Lost a final decision at Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)? This form asks the same Board, not a court, to reconsider. Tenants often file one to halt an eviction, and landlords use it when they could not take part in the hearing or the order contains a serious error. Whichever side you are on, the rules are the same, and since July 1, 2026 they are tighter than they used to be.
The essentials
| Eligible | Parties, plus anyone the order directly affects |
| Reviewable | Final orders, and interim ones that conclusively decide someone's rights |
| Time limit | Two weeks plus a day (15 days) on post-June 30, 2026 orders; 30 days on older ones |
| Filing | Online payment, then an email with receipt to [email protected]; or mail, courier, ServiceOntario |
| Fee | $58 (waiver possible) |
| Companions | Late? Add an extension request. Told to serve? Add a Certificate of Service |
The three permitted grounds
Orders bind everyone and are final, says s. 209 of the RTA, with the Board's review power as the sole exception. Since July 1, 2026, O. Reg. 178/26 confines that power to three circumstances (Interpretation Guideline 8; Rule 26.8).
Ground 1 – reasonable participation was impossible. Only these causes count:
- notice (of the hearing, or of what it was about) was inadequate;
- the Board shares responsibility for what went wrong;
- you were misled by someone on the other side;
- you, or immediate family, faced a serious emergency such as hospitalization, injury or serious illness, or a close family member died;
- you were incarcerated or incapacitated; or
- a natural disaster or similar event intervened.
Ground 2 – a serious error. One of the following:
- the Board went beyond its jurisdiction, or materially breached procedural fairness;
- it made an error of law, of fact, or of mixed fact and law;
- the remedy it ordered falls significantly outside the usual range; or
- the order is written in terms nobody can enforce.
Ground 3 – fresh evidence. Three tests, all required: the Board never saw it; it was unobtainable before the order; and it likely would have changed the result.
Treat this as a narrow door, not a re-run. Nobody gets a do-over to present a better case; that is not what reviews are for, and they are not appeals either. Per Guideline 8, a factual or legal mistake matters only if it made a material difference, and bare complaints that the decision was wrong tend to die at the first screening.
Right tool, wrong tool
| Your problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| Absent from the hearing for one of the listed reasons, or a material error underlies the order | Request to Review |
| Spelling mistake, wrong sum, other clerical slip | The review form points you elsewhere: Request to Amend an Order |
| Eviction voided by an order issued with no hearing | S3 motion – 10-day limit |
| Procedural interim rulings (adding a party, ordering disclosure, an interim payment) | Cannot be reviewed (Rule 26.1; Guideline 8) |
| A legal question for a judge | Divisional Court appeal, 30 days (RTA s. 210). Filing it stays the order automatically, and that stay must be lifted before the Board can review |
Counting the days
- Orders issued July 1, 2026 or later: 15 days (RTA s. 209(3); Rule 26.5).
- Orders issued before July 1, 2026: 30 days (Rule 26.4).
- How to count: every calendar day, starting the day after issue and including the last one. A last day falling on a Saturday, Sunday or Board closure rolls forward to the following business day (Rules 1.12–1.14).
- Which date: the issue date printed on the order, regardless of when you actually got it.
Example. An order issues on Friday, February 5, 2027. Day 15 is Saturday, February 20. Because the Board is closed that day, the request is due on Monday, February 22, 2027.
Past the deadline? Staple a Request to Extend Deadline onto the review (see Rules 26.6 and 16.2). Guideline 8 says a stand-alone extension request goes unconsidered.
Filling out the form
Use version 2026/07, and read the official instructions before you begin.
Part 1 – General Information. Identify your role (tenant, landlord, co-op, other), then your contact details: name, any company, phone, email, mailing address, and whether the Board should write by email or mail. Add the rental unit's full address and the details of the opposing party; extra parties belong on a Schedule of Parties.
Part 2 – Reason for Your Request. Order file number and issue date (dd/mm/yyyy) come first. Then tick each applicable ground and the numbered sub-reason under it. Use the box to lay out the facts proving the ground and the change you want. Rule 26.7 permits up to 10 added pages (double spacing, 12-point font, about a 40 mm margin on the left), with evidence and case law not counted. Include the proof itself: a medical certificate, the wrong address the Board emailed, the document that has surfaced.
