Office of Residential Tenancies

The ORT introduction video is also available in the following languages:
Amharic, Arabic, ASL, Azerbaijani, Burmese, Cantonese, Cree, Dene, Ewe, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Karen, Korean, Mandarin, Patois, Pidgin, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese and Yoruba. The Office of Residential Tenancies (ORT) is an agency independent of government that provides information about the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants in Saskatchewan. When landlords and tenants cannot resolve disputes on their own, both have the right to ask the ORT to make rulings and settle the dispute. The ORT is independent, free from outside influence, and impartially decides applications without favour for either landlords or tenants. The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, and The Residential Tenancies Regulations, 2007 balance the needs of tenants for safe, secure and habitable living accommodations and the needs of landlords to conduct a viable business and protect their property investment.

Jurisdiction

• living accommodation that includes use for business purposes under a single agreement;
• living accommodation in a hotel, motel, motor hotel, resort, lodge, tourist camp, cottage, cabin, trailer, tourist home, bed and breakfast, farm vacation home or hostel, if a tenant is there for less than six consecutive months;
• crisis or emergency shelters;
• living accommodations designated under The Provincial Authority Act;
• personal care homes licensed under The Personal Care Homes Act;
• facilities or homes defined in The Mental Health Services Act;
• living accommodation located on a property that is being farmed by the renter;
• living accommodation provided by the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Young Women’s Christian Association, or The Salvation Army;
• living accommodation rented either for the life of a tenant or over 20 years; and
• prescribed tenancy agreements, such as living accommodation provided by an educational institution and the Oxford House Society of Regina Inc.

Commercial tenancies fall under The Landlord and Tenant Act.

1. ORT News and Notices
2. Additional Information for Tenants and Landlords
3. Online Portal: Notices and Applications
4. Leases and Other Documents
5. ORT Decisions
6. Legislation and Other Documents
7. Resources