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LAWFULL.ca | Ontario Legal Tribunal Directory | Research edition — October 2026

This directory covers Ontario provincial tribunals and federal tribunals that hear matters arising in Ontario. Each entry explains the tribunal’s jurisdiction, what it can hear, the governing legislation, how to find its procedural rules, and where to contact it.

A tribunal’s Toronto or Ottawa mailing address does not necessarily mean it conducts in-person hearings there.

Many proceedings take place remotely.

1. Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB)

87,993 applications received 2024–2025

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Residential tenancy disputes involving evictions, rent arrears, maintenance, tenant rights, illegal charges, rent increases, bad-faith termination notices, and certain non-profit housing co-operative evictions.

ROOMMATE DISPUTES GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT, not this board !!

Governing Act: Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

Procedural rules: LTB Rules, Practice Directions and Guidelines, LTB – Rules of Procedure

Contact: LTB official contact information

2. Licence Appeal Tribunal

Automobile Accident Benefits Service (LAT-AABS)

16,002 appeals received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Disputes about statutory accident benefits between injured persons and automobile insurers, including medical and rehabilitation benefits, income replacement benefits, attendant care, and related insurance entitlements.

Governing legislation: Insurance Act and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.

Rules: LAT Rules and Practice Directions

Contact: LAT contact information

FOR GENERAL LICENSE APPEALS UNDER – Laws, rules and decisions – Tribunals Ontario

Number of Appeals in each of these Acts

Highway Traffic Act — 200–350

Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act 60–130

Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act 40–100

Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 20–60

New Home Construction Licensing Act 15–45

Private Security and Investigative Services Act 10–35

Liquor Licence and Control Act 10–35

Cannabis Licence Act 10–35

Gaming Control Act 5–25

Trust in Real Estate Services Act 5–25

Condominium Management Services Act 5–20

Consumer Protection Act 5–20

Travel Industry Act 5–20

Retirement Homes Act 5–20

Ontario Career Colleges Act 5–20

Collection and Debt Settlement Services Act 3–15

Child Care and Early Years Act 3–15

Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 3–15

Technical Standards and Safety Act 3–15

Consumer Reporting Act 0–10

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 0–10

Bailiffs Act 0–10

Building Code Act 0–10

Child, Youth and Family Services Act 0–10

Combative Sports Act 0–10

Condominium Act 0–10

Discriminatory Business Practices Act 0–10

Horse Racing Licence Act 0–10

Intercountry Adoption Act 0–10

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Act 0–10

Payday Loans Act 0–10

Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act 0–10

Ticket Sales Act 0–10

Vintners Quality Alliance Act 0–10

3. Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT)

8,676 appeals received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Appeals of eligible decisions under the Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works, including refusals, suspensions, cancellations, reductions, and disputes about benefits.

Governing Acts: Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997 and Ontario Works Act, 1997.

Rules: SBT official rules and procedures

Contact: SBT contact information

4. Assessment Review Board (ARB)

5,001 appeals received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Property assessment disputes, including assessed property values, classifications, and certain municipal tax matters. The ARB is not a general forum for all municipal taxation complaints.

Governing legislation: Assessment Act and Assessment Review Board Act.

Rules: ARB official rules and procedures

Contact: ARB contact information

5. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)

4,536 applications received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Telephone: 416-645-8080 Public Appointments Secretariat

Jurisdiction: Allegations of discrimination, harassment, or reprisal in employment, housing, services, contracts, and vocational associations on grounds protected by Ontario’s Human Rights Code.

Governing Act: Human Rights Code

Rules: HRTO Rules of Procedure and Forms

Contact: HRTO contact information

6. Ontario Parole Board (OPB)

3,307 applications received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (administrative mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Provincial parole decisions for eligible persons serving sentences in Ontario correctional institutions, including parole grants, refusals, and related decisions.

Governing legislation: Ministry of Correctional Services Act and applicable federal corrections legislation.

Rules and procedures: Ontario Parole Board procedures

Contact: Ontario Parole Board contact information

7. Licence Appeal Tribunal — General Service (LAT-GS)

774 appeals received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Statutory appeals concerning specified licensing, registration, regulatory and administrative decisions. These can involve regulated businesses, professional or commercial licensing, and other decisions expressly assigned to the LAT by legislation.

Governing Act: Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999 and the particular statute authorizing each appeal.

