Small Claims & serving
Landlord and Tenant Board and Small Claims Court
Small Claims, process serving and collections
Some landlord work happens outside the Board, or after it: serving documents in person, claims in Small Claims Court, organised hearing briefs, and collecting money a tenant owes under an order.
From $128.70+ HST · $145.43 with HST
Process serving from $128.70; prices by service below.
- Serving (Board)From $128.70 + HST
- PleadingsFrom $650 + HST
- CollectionsBy quote
The timeline
How it works
- First
Tell us what's owed or needed
The order, the claim or the documents to serve.
- Quote
Scope and price confirmed
Fixed prices start as listed; variable costs are confirmed before work starts.
- Then
Done and documented
Proof of service, the filed claim, or collection updates.
Prices
Prices by service
| Form | Service and what's included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | Process serving, Board documentsCertificate of Service | From $128.70 + HSTFrom $145.43 with HST+ printing |
| Serve | Process serving, Small Claims CourtAffidavit of Service | From $143 + HSTFrom $161.59 with HST+ printing |
| Brief | Hearing brief, Board or Small ClaimsFormatted, indexed, combined and hyperlinked | From $325 + HSTFrom $367.25 with HST+ printing and serving |
| Claim | Small Claims Court pleadingsDrafting and research | From $650 + HSTFrom $734.50 with HST+ evidence preparation and serving |
| Collect | CollectionsEnforcing money owed | By quote+ skip tracing and serving |
Included
What the price covers
- Process serving with a Certificate or Affidavit of Service
- Small Claims pleadings drafted and researched
- Briefs formatted, indexed, combined and hyperlinked
- Collections enforcement, by quote
Printing, evidence preparation, skip tracing and serving vary with the file and are added at cost
From you
What the paralegal needs
- The order or the documents involved
- What you know about where the other person is now
Collecting money from an order
A Board order for money can be filed with the Small Claims Court for enforcement. Collections work, such as finding a former tenant and enforcing the order, is quoted per file, with skip tracing and serving added as needed.
- Prices are before 13% HST. The Board's filing fees are added at cost, with no HST.
- Every notice includes serving it and the Certificate of Service. Courier, process serving and printing are extra.
- A hearing brief and a return hearing, when a case needs them, are charged separately.
- Our team serves N4 and N1 notices; the other legal work is done by a licensed paralegal that Tenant.ca arranges. Tenant.ca isn't a law firm.
Questions
About the service
All questionsHow is collections work priced?
By quote for each file, after reviewing the order and what's owed. Skip tracing and process serving are added when needed.
Small Claims & serving
Sources
- Landlord and Tenant Board: application and hearing process
- LTB brochure: How to Serve a Landlord or Tenant with Documents
This page is general information, not legal advice. It reflects the Board's forms, instructions and brochures as read on November 13, 2026. The licensed paralegal who takes on your file advises on your situation. Tenant.ca arranges the work and isn't a law firm.