Stay, or lifting a stay. Want enforcement paused pending the review? Tick that box and spell out what damage enforcement would do. If there is an appeal in progress, the second box asks the Board to lift the automatic appeal stay; give reasons.
Part 3 – Signature. Signature and date from the requester or the representative, who adds an LSO number and contact details. A payment page records the fee method.
Sending it in
The LTB forms page sends you to email. Step one, the $58 through the online payment page. Step two, an email to [email protected], subject line = the seven-digit receipt number, attaching the form and receipt. The instructions add ServiceOntario, courier and mail as alternatives; for the last two, pay with a money order or certified cheque to the Minister of Finance, or by card via the Credit Card Payment Form. An email that includes card numbers is deleted unread. Low income? Try the fee waiver.
Service on the other parties is the Board's call, not yours (Guideline 8). Where it directs service, follow up with a Certificate of Service.
Why review requests are thrown out
- Counting 30 days instead of 15. Post-July 1, 2026 orders get 15. Under Rule 26.9, lateness with no extension request in the envelope can end things at the screening stage.
- No ground identified, or basics left off. Missing a prescribed circumstance, the file number or the address, or exceeding the page limit, breaches Rules 26.7–26.8, and Rule 26.8.1 permits refusal.
- Re-arguing the case. Disagreeing with which witness the Member believed is not a serious error; Guideline 8 tells reviewers to give real deference to fact-finding.
- Claims without proof. An illness with no doctor's note, or a missing notice with no evidence of non-delivery, is unlikely to survive screening.
- "New" evidence that was always available. Material you could have produced at the hearing fails the test. So does anything that happened after it.
- Fee not paid. Unpaid and unwaived means unprocessed.
- Saving a ground for later. Rule 26.18 allows one review per party per order. Raise everything at once.
After you file
The preliminary review
Rule 26.9 starts with a paper screening, no hearing. Outcomes: dismissal, more time, or a referral to a review hearing; interim orders, a stay among them, can be made too. Stays go to parties facing irreparable harm and may be conditional; Guideline 8 gives the example of a tenant required to pay arrears as the price of the stay. The person holding a stay of an eviction order must get it to the Court Enforcement Office personally (Rule 25.3).
The review hearing
A granted review normally rolls straight into the re-hearing, so come prepared with witnesses and documents (Rule 26.16). Possible results under Rule 26.17: the order stands, changes, is suspended, or is cancelled. Under RTA s. 182 the fee may be refunded.
If the other side filed it
Responding parties are often landlords trying to complete an eviction, but tenants who won can face a landlord's request too. Because service is only by direction, the first sign may be a Board notice. Watch for a stay order or a notice of hearing, and be ready to answer on the ground raised and to show what happened at the original hearing.
Recent changes
Bill 60 took effect July 1, 2026, cutting the review window in half: 15 days, not 30, for any order issued from then on (RTA s. 209(3)). O. Reg. 178/26 arrived the same day and replaced the broad "serious error" standard with the closed list of three circumstances. Revised versions followed for the form (2026/07), the instructions (July 2026), Rule 26 and Guideline 8.
Common questions
How long do I have?
Orders issued from July 1, 2026: 15 days after the issue date. Older orders: 30. If you have missed it, file the extension request in the same package and give your reasons.
Will a review request stop an eviction?
Not on its own. The stay has to be requested on the form. The Board deals with it at the preliminary review, may attach conditions, and the person who gets the stay must deliver it to the Court Enforcement Office.
Review at the LTB, or appeal to Divisional Court?
Court appeals are confined to legal questions and carry a 30-day limit (RTA s. 210). Reviews reach the three listed situations, factual mistakes and missed hearings included. An appeal freezes the order on its own and can hold up a review until the freeze is lifted, so speak to a lawyer or paralegal before running both.
If my review is dismissed, can I try again?
No. Rule 26.18 bars the same party from a second review of that order and from reviewing the review decision.