Ontario LTB N-forms: which notice actually applies to your situation

Rent increase notices

• N1 — Notice of rent increase
• N2 — Notice of rent increase (unit partially exempt)
• N3 — Notice to increase rent and/or charges for care services and meals
• N10 — Agreement to increase the rent above the guideline

Ending a tenancy

Which N-form applies depends entirely on why the tenancy is ending — using N12 language for what's actually an N4 non-payment situation (or vice versa) is one of the more common reasons a landlord's application gets kicked back at the LTB.

• N4 — Non-payment of rent
• N5 — Interfering with others, damage, or overcrowding
• N6 — Illegal acts, or misrepresenting income in a rent-geared-to-income unit
• N7 — Causing serious problems in the unit or residential complex
• N8 — Ending the tenancy at the end of the term
• N9 — Tenant's own notice to end the tenancy (issued by the tenant, not the landlord)
• N11 — Mutual agreement between landlord and tenant to end the tenancy
• N12 — Landlord, purchaser, or landlord's family member requires the unit
• N13 — Landlord wants to demolish, repair, or convert the unit

Why this belongs in a portfolio system, not a filing cabinet

The forms themselves are static PDFs from the LTB — the operational risk isn't finding them, it's tracking which notice was served on which tenancy, on what date, and whether the required notice period has actually elapsed before the next step. That's a per-tenancy audit trail problem, which is exactly the kind of thing that gets lost between a spreadsheet and an inbox once a portfolio passes a few dozen units.