is crucial.

    Step 2 — Complete the T2 Form

    You can file online or download the PDF.

    The form asks for:

    • Your address
    • Your landlord's information
    • The issues you're experiencing
    • The dates the problems began
    • Description of what happened
    • The remedies you want

    Tip: Be specific. Avoid "everything is bad" — instead give dates, times, and specific actions.

    Step 3 — Decide which remedies to ask for

    The orders the Board can make on a T2 (s. 31) are listed further down this page:

    • An order that the landlord stop
    • Rent abatement (refund)
    • Out-of-pocket costs, including damaged property
    • An administrative fine
    • If the conduct led you to move out: the higher rent for one year and moving and storage costs

    You can ask for more than one.

    Step 4 — File your T2 online

    Use the Tribunals Ontario portal.

    You will need:

    • Completed T2 form
    • Evidence files
    • Filing fee (or Fee Waiver Request)

    Step 5 — Serve your landlord

    Give your landlord:

    • A copy of the application
    • A copy of your evidence list (if available)

    Email is accepted in most cases.

    Step 6 — Submit your Evidence Package

    You must upload your evidence before the disclosure deadline. The deadline will be on your Notice of Hearing.

    If the landlord fails to disclose, you can ask the adjudicator to exclude their documents.

    Step 7 — Attend your hearing

    LTB hearings are on Zoom.

    What the LTB commonly looks for:

    • Stay calm
    • Stick to facts
    • Use dates and evidence
    • Show harm or impact
    • Do not interrupt the adjudicator
    • Do not argue emotionally — stick to your proof

    Evidence to Gather for a T2

    1. Photos and videos showing the conditions

    Mold, leaks, pests, damage, safety issues.

    2. Medical notes

    If your child, family, or yourself experienced symptoms.

    3. Emails/texts to the landlord asking for repairs

    They show what you asked for, when, and how the landlord answered, or that it did not.

    4. Written timeline of incidents

    It puts each incident in date order for the Board.

    5. Official reports

    Property Standards, Toronto Public Health, Fire inspectors, CAS concerns (if safety affects children). An inspector's report is an independent record of the problem.

    What the Board Can Order on a T2

    If the Board finds that the landlord, the superintendent or the landlord's agent harassed, threatened, coerced or interfered with you, entered your unit illegally, changed the locks without giving you a key, or withheld a vital service, it can order one or more of the following (Residential Tenancies Act, s. 31(1)). What it orders, and any amount, depends on the facts it finds.

    An order to stop

    An order that the landlord, superintendent or agent must not do it again to any tenant in the building.

    Rent abatement (refund)

    A reduction of the rent for the period the conduct affected.

    Out-of-pocket costs

    The reasonable cost of repairing or replacing your property that was damaged, destroyed or disposed of, and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses the conduct caused you. Keep the receipts.

    An administrative fine

    A fine the landlord pays to the Board, not to you.

    Ending the tenancy, or any other order the Board considers appropriate

    If the conduct led you to move out

    The Board can also order the landlord to pay all or part of the higher rent you pay for one year after you left, and your reasonable moving and storage costs (s. 31(2)).

    Common Mistakes in T2 Applications

    • Not submitting evidence
    • Evidence not chronological
    • Overstating or exaggerating
    • Not showing harm or impact
    • Not naming dates
    • Letting the landlord control the narrative
    • Emotional arguments without proof
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    FAQ – T2 Applications in Ontario

    Is the T2 only for harassment?

    No. It also covers withheld vital services such as heat, water or electricity, substantial interference with your reasonable enjoyment, changed locks and illegal entry (Residential Tenancies Act, s. 29(1), paras. 2–6). Repairs and maintenance go on a T6.

    Can I file T2 and T6 together?

    Yes, when you have both: the repairs and maintenance on the T6, the other issues on the T2.

    How much does it cost to file?

    $48 online through the Tribunals Ontario Portal, or $53 by mail or at ServiceOntario, unless you qualify for a fee waiver.

    Do hearings happen in person?

    No. Everything is online by Zoom.

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