Ontario is changing the rules for owner-requisitioned condominium meetings effective December 31, 2026.
If you're a condo director, don't panic. The basic idea isn't changing: owners will still have the right to require their corporation to hold a meeting when the requirements of the Condominium Act are met.
What's changing is the process around it — and, for the most part, that's a good thing.
First — what is a requisitioned meeting?
Think of it as a mechanism that prevents a Board from having complete control over when owners get together to address certain matters.
Owners representing at least 15% of the units can requisition a meeting for purposes permitted by the Condominium Act, including an information meeting, removing or electing directors, or certain other matters where the legislation specifically gives owners that right.
But this is important: a requisition doesn't turn every Board decision into an owners' decision. Owners can't simply collect 15% of signatures and take over decisions that legally belong to the Board.
The process is becoming much more structured
Beginning December 31, owners will have to use the prescribed requisition form rather than simply creating their own letter.
The form will identify things such as the corporation, participating units, purpose of the meeting and, where applicable, information about directors proposed for removal.
There are also new rules dealing with who can support a requisition. For example, a unit that has been in arrears for at least 30 days will not count toward the required 15%.
There are additional requirements where the meeting involves the director position reserved for owners of non-leased voting units. In other words, the details matter.
Boards can't just sit on a requisition
This may be the biggest practical change for Boards and managers.
Once a proper requisition arrives, it needs immediate attention. Under the new rules, the Board generally has 20 days to respond and say whether it will call the meeting or believes the requisition doesn't comply with the legislation.
If the Board doesn't respond, it can be deemed to have agreed to call the meeting.
So this is definitely not something to put in the package for the next Board meeting three weeks from now and forget about. The day it arrives, start the clock.
What if there's something wrong with it?
There's now a clearer process for that too. If the Board believes the requisition doesn't comply with the Act, it has to explain why.
The requisitionists then have an opportunity to correct the problem. Generally, they have 10 days to submit a revised requisition, which starts the response process again.
That seems reasonable. Owners shouldn't lose their right to requisition a meeting because of a correctable technical mistake. At the same time, Boards shouldn't have to call meetings based on requisitions that don't meet the requirements of the Act.
And when does the meeting happen?
If the requisition proceeds, the meeting will generally have to be held within 40 days after the Board's response period expires.
Depending on the circumstances, the requisitionists can instead ask to have the business added to an upcoming AGM if the timing requirements are met.
The important takeaway isn't really to memorize every deadline. It's this: when a requisition comes in, don't wing it. There are now several timelines and procedural steps that need to be tracked properly.
Another big change comes in 2027
Starting July 1, 2027, the Condominium Authority Tribunal will gain jurisdiction over many disputes involving the process of requisitioning and calling owners' meetings.
That's significant. Historically, a disagreement about whether a requisition was valid could potentially become a Superior Court matter — an awfully expensive place to argue about whether a condominium meeting should have been called.
Moving many of these procedural disputes to the CAT should provide a more accessible forum, although exactly how that works in practice will become clearer once cases start making their way through the new system.
What should Boards do now?
For the moment, nothing changes. The new requisition process doesn't take effect until December 31, 2026. Until then, corporations must continue following the current law.
But management companies and Boards should update their procedures before year-end.
At MVP, our approach will be pretty simple: when a requisition arrives, record the date immediately, confirm that the proper form has been used, review the statutory requirements, notify the Board, calendar every applicable deadline and involve the corporation's lawyer where the validity or legal effect of the requisition isn't clear.
Because although the legislation is becoming more detailed, the underlying governance principle really isn't complicated: owners have rights, Boards have responsibilities, and good management should understand the difference between administering the process and giving legal advice.
These changes should make requisitioned meetings more predictable for everyone involved. And predictable is usually a good thing in condominium governance.
Acknowledgement and sources
Credit to condominium lawyer Rod Escayola of Stack LLP, whose August 19, 2026 article "Major Overhaul of Requisitioned Meetings: What You Need to Know" brought these upcoming changes back onto our radar and provides an excellent legal overview of the new process.
This article was independently prepared using the Condominium Act, 1998, O. Reg. 48/01 as amended by O. Reg. 236/26, and O. Reg. 237/26 governing the upcoming expansion of the Condominium Authority Tribunal's jurisdiction.
Sam Everett-Calder
MVP Condominium Property Management
This article is intended as general condominium-management information and commentary, not legal advice. Condominium corporations, Boards and owners should obtain advice from qualified condominium legal counsel where the interpretation or validity of a requisition is in question.