The Dalhousie Legal Aid Service in Halifax, Nova Scotia has created a Tenants' Rights Website. There is a Tenant Rights Guide to help tenants understand their legal rights on this site. There are also links to important documents that you'll need to fill out if you are involved with Residential Tenancies in Nova Scotia. And there are also links to other useful information and tenant organizations around Canada.

Aboriginal Housing Association (NAHA) website offers resources related to Aboriginal/FirstNations houing/homelessness issues. Mission: "To build safe and healthy Aboriginal communities by supporting Aboriginal housing corporations to achieve standards of excellence in the management and delivery of quality affordable housing and counseling support services to Aboriginal tenants and potential homeowners."

The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit Organization which advocates for better rights for tenants. The organization operates a tenant hotline, offers information on rights and encourages participation.

The Access to Justice Network's The Landlord and Tenant Reference Guide is intended as a reference manual on landlord and tenant law in Alberta for use by people with a significant level of knowledge about residential tenancies. It provides an overview of the law with respect to major issues that arise for both landlord and tenants during the rental relationship. The guide begins with a brief history of landlord and tenant law to show the importance of both the written contract to rent residential premises and the statute law as it affects the terms of that contract.

The Tenants Rights Action Coalition's Tenants Survival Guide includes information about protecting yourself, finding a home, making your agreement, repairs and services, locks and privacy, rent increases, eviction, moving out, and arbitration.

The Tenants Rights Action Coalition (TRAC) has a new series of Tenants Rights fact sheets available on their web site. They can be downloaded using Acrobat Reader; if that's a problem, contact TRAC at 604-255-3099, #100 or email them at and they will send you a copy that you can photocopy. The fact sheets are also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish and Tagalog. Fact sheet topics include:

• Moving in and paying rent
• Checklists when you move in or out
• Finding out who your landlord is
• Serving notices
• Privacy and quiet enjoyment
• Repairs and services
• Rent increases
• Moving out and giving notice
• Evictions
• Getting your security deposit back
• Arbitration
• Review of an arbitrator's decision