Rules: LAT Rules of Practice and Procedure

Contact: LAT contact information

8. Child and Family Services Review Board (CFSRB)

264 applications received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Specified reviews and appeals relating to child and family services, including certain decisions concerning residential placements, service complaints, and other matters expressly assigned by legislation.

Governing Act: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Rules: CFSRB rules and procedures

Contact: CFSRB contact information

9. Custody Review Board (CRB)

177 applications received, 2024–2025 Tribunals Ontario

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address)

Jurisdiction: Reviews of specified decisions about the placement or transfer of young persons in custody or detention under the youth justice framework.

Governing legislation: Youth Criminal Justice Act and Ontario’s Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.

Rules: CRB rules and procedures

Contact: CRB contact information

The figures are new applications or appeals, not the number of hearings or final decisions. Tribunals Ontario

Other Ontario boards and tribunals requiring separate listings

Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB)

Address: 505 University Avenue, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M5G 2P1

Telephone: 416-326-7500 | Toll-free: 1-877-339-3335. Home Page

Jurisdiction: Labour relations and specified employment disputes, including union certification, unfair labour practices, bargaining rights, strikes and lockouts, employment standards reviews, and occupational health and safety reprisal complaints. It does not hear every ordinary wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

Governing Acts: Labour Relations Act, 1995, Employment Standards Act, 2000 and Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Rules: OLRB official website — Rules of Procedure and forms.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT)

Address: 505 University Avenue, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5G 2P2

Telephone: 416-314-8800 | Toll-free: 1-888-618-8846. Public Appointments Secretariat

Jurisdiction: Appeals of final Workplace Safety and Insurance Board decisions, including entitlement to workplace injury benefits, occupational disease claims, loss-of-earnings benefits, health care benefits and return-to-work issues.

Governing Act: Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

Rules: WSIAT official practice directions and procedures.

Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)

Jurisdiction: Planning and land-use appeals, zoning and official plan disputes, certain consent and minor variance appeals, expropriation compensation, development charges, environmental matters, and other proceedings assigned by statute.

Governing legislation: Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, Planning Act and other legislation relevant to the particular appeal.

Rules and contact: Ontario Land Tribunal official website.

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC)

Jurisdiction: Appeals concerning access to information held by Ontario provincial and municipal institutions, privacy complaints, and specified personal health information matters.

Governing legislation: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.

Rules and contact: Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

Animal Care Review Board (ACRB)

Jurisdiction: Appeals and reviews of certain animal welfare orders and decisions, including removal and care-related decisions under the provincial animal welfare framework.

Governing Act: Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019.

Rules: Animal Care Review Board official procedures.

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address).

Fire Safety Commission (FSC)

Jurisdiction: Appeals concerning certain fire safety orders, decisions and matters assigned to the Commission under fire safety legislation.

Governing Act: Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997.

Rules: Fire Safety Commission rules and procedures.

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address).

Ontario Special Education Tribunals (OSETs)

Jurisdiction: Appeals concerning the identification or placement of pupils with exceptionalities under Ontario’s special education framework. These tribunals do not have general jurisdiction over every school dispute.

Governing Act: Education Act.

Rules: Ontario Special Education Tribunals procedures.

Address: 15 Grosvenor Street, Ground Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2G6 (mailing address).

For all Tribunals Ontario bodies, use the official contact directory to obtain the appropriate telephone number. The central mailing address is not an open walk-in counter; Tribunals Ontario states that its in-person service counters remain closed. Tribunals Ontario

Federal tribunals and commissions serving Ontario

Federal tribunals generally have national jurisdiction, even when they have a Toronto or Ottawa office. Where their statistics are national, I identify them as national rather than presenting them as Ontario-only filing counts.

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)

The IRB is one of the most important federal administrative adjudicative bodies for Ontario residents.

It has four divisions: the Refugee Protection Division, Refugee Appeal Division, Immigration Division and Immigration Appeal Division.

Jurisdiction: Refugee protection claims, eligible refugee appeals, immigration detention reviews, admissibility hearings, sponsorship appeals, removal order appeals and other specified immigration proceedings.

The Immigration Appeal Division reported 1,865 appeals filed in its Central Region during calendar year 2025, compared with 4,661 nationally.

Governing Act: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Rules and contact: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

Ontario service locations: Toronto-area operations; the current public office address and divisional telephone number should be taken from the IRB’s contact directory rather than assumed to be the hearing venue.

