Ontario Rent Increase Annual Guideline

For those who were looking for rules on rent increases in Ontario please go to the following two links
Tenants Most Asked Questions & Answers and the present Landlord and Tenant Act, Ontario

Remember these are the Ontario maximum yearly rent increases permitted without the landlord applying for more and having it approved. Actual rent increases where the landlord applied for "above guideline rent increases" were sometimes substantially more for individual buildings.

Amount	Period	Ontario Statute
8.0 %	July 29, 1975 - October 26, 1977	Residential Premises Rent Review Act, 1975, (2nd Session) *
6.0 %	October 27, 1997 - November 30, 1979	Residential Premises Rent Review Act, 1975, (2nd Session) *
6.0 %	December1, 1979 - July 31, 1985	Residential Tenancies Act *
4.0 %	August 1, 1985 - December 31, 1986	Residentail Tenancies Amendment Act * and the Residential Rent Regulation Act **
5.2 %	January 1 - December 31, 1987	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
4.7 %	January 1 - December 31, 1988	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
4.6 %	January 1 - December 31, 1989	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
4.6 %	January 1 - December 31, 1990	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
5.4 %	January 1 - December 31, 1991	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
6.0 %	January 1 - December 31, 1992	Residential Rent Regulation Act (RRRA)
4.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 1993	Rent Control Act, 1992 (RCA)
3.2 %	January 1 - December 31, 1994	Rent Control Act, 1992 (RCA)
2.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 1995	Rent Control Act, 1992 (RCA)
2.8 %	January 1 - December 31, 1996	Rent Control Act, 1992 (RCA)
2.8 %	January 1 - December 31, 1997	Rent Control Act, 1992 (RCA)
3.0 %	January 1 - December 31, 1998	Rent Control Act, and from June 17, 1998 onwards the Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
3.0 %	January 1 - December 31, 1999	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
2.6 %	January 1 - December 31, 2000	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
2.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 2001	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
3.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 2002	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
2.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 2003	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
2.9 %	January 1 - December 31, 2004	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA)
1.5 %	January 1 - December 31, 2005	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA), as amended June 17, 2004 (to remove the annual 2% management bonus for landlords)
2.1 %	January 1 - December 31, 2006	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA), as amended June 17, 2004 (to remove the annual 2% management bonus for landlords)
2.6 %	January 1 - December 31, 2007	Tenant Protection Act, 1997 (TPA), From January 1 to Jan. 30, 2007, and Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 from January 31, to Dec. 31, 2007
1.4 %	January 1 - December 31, 2008	Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
1.8 %	January 1 - December 31, 2009	Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
2.1 %	January 1 - December 31, 2010	Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
0.7 %	January 1 - December 31, 2011	Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

* These three statutes applied only to residential rental buildings first occupied prior to January 1, 1976. While these statutes were in effect, there were no limits on rent increases in buildings first occupied on or after that date.

** The Residential Rent Regulation Act applied to residential rental buildings regardless of the date of first occupancy. It was enacted on December 4, 1986, but established a 4% guideline retroactive to August 1, 1985, on all rental buildings.