Ontario Just Put Every LTB Order Online. Here's What's Actually In It.

Wednesday Jul 29th, 2026

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Ontario Just Put Every LTB Order Online. Here's What's Actually In It.

On July 24, 2026, with almost no announcement, Ontario published a free public database of Landlord and Tenant Board orders. Tenant names. Landlord names. Rental unit addresses. A download link to the PDF of the order itself.

If you rent in Mississauga or Etobicoke, or you own a rental unit here, this changes what people can find out about you in about ninety seconds. Here is what is in the file, what is not, and the part almost nobody is reading carefully.

The short version

  • The LTB Order Catalogue is live at data.ontario.ca. Free, no account, downloadable as a spreadsheet.
  • It contains final orders issued between January 1 and May 31, 2026. That is all, for now.
  • It includes full names of landlords and tenants and the rental address, plus a link to the full order.
  • Orders back to 2021 are coming "in phases." No date has been announced.
  • The LTB states in writing that it does not guarantee the data is accurate, and that the file does not flag orders that were later appealed, voided, or set aside.

That last point is the one that matters most, and we will come back to it.

 

What is actually in the file

The published data dictionary lists eighteen fields for every order. The ones people care about:

Names of everyone on the file. Landlord name, landlord agent name, tenant name, former tenant name, sub-tenant name, occupant names, and co-op member name. Not initials. Full names as filed.

The address. Both the rental unit address and the residential complex address, street number and street name.

The application type. L1 for non-payment of rent, L2 for eviction, T2 and T6 for tenant applications, and so on. This tells you what the dispute was actually about.

A direct link to the order PDF. Redacted only to remove the adjudicator's signature and the certification stamp. Otherwise the full decision.

The file number and order date.

One quirk worth knowing before you go looking: you cannot open a single order from the website. You have to download the entire spreadsheet first, then search inside it and click through. It is clunky and it is the only way.

Three things people are getting wrong about this

"If someone's name is in there, they must have lost."

They might have won. The names and addresses in this database come from the application, not the decision. The LTB says it plainly: the data "is obtained from the pre-adjudication stage only" and reflects "only the contents of the data contained in applications filed with the LTB." A landlord who filed against a tenant and lost still put that tenant's name in the file, permanently.

"An order in the database is a final result."

Not necessarily. The LTB's own note says final orders "may be appealed or reviewed and some orders may be voided or set aside after being issued," and that "such changes in status may not be captured in this report." An order can be overturned and still sit in the spreadsheet looking perfectly valid. The only way to know is to open the PDF and read it.

"This is basically a credit check for tenants."

It is not, and treating it like one carries real risk. Ontario regulates consumer reporting agencies. Casually searching a name is one thing. Building or buying a screening product off this data, or making a rental decision off a spreadsheet line without reading the order, is a different conversation, and one to have with a lawyer or a paralegal rather than with the internet.

What this means if you rent

Look yourself up. If you have ever been named in an LTB application since January 2026, your name and your address may be in a file anyone can download, regardless of how the case ended.

If you find something inaccurate, the entry itself comes from the application form, so the LTB is the place to start. Their contact for catalogue questions is ltb@ontario.ca.

What this means if you own a rental property

You now have a screening tool that used to cost money. Use it, but use it properly.

Read the actual order before you draw a conclusion about an applicant. A name in a spreadsheet tells you a case existed. It does not tell you who was right, and it does not tell you whether the order still stands. Rejecting a good tenant over a case they won is a bad outcome for everyone, including you.

Our take

Making tribunal decisions public is the right call. Open courts are a basic principle and this data was already being scraped and resold by private companies for years, which meant the people with money had access and everyone else did not.

But the province released a database of names attached to a disclaimer saying it takes no responsibility for whether those names are correct. That gap is going to cause problems, and the people most likely to be hurt by it are tenants who were named in a case they never lost.

If you own rental property in Mississauga, Etobicoke, or west Toronto and you want to talk through how to screen tenants properly, get in touch. 

 

General information only, current as of July 2026. Not legal advice. The LTB Order Catalogue is subject to change and the LTB does not warrant the accuracy of its contents. Always review the actual order and speak with a licensed paralegal or lawyer before making decisions based on tribunal records.

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