Shareholder as Occupant (RTA)

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Date Retrieved: 2024-11-23
CLNP Page ID: 1960
Page Categories: [Land Leases (RTA)], [RTA Exempt Tenancies], [Personal Use Application (LTB)]
Citation: Shareholder as Occupant (RTA), CLNP 1960, <>, retrieved on 2024-11-23
Editor: Sharvey
Last Updated: 2022/07/26

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Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17

2 (1) In this Act,

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5 This Act does not apply with respect to,

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“landlord” includes,
(a) the owner of a rental unit or any other person who permits occupancy of a rental unit, other than a tenant who occupies a rental unit in a residential complex and who permits another person to also occupy the unit or any part of the unit,
(b) the heirs, assigns, personal representatives and successors in title of a person referred to in clause (a), and
(c) a person, other than a tenant occupying a rental unit in a residential complex, who is entitled to possession of the residential complex and who attempts to enforce any of the rights of a landlord under a tenancy agreement or this Act, including the right to collect rent; (“locateur”)
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“tenancy agreement” means a written, oral or implied agreement between a tenant and a landlord for occupancy of a rental unit and includes a licence to occupy a rental unit; (“convention de location”)
“tenant” includes a person who pays rent in return for the right to occupy a rental unit and includes the tenant’s heirs, assigns and personal representatives, but “tenant” does not include a person who has the right to occupy a rental unit by virtue of being,
(a) a co-owner of the residential complex in which the rental unit is located, or
(b) a shareholder of a corporation that owns the residential complex; (“locataire”)

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References

  1. Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17, <https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17#BK5>, retrieved 2022-07-26