You won at the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), but the order has the tenant's name spelled wrong, the unit number flipped, or a total that does not add up. The Request to Amend an Order is how you ask the Board to fix that kind of slip. For landlords it matters most on eviction and payment orders, where a wrong address or figure can stop the Court Enforcement Office from acting or complicate collection.
Key facts
| Available to | Parties to the order and anyone directly affected by it |
| Use it when | An issued order contains a clerical error |
| Time limit | 30 days after the order's issue date |
| Filing | Through the Tribunals Ontario Portal |
| Fee | The LTB fee schedule lists none |
| Related forms | A Request to Extend Deadline if you are late; a Request to Review an Order if the problem is substantive |
Clerical errors only
Under Rule 24.1 of the Rules of Procedure, the Board can be asked, by a party or by someone the order directly affects, to fix a clerical error. On the form, that means a typing slip, a miscalculated amount, or a comparable mistake.
Typical examples:
- a street number that is wrong;
- a misspelled tenant name;
- two digits swapped in an amount;
- a daily compensation rate inconsistent with the rent figure in the Member's findings.
Two further points from Rule 24. When a clerical error is corrected, the LTB can also adjust provisions that depend on it, including the termination date and the amounts owing (Rule 24.3). And the LTB may fix a clerical error itself, without a request, submissions or a hearing (Rule 24.2).
The limit is firm: an amendment does not change what the Member decided. A finding of fact you think is wrong, a section of the RTA you think was misapplied, or a remedy you dislike is not a clerical error.
Amend, review, or both?
Amend when the order says something the Member obviously did not mean. If the reasons find $4,200 owing but the order reads $2,400, or the tenant lives in unit 302 and the order says 203, that is an amendment.
Review is for new evidence, a hearing you could not attend, or a serious legal or factual error; the form for that is the Request to Review an Order. Each form warns against using it for the other's job.
Both may be needed, which is why the amend form has a question about any parallel review or Divisional Court appeal. Since the review deadline is now much shorter than the amendment deadline, do not hold back a review while waiting on an amendment if there is a real substantive issue. Missing the review window because you were waiting on a typo correction is an avoidable loss.
Your own mistake? When the mistake originated in your own paperwork (say, a wrong address on your L1), the form wants you to point to that document and own it.
Timing
The basic deadline. Under Rule 24.1 and form note 1, you have 30 days from issue. Count calendar days, starting the day after the issue date and including the final day; a final day falling on a weekend or LTB holiday moves to the next business day (Rules 1.12–1.14). For an order issued on Monday, February 1, 2027, the 30th day is Wednesday, March 3, 2027.
If you are late. Rule 16.2 requires a Request to Extend Deadline to accompany the amendment request; filing it later does not work.
Other deadlines keep running. Where an order was issued from July 1, 2026 onward, a review request is due in 15 days (RTA s. 209(3)), and Divisional Court appeals in 30 days (s. 210). The amendment period does not stretch either one. In the February 1, 2027 example, the review deadline would fall on February 16, well before the amendment deadline.
Eviction dates can move. Rule 24.3 allows an amendment to alter the amounts and the termination date, so read the amended order closely before you take it to the Court Enforcement Office.
Completing the form
Version v. 01/04/2022 is the one in use.
Part 1 (who you are). Tick the box describing you (a landlord, a tenant, a co-op or co-op member, or some other party). Provide your name, address and phone numbers, and the unit, building or complex the request concerns. Then give the other party's information, attaching a Schedule of Parties if there is more than one.
Part 2 (why you are asking). Start with the file number and the issue date of the order. Then set out:
- the exact wording or figure that is wrong;
- the exact wording or figure it should be, since Rule 24.5 insists on a precise statement of the change you want;
- the source of the right version, for example your L1, the L1/L9 Information Update, or the reasons the Member gave;
- if the error came from a party's filed document, which document; and
- if you are not a party, how the order affects you.
Stay request. A box lets you ask for the order to be stayed while the request is pending; Rule 24.6 then requires you to describe the harm you would suffer if no stay were granted. Because enforcement stops while an order is stayed, landlords seldom want this unless the mistake makes enforcement impossible or unfair as it stands.
Part 3 (other proceedings). Say whether this order is also the subject of a review request or a Divisional Court appeal you have started.
Part 4 (signature). Mark requester, representative or other; sign and date; add your phone number. Representatives also give a licence number and contact details. Under Rule 24.5, the request must be signed and must include the file number, the unit address and your full contact information.
Filing
The LTB shows this request as filed on the Tribunals Ontario Portal, and the Practice Direction on licensees requires lawyers and paralegals to file it there. The LTB fee schedule shows no fee for it.
Why requests to amend are refused
- It is really an appeal of the outcome. Disagreeing with the result is not a clerical error. The request is refused, and the review deadline may have passed in the meantime.
- Late, with no extension request attached. Rule 16.2 requires the two to be filed together.
- The correction is not spelled out. Rule 24.5 calls for the precise amendment sought.
- No source for the correct version. If you do not show where the right name or number comes from, the Member has nothing to support calling the mistake clerical.
- Missing basics. No signature, file number, unit address or full contact details means the request does not comply with Rule 24.5.
- A stay request with no prejudice explained. Rule 24.6 requires it.
After filing
A Member reviews the request. If there is a clerical error, an amended order may issue with no hearing and no submissions, though the Member can also invite submissions from the other parties or hold a hearing (form note 2). Rule 24.4 lets the Board stay the order of its own motion while it considers the request. Once amended, the order can in turn be reviewed, provided the review request meets the review deadline (Rules 26.4–26.5).
Questions about amending an order
What counts as a clerical error?
Per the form, a typing mistake, a calculation mistake or something similar. It is an error in how the decision was written down, not in the decision itself.
What is the deadline?
Thirty days after the order was issued (Rule 24.1). Beyond that, attach a Request to Extend Deadline to your request.
Could an amendment shift my eviction date?
Yes. Rule 24.3 lets the LTB update connected terms, such as the termination date and the amounts owing, when it amends an order.
When is a review the better choice?
Whenever the problem goes to substance, such as new evidence, a missed hearing or a serious legal or factual mistake. Remember that reviews of orders issued from July 1, 2026 must be requested within 15 days.