The Act received royal assent on June 22, 2006, and was proclaimed into law on January 31, 2007.
Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) is governed by the act.
The Residential Tenancies Act 2006 contains chapters on the meaning of a tenancy, the duties of landlords and tenants, "security of tenure" and the list of legitimate reasons that a landlord can evict a tenant, and a system of rent regulation.
Section 39 requires an LTB order to remove a tenant who does not leave voluntarily.
Together these sections effectively give tenants, if they pay their rent and do not violate other rules, lifetime tenancy.