Free Resources for Saskatchewan Landlords

Almost everything a Saskatchewan landlord needs is published free by the province. Most of the disputes that end up in a formal process involve a rule that was available to read the entire time.

This is the working set, with what each one is actually for.

Every link on this page was checked on 2026-08-24. Government sites reorganise; if one has moved by the time you read this, search the department rather than trusting a stale link.

The Office of Residential Tenancies

Office of Residential Tenancies (Rentalsman)

The ORT administers The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and resolves disputes between landlords and tenants — security deposit claims, applications to end a tenancy, and disagreements that need a decision rather than a conversation.

It is independent of both parties. It is not a landlord service and it is not a tenant service.

Start here if you are new to renting out a property, and go here when something needs a formal process. Managing tenant problems covers where that line usually falls.

The Approved Forms

ORT: Rental Forms and Documents

This is the most useful link on the page, and the one that prevents the most avoidable losses.

Notices and applications under the Act have approved forms. A notice on the wrong form, missing required information, or served in a way the Act does not accept can fail on that basis alone — regardless of whether your underlying position was entirely correct.

That is an avoidable way to lose. The forms are free and using them removes a whole category of problem before it exists.

Tenancy Agreements, Deposits and Notices

Residential Renting and Leasing Tenancy Agreements

Provincial guidance on written and verbal agreements, fixed-term versus periodic tenancies, security deposit amounts and how a claim against one is made and disputed, and which notices each party may serve to end a tenancy.

Security deposits and notice requirements are the two areas where landlords most often assume a rule that is not the rule. Both are covered here, free, in plain language.

The Landlord-Facing Guidance

Landlords and Rental Properties

The same subject matter approached from the landlord’s side rather than the tenant’s. Worth reading alongside the pages above rather than instead of them.

Human Rights Limits on Selection

Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

This is not optional reading, and it is the resource most often skipped.

Human rights legislation limits which characteristics you may take into account when choosing a tenant, and what you may say in an advertisement. The limits routinely catch landlords who thought a preference was reasonable and had no intention of discriminating.

Read it before you write your first advertisement. Marketing a rental and tenant screening both touch on this, and neither is a substitute for the source.

The Tax Side

CRA: T4036 Rental Income guide

The CRA’s guide to reporting rental income and what may be deducted against it. It also covers the areas that need care — capital cost allowance, and what changes when you rent part of a property you also live in.

If the rental is part of your own home, the homeowner tax measures article covers why that combination deserves advice before you act rather than after.

Market Data

CMHC: Housing market data and research

Free rental market data and research from the national housing agency.

Treat any figure as describing a market, not your property. A citywide average tells you very little about a specific two bedroom suite on a specific street. It is context for a pricing decision rather than the decision — setting the right rent covers how to use it.

The Property Tax Side

City of Saskatoon: Property Tax and Assessment

Assessment and property tax information for Saskatoon properties, including how assessment works and the process if you believe yours is wrong. Assessment is a taxation figure prepared on a set revaluation cycle, not a market value.

Why This Page Points Rather Than Explains

A reasonable question: why list sources instead of just stating the rules?

Because the rules change, the details decide outcomes, and a summary drops details by definition. An article that confidently states a notice period is more dangerous than one that tells you where notice periods are published — because the article does not update itself, and you will not be told when it went stale.

That applies to this page too. Use the sources.

Where Tanner Fits In

If you are buying, holding or selling a rental property in Saskatoon, I can help you think through the property side of it — what rents well, what a realistic vacancy assumption looks like, and how a property will show to tenants rather than only to buyers.

The tenancy rules are the province’s to state, and they have done it for free.

No pressure, just clear local advice.

Source Notes

Every link on this page was verified to resolve on 2026-08-24. The two links originally drafted for the Office of Residential Tenancies were wrong — guessed rather than looked up — and returned 404s until they were checked and corrected, which is the reason for the caution at the top about government sites reorganising.

Nothing on this page is legal advice. The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and the Office of Residential Tenancies are the authority on tenancy matters, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on selection, and the Canada Revenue Agency on tax.