Ontario Regulation 236/26, made under the Condominium Act, 1998 introduces a substantial set of amendments to Ontario’s condominium governance framework through changes to Ontario Regulation 48/01. The amendments focus particularly on meetings of owners, requisitions for meetings, director elections and removals, voting rights associated with non-leased units, disclosure requirements, and procedures for condominium corporations and their boards.

A central change concerns the treatment of “non-leased voting units.” A unit will generally be treated as not subject to a lease where the corporation’s required records do not show that the unit is leased and the corporation has not received the required lease notice. This status is important because several provisions of the Condominium Act rely on owners of non-leased voting units when determining eligibility for certain voting and director-election processes.

The amendments revise procedures surrounding director elections and related disclosures. Candidates who provide advance notice of their candidacy must provide prescribed statements and information to the board in writing when giving that notice. Candidates who do not provide advance notice but seek election at an owners’ meeting must provide the required information to the corporation at the meeting. Meeting notices must identify relevant candidate information, while corporations must also disclose whether a director occupies a board position for which voting is reserved under subsection 51(6) of the Act.

Meeting notices receive additional requirements where special circumstances apply. Where a vacancy in a reserved board position will arise because of a resignation, or where proposed business results from an owners’ requisition, the meeting notice must provide specified information concerning non-leased voting units and reserved director positions. Notices must also explain certain statutory requirements, including the procedures owners must follow to support the election of a director to a reserved position or the removal of such a director.

A major component of Regulation 236/26 is the creation of detailed rules for requisitions to call meetings of owners. New section 12.2.1 establishes the prescribed information that must accompany a requisition under section 46 of the Act. This includes the corporation’s name, delivery method, the number of units, the 15 per cent threshold, identification of requisitionists and their units, the purpose of the meeting, and details concerning proposed director removals or elections.

New sections 12.2.2 through 12.2.7 establish procedural rules for delivering, responding to, withdrawing, revising and acting on requisitions. Requisitions may be delivered by prepaid mail, courier, mail box, fax or electronic communication where authorized. The board’s prescribed response period is 20 days.

Ontario (236/2026) August 5, 2025
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