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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

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Part 3 — Remedies of Landlords and Tenants

39 Tenant's remedies

Current to 2026-05-14 · Official PDF

If a landlord commits a breach of a tenancy agreement or
contravenes this Act, the tenant may apply to a court for one or
more of the following remedies:
(a) recovery of damages resulting from the breach or
contravention;
(b) abatement of rent to the extent that the breach or
contravention deprives the tenant of the benefit of the
tenancy agreement;
(c) compensation for the cost of performing the landlord's
obligations;
(d) termination of the tenanc y by reason of the breach or
contravention if in the opinion of the court the breach or
contravention is of such significance that the tenancy should
be terminated.
1982 cM-18.5 s34;1992 c22 s28