Resources for property managers
Practical guides for answering every rental inquiry, and the rules that apply in your province.
Guides
How to Respond to a Rental Inquiry in Canada (2026)
What to say when a renter calls, texts or emails about your listing in Canada: copy-ready scripts, the questions to ask, and what CASL means for texts.
Updated October 15, 2026
How to Reduce Rental Showing No-Shows in Canada (2026)
Why renters miss showings and what gets them there: fast booking, text confirmations, reminders, light pre-qualification and provincial notice rules.
Updated October 15, 2026
How to Answer Rental Inquiries After Hours in Canada
Ways to answer rental inquiries after hours in Canada without hiring: voicemail to text, on-call, self-booking, answering services and AI, in CAD.
Updated October 15, 2026
Answer Kijiji, Rentals.ca and Marketplace Leads After Hours
Where Kijiji, Kangalou, Rentals.ca, Zumper, PadMapper and Marketplace send renter inquiries, and how to answer each one at night and on weekends.
Updated October 15, 2026
What Does a Missed Leasing Call Cost in Canada?
CMHC and Statistics Canada rent data, call and leasing benchmarks, and the arithmetic to price your own missed leasing calls in Canadian dollars.
Updated October 15, 2026
Legal guides, by province
Tenant screening laws by provinceWhat Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in Quebec? (2026)
What Quebec landlords and leasing agents may ask on the first call, on the application and for a credit check, per the Charter, the CAI and the TAL.
Updated September 23, 2026
What Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in Ontario? (2026)
What Ontario landlords and leasing agents may ask on the first call, on the application and for a credit check, under the Human Rights Code and the RTA.
Updated September 23, 2026
What Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in BC? (2026)
What BC landlords and leasing agents can ask on the first call, on the application and in a credit check, plus the rules on application fees and deposits.
Updated October 19, 2026
What Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in Alberta? (2026)
What Alberta landlords and leasing agents can ask on the first call, on the application and in a credit check, plus the rules on application fees and deposits.
Updated September 23, 2026
Quebec's July 1 Lease Calendar: When Are Renewal and Rent Increase Notices Due?
For a Quebec lease ending June 30: when the renewal notice goes out, how long tenants have to answer, the TAL deadline, and the rules for new spring leases.
Updated October 5, 2026
What Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in Manitoba? (2026)
What Manitoba landlords and leasing agents can ask on the first call, on the application and in a credit check, plus the rules on fees and deposits.
Updated October 5, 2026
What Can a Landlord Ask a Rental Applicant in Nova Scotia? (2026)
What Nova Scotia landlords and leasing agents can ask on the first call, on the application and in a credit check, plus the rules on fees and deposits.
Updated October 5, 2026
What Deposits and Application Fees Can Landlords Charge in Each Province? (2026)
Security and pet deposit limits and the rules on application and screening fees in Ontario, Quebec, BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
Updated October 5, 2026
Can You Text Rental Prospects in Canada? What CASL Requires (2026)
What Canada's anti-spam law requires when you text renters: replies to inquiries, the six-month window, sender ID, unsubscribes and French opt-out words.
Updated October 5, 2026
Should an AI Leasing Agent Say It Is an AI in Canada? (2026)
What Canada's privacy commissioners, the Competition Act and Quebec's Law 25 mean for AI that talks to renters, and how to announce recorded calls.
Updated October 5, 2026
Tools
What can I ask a tenant?
Pick a province and see what landlords may ask applicants there, with the official sources.
Rent-to-income calculator (3x rent)
The gross income that meets a rent multiple, and the highest rent an applicant’s income meets.
Missed leasing call cost calculator
Estimate the prospects and rent you lose each year to unanswered leasing calls.
How we write these guides
- Each guide answers one question property managers ask, starting with a short answer you can act on.
- Every rule links to the statute, regulation or regulator that states it, and every figure names who published it and when. We leave out what we can’t confirm.
- Guides carry the date they were last checked. Rules change, so legal guides also say we are not lawyers.