The Request to Amend an Order is the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) form for asking the Board to correct a clerical error in one of its orders: a typing mistake, a miscalculated amount or a similar slip. Landlords use it most often when an eviction or payment order has the wrong unit number, a misspelled name or an arithmetic error that would cause trouble at the Court Enforcement Office or in collecting the money.
At a glance
| Who uses it | A party to the order, or anyone directly affected by it |
| When | After an order is issued with a clerical error |
| Deadline | 30 days from the date the order was issued |
| How it is filed | Tribunals Ontario Portal |
| Filing fee | None listed on the LTB fee schedule |
| Follow-on form | Request to Extend Deadline (if late); Request to Review an Order for substantive errors |
What the Request to Amend is for
Rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure lets a party or a person directly affected ask the LTB to correct a clerical error in an order (Rule 24.1). The form defines a clerical error as "a typing error, an error made in calculating an amount or a similar error." Examples include a wrong street number, a tenant's name misspelled, a transposed figure, or a daily compensation amount that does not match the rent the Member found.
When the LTB corrects a clerical error, it may also update other provisions that depend on it, such as the termination date or the amounts owing (Rule 24.3). The LTB can also correct a clerical error on its own initiative without submissions or a hearing (Rule 24.2).
What it cannot do is change the Member's decision. A wrong finding of fact, a misapplied section of the RTA, or a remedy you disagree with is not clerical.
When to use it (and when not to)
- Use it when the order says something the Member plainly did not intend: the reasons say $4,200 but the order says $2,400; the order names unit 203 and the tenant lives in 302.
- Use the Request to Review an Order instead for a serious error of law or fact, a missed hearing, or new evidence. The review form itself says not to use it for clerical errors, and vice versa.
- Do both if needed. The amend form asks whether you have also filed a review or a Divisional Court appeal for the same order. Because the review deadline is now shorter, do not wait for the amendment before filing a review if a substantive problem exists.
- If the error came from your own application (for example, you typed the wrong address on the L1), say so and identify that document; the form asks for it.
Deadlines and limitation periods
- 30 days from the date the order or decision was issued (Rule 24.1; form note 1). Days are calendar days; exclude the issue date, include the last day, and roll forward if the last day is a weekend or LTB holiday (Rules 1.12–1.14).
- Late? File a Request to Extend Deadline together with the amend request (Rule 16.2).
- Watch the other clocks. For orders issued on or after July 1, 2026, a review must be requested within 15 days (RTA s. 209(3)), and an appeal to Divisional Court within 30 days (s. 210). The 30-day amendment window does not extend either of them.
- Eviction timing. An amended order can change the termination date or amounts (Rule 24.3). Check the amended order before filing it with the Court Enforcement Office.
How to fill out the Request to Amend an Order, section by section
The form in use is dated v. 01/04/2022.
Part 1: General Information
Tick your role (landlord, co-op, tenant, co-op member, other party) and give your name, address and phone numbers. Enter the unit, building or complex covered by the request. Add the other party's details; use a Schedule of Parties form for more than one.
Part 2: Reasons for Your Request
Enter the order's file number and issue date. Then explain in detail what the clerical error is and exactly how the order should read once corrected (Rule 24.5 requires you to "identify precisely the amendment requested"). Quote the wrong text and give the correct text. Point to where the correct figure appears, for example in the Member's reasons, the L1, or the L1/L9 Information Update. If the mistake was in a document a party filed, identify that document. If you are not a party, explain how you are affected.
Stay of the order
Tick the box if you want the order stayed while the request is decided and explain the prejudice you would suffer without a stay (Rule 24.6). A stayed order cannot be enforced, so a landlord rarely wants this unless the error makes enforcement impossible or unfair.
Part 3: Additional Information
Tick whether you have also filed a Request for Review or a Notice of Appeal to Divisional Court for this order.
Part 4: Signature
Tick requester, representative or other; sign, date and add your phone number. A representative adds licence number and contact details. Rule 24.5 requires the request to be signed and to include the file number, unit address and your complete contact information.
Filing it
The LTB lists this form as filed through the Tribunals Ontario Portal, and lawyers and paralegals must use the Portal for it under the Practice Direction on licensees. No fee appears on the LTB fee schedule for this request.
Mistakes that get it refused, voided or dismissed
- Asking to change the decision. A disagreement with the outcome is not a clerical error; the request will be refused and the review deadline may pass while you wait.
- Filing after 30 days with no extension request. Rule 16.2 requires the extension request to be filed together with the amend request.
- Not saying exactly what the corrected order should say. Rule 24.5 requires the amendment to be identified precisely.
- No supporting reference. Show where the right number or name comes from, or the Member has no basis to call the error clerical.
- Missing required details. An unsigned request, or one without the file number, unit address and full contact information, does not meet Rule 24.5.
- Asking for a stay without explaining prejudice. Rule 24.6 requires the request to identify the prejudice.
What happens next
A Member considers the request. If satisfied there is a clerical error, the Member may issue an amended order without a hearing or submissions, but may also ask the other parties for submissions or hold a hearing (form note 2). The LTB may stay the order on its own initiative while the request is pending (Rule 24.4). An amended order can itself be the subject of a review request within the review deadline (Rules 26.4–26.5).
Frequently asked questions
What is a clerical error in an LTB order?
A typing error, a calculation error or a similar slip, as the form defines it. It is a mistake in recording the decision, not a mistake in making it.
How long do I have to ask for an amendment?
30 days from the date the order was issued (Rule 24.1). After that, file a Request to Extend Deadline with your request.
Will an amendment change my eviction date?
It can. When an order is amended, the LTB may also update related provisions such as the termination date and amounts owing (Rule 24.3).
Should I file a review instead?
Only if the problem is substantive: a missed hearing, a serious error of law or fact, or new evidence. For orders issued on or after July 1, 2026, the review must be filed within 15 days.