In Ontario, any residential tenant has the right to assign or sublet their rental unit, as long as they get the landlord’s consent. The difference between an assignment and a sublet is that in an assignment, the original tenant is moving out for good and transfers the lease to the new tenant. The new tenant then pays the rent. In a sublet, the original tenant plans to come back and the subtenant pays him the rent and he continues to pay the landlord.
The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold their consent in either case. A common reason a landlord uses to withhold consent would be if the new tenant did not pass a credit or background check. However, in an interesting case decided in Ontario, a landlord was allowed to refuse the assignment of lease when they had a waiting list of new tenants who wanted to come into the building and were permitted to choose the next name on the waiting list instead.
If the tenant feels that the landlord is not being reasonable, he can apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board to either force the landlord to agree or to cancel the lease.
你就简单的告诉房东，不同意就LTB见了。你有理不用怕事。
The landlord cannot unreasonably withhold their consent in either case. A common reason a landlord uses to withhold consent would be if the new tenant did not pass a credit or background check. However, in an interesting case decided in Ontario, a landlord was allowed to refuse the assignment of lease when they had a waiting list of new tenants who wanted to come into the building and were permitted to choose the next name on the waiting list instead.
If the tenant feels that the landlord is not being reasonable, he can apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board to either force the landlord to agree or to cancel the lease.
你就简单的告诉房东，不同意就LTB见了。你有理不用怕事。
