You can go directly to the Ontario government web site that has all the forms by clicking on this link .
In this chapter I am going to go through the stages you have to go through before you can evict a tenant. Hopefully along the way, the tenant decides to pay the overdue rent and expenses and you won't have to go that far.
Step one: The tenant is late with the rent and has not contacted you or has contacted you and not sure when he will have the money. Do not delay in doing this step. The reason is that you have to give the tenant 14 days to pay the rent. The next step takes 10 or more days and before you know it a month has passed. If he/she pays you in the meantime, fine, if not, you will have to go through these steps and it will only delay the process in his favour.
So, you complete the N4 Notice- End of Tenancy Early for Non Payment of Rent click on this link to get the N4 form or you can go to the Ontario government site to get it. You would use this notice to start eviction proceedings. If you do not do this step, you will not be able to evict the tenant if he/she does not pay the rent.
You may be inclined to skip this step and go straight to step 2, but as stated above, there is no further recourse if the client does not pay the rent.
If your tenant pays rent by the month or year, you must give at least 14 days
notice. If your tenant pays rent by the day or week, you must give at least 7 days
notice.
When counting the days, do not include the date you are giving the notice to the
tenant. For example, if you give the notice to the tenant by hand on March 3rd, the
first day of the 14-day notice period is March 4th; in this example, the earliest
termination date would be March 17th. If you are giving the notice to the tenant
by mail or courier, you have to add extra days in calculating the termination
date. If you are not delivering the notice to the tenant in person, you may have to add one or
more days for the delivery of the notice:
�� If you are sending the notice by courier, add one business day.
�� If you are sending the notice by mail, add five days.
