Tenant Reference Form Ontario: Fill & Download for Free

There’s a standard tenancy agreement you can get from the web that is useful to be used as a guide. Links below to two agreements. Then you do a credit check and call references.There are also associations and government resources to help landlords.It’s the provinces that regulate landlord and tenant issues in Canada. So for Ontario, here are a few helpful items:Residential Tenancies Act (Ontario)The Rental Agreement | CMHCOntario Landlords Associationhttp://001sf.ca/upload/Rental_Lease.pdfhttp://www.skytrails.ca/assets/Residential-Tenancy-Agreement.pdfThere will be similar resources for other provinces.Use http://google.ca and search for: landlord tenant resources - and then the name of the province - e.g. Ontario

As soon has you have arrived go to the nearest government service office and registerFor a health card - it becomes valid after three months. Each province has it own rules and you can look them up on the internet, here are the rules for Ontario. Read the section about “How to apply” before you go in.Apply for OHIP and get a health cardA SIN (Social Insurance Card), you need it for “everything”, jobs, taxes, etc. Read this carefully:Application for a Social Insurance NumberWhen you get housing of ANY kind, go and buy a home insurance. I repeat, you MUST get a home insurance, even as a tenant. Here is one agency that specializes in home insurance and covers tens of thousands of rental units in Ontario, but there are many. Do get references, there are som fly-by-night operators that will only take your money and give you an impressive document, but no insurance.Atrens-Counsel Insurance BrokersGet a learner’s permit for a Driver’s Licence. Your home land license is invalid if you are in Canada as a “new Canadian”. In some provinces you can still use it for three months, but NEVER for any longer period of timeGo to the nearest Royal Bank branch and open a chequing account. It is free and ONLY requires that you show your SIN card. Here are the details. they will welcome you with open arms.Newcomer to Canada? Find Banking, Credit, Borrowing and Investing Solutions at RBC®since you are a recent immigrant, you will also get a bank credit cardYou ABSOLUTELY do NOT need any wired home phone. Millions of Canadians do just fine with one, or more, mobile phones. I hope you brought your smart phone from home. Get a mobile phone account. All companies are “good” but Freedom Mobile is by far the least costly. They are only in some cities, not all.Cell Phones & SmartphonesAsk to use your old phone from “home”. There may be an unlocking chargeof about $ 50. That is still far better than having to buy a new phone that cost upwards of $ 900. Again, don’t forget your SIN card.Get a High Speed internet connection contract to your home. They typically cost from $ 30 - $ 90 per month. Do NOT sign up for any “combined” packageYou don’t have to get any expensive Cable TV hook-up. Just buy a general box, available in many electronics stores for $ 50 - $ 100 and you can watch all the TV stations of the world, for free.Do not accept any offers to “new Canadians” without checking up what it is. The truth, there are far too many crooks “out there” who will find you and offer all sorts of wonderful deals. Be careful where you spend your money.If you need a car, do go to your favorite brand and look at their used cars. Every new car dealer keep the best trade ins for themselves. They want you to buy their best used car so you come back, happy with the car, to buy another one soon.DO NOT buy a car on an advertisment or from any “Used car dealer”. You will be cheated.

It depends on the type of discrimination…. and how it happened.There is a Facebook group called Toronto and Ontario Tenants Rights Advice that deals with these types of issues all the time…Were you the victim of racial or religious discrimination? Was it because of your source of income? The amount of your income? The fact that you have children?The Ontario Human Rights Act make the following actions illegal when it comes to housing:Discrimination based on age, religion, nationality, gender, gender identity, source of income.In addition, landlords may ONLY ask for a credit report or credit score, personal and credit references, and verified proof of income. They cannot establish an income vs rent ratio, they cannot demand a guarantor unless they demand that of all tenants, they cannot take only ONE of the factors as the determining factor unless that one item is the only one that you provided…. in other words, they MUST ask for ALL 3 items or NONE.Bear in mind, if you are renting a room and required to share the bathroom and/or kitchen with your landlord, (the person you pay the rent to, not necessarily the property owner), then you are NOT protected under the Ontario Human Rights Act or the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act.Hope this answers your question.