Social Security Tribunal of Canada (SST)

Volume: 6,711 appeals received nationally in fiscal 2024–2025; 6,614 in 2025–2026. These are national totals, not Ontario-only counts.

Jurisdiction: Appeals relating to Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan disability and other CPP benefits, and Old Age Security matters. It has General and Appeal Divisions.

Governing legislation: Department of Employment and Social Development Act, Employment Insurance Act and Canada Pension Plan.

Rules and contact: Social Security Tribunal of Canada.

Ontario location: Federal administrative services are accessible to Ontario appellants, including through remote hearings; a particular Ontario hearing address should not be presumed.

Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

Distinguished from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

In calendar year 2024, the Commission accepted approximately 540 complaints nationally and received more than 4,200 inquiries and potential complaints. Ontario accounted for 34% of accepted complaints by incident province. The Commission referred 95 complaints to the Tribunal. Canadian Human Rights Commission

Jurisdiction: The Commission receives and screens federal human rights complaints, supports dispute resolution, and may refer complaints to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. It is not itself the tribunal that adjudicates referred discrimination complaints.

Federal jurisdiction includes matters involving federal government employers, banks, airlines, telecommunications providers and other federally regulated services or employment, subject to the applicable legislation.

Governing Act: Canadian Human Rights Act.

Complaint procedures and contact: Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Ontario location: National headquarters and federal services in Ottawa; verify the Commission’s current mailing and public-contact details through its official contact page.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)

95 complaints referred by the Commission in calendar year 2024, nationally. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Jurisdiction: Adjudicates complaints referred under the Canadian Human Rights Act and may determine whether discriminatory practices occurred and order remedies within its statutory authority. It also has certain responsibilities under other federal legislation.

Governing Act: Canadian Human Rights Act.

Rules and contact: Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa-based federal administration, with hearings that may occur elsewhere or remotely.

Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)

Jurisdiction: Federal labour relations, bargaining rights, unfair labour practice complaints, and other matters involving federally regulated workplaces. It also exercises responsibilities under specified provisions of the Canada Labour Code and other federal statutes.

Governing Act: Canada Labour Code.

Rules and contact: Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Ontario location: Federal administrative services in Ottawa and proceedings serving Ontario parties.

Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB)

Jurisdiction: Federal public sector labour relations, collective bargaining disputes, grievances, staffing complaints and other statutory matters within its assigned mandate.

Governing legislation: Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act and Public Service Employment Act.

Rules and contact: Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board.

Ontario location: Ottawa.

Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)

Jurisdiction: Trade remedies, certain customs and excise appeals, federal procurement complaints, and trade-related inquiries.

Governing Act: Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act.

Rules and contact: Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa.

Competition Tribunal

Jurisdiction: Applications concerning mergers, abuse of dominance, restrictive trade practices, deceptive marketing and other reviewable conduct under federal competition legislation. Not every competition complaint is brought directly to the Tribunal.

Governing legislation: Competition Act and Competition Tribunal Act.

Rules and contact: Competition Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa.

Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC)

Jurisdiction: Reviews and appeals of specified federal transportation enforcement and licensing decisions, including aviation and marine transportation matters.

Governing Act: Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act.

Rules and contact: Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.

Ontario location: Ottawa-based administration, with proceedings available for Ontario matters.

Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (CART)

Jurisdiction: Reviews of certain administrative monetary penalties imposed under federal agriculture and agri-food legislation.

Governing Act: Canada Agricultural Products Act and the relevant administrative monetary penalties legislation.

Rules and contact: Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa.

Specific Claims Tribunal

Jurisdiction: Adjudicates certain historic claims by First Nations against the Crown concerning treaty obligations, reserve lands, and other legally recognized obligations within its statutory mandate.

Governing Act: Specific Claims Tribunal Act.

Rules and contact: Specific Claims Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa-based federal administration; claims can concern Ontario First Nations.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal

Jurisdiction: Reprisal complaints referred through the federal public sector whistleblower protection framework.

Governing Act: Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.

Rules and contact: Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.

Ontario location: Ottawa.

Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board

Jurisdiction: Reviews matters relating to the export of cultural property and certain determinations concerning cultural property certification.

Governing Act: Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

Rules and contact: Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board.

Ontario location: Federal administration in the National Capital Region.

The Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada provides centralized administrative support to many of these federal adjudicative bodies. Its directory is useful for identifying the proper registry and current contact details.

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