Category: Ontario

Teachers are paid for a set amount of working days per year, usually 180-190 days. While their pay can sometimes be spread evenly over the year, they are technically only paid for their contracted work days, not including summer holidays, winter holidays, or spring break. Do teachers get paid for statutory holidays in Ontario? And […]

Rip currents are most easily created when winds are directly onshore for a given location, and this occurs in western Lower Michigan and occasionally on Lake Erie, the eastern end of Lake Ontario and on the Canadian side of Lake Huron. Are there rip tides in Lake Ontario? “Even a strong swimmer can have trouble. […]

Bruce Trail. Bruce Trail, Bruce Peninsula National Park Ontario’s premier long distance trail has got to be the 800 km Bruce Trail. It follows the Niagara Escarpment from Niagara to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. What is the longest hiking trail in Ontario? The Bruce TrailThe Bruce Trail is the oldest and longest marked […]

Crows are common throughout Ontario. Their spring migration starts as early as February and by April they are pretty well back on territories everywhere. By late fall they have returned to parts of the United States or southern Ontario. Does Ontario have ravens or crows? It lives throughout Canada except in the southern Prairies, where […]

An amount paid as one lump-sum will generally not be considered a support payment because it is not paid on a periodic basis. However, if periodic payments required by a court order or written agreement were overdue and one payment is made to bring them up to date, that payment would be considered a support […]

In most cases, if you agreed to rent the unit for a specific period of time, you cannot move out before the period ends, unless: you and your landlord agree. you assign the tenancy (and the unit) to someone else. the LTB issues an order ending the tenancy agreement early. you are a victim of […]

Monarda didyma, the crimson beebalm, scarlet beebalm, scarlet monarda, Eau-de-Cologne plant, Oswego tea, or bergamot, is an aromatic herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to eastern North America from Maine west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Georgia. Which bee balm is native? Monarda didymaNoteworthy Characteristics. Monarda didyma, known by a number of […]

Tree. The province adopted the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus linnaeus) as an official symbol on May 1, 1984. Found throughout Ontario, the eastern white pine – which is the tallest tree in the province and can live over 250 years – represents Ontario’s vast forests. What is Ontario known for? Besides being Canada’s main […]

People who own investment property can defer their capital gains by rolling the sale of one property into another. This like-kind exchange does not apply to personal residences however. Can I avoid capital gains tax if I buy another house? If you plan on buying another house, you have options that may reduce or eliminate […]

The Ontario land transfer tax refund is equal to the full value of the land transfer tax up to a maximum of $4,000. How much is the land transfer tax rebate in Ontario? Ontario land transfer tax rebate For first-time homebuyers, there is a maximum $4,000 tax rebate on the Ontario land transfer tax. Based […]