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Tenants face “wave of evictions” as stay-at-home order lifts in Toronto
Eviction enforcement resumes in Toronto now that a freeze during the second wave has ended By Julia Mastroianni
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A “freeze” on evictions enacted province-wide for the stay-at-home order and state of emergency has ended in Toronto, Peel and North Bay.
The freeze came into effect on January 13 after the provincial government implemented a regulation that said that the sheriff, or Court Enforcement Office, cannot enforce a Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) eviction order until the stay-at-home order ends.
The freeze on evictions was lifted in different Ontario regions throughout February, but it ended in Toronto, Peel and North Bay on March 8 after the three regions re-entered the colour-coded COVID-19 response framework.