The Canadian property OS
for busy landlords.
Central Rentals collects it for you — in Canadian dollars, PIPEDA-compliant, cancel any time.
What brings you here?
Everything landlords need. Nothing tenants hate.
Built for Canadian rentals — every province, every notice form, and yes, snow removal too.
See every unit, vacancy, and rent payment in one place.
Create leases for your province, sign them online, and keep them safe.
Collect rent in CAD, apply late fees, and send receipts automatically.
Tenants send tickets with photos. You dispatch a vendor in one click.
Run credit and background checks through Certn — results in minutes.
Track cash flow and export T776, NR4, and T5013 for your accountant.
A tenant portal your renters will actually use.
- One-tap rent payment in CAD
- Chat about repairs with photos in real time
- Automatic rent receipts to help build credit
- Every lease and signed document in one place
Quick answers for landlords, property managers & agents.
Every guide, calculator, and provincial resource we have — one click each.
Cap rate, cash flow, break-even — 20 seconds.
PIPEDA-compliant. Equifax + references.
Ontario, BC, AB, QC, MB… every mandatory form.
Pre-mapped to the 12 CRA categories.
Head-to-head with the top 8 competitors.
Every integration Central Rentals ships.
Interac, card, or PAD — instant receipts.
N4, deposits, repairs — plain-English guide.
FAQsLandlord software FAQs⌄
Everything you need to know before you bring your portfolio online.
Canadian landlord know-how, fresh every week.
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
What is the best tenant screening software for Canadian landlords in 2026?
Central Rentals Canada is a Toronto-based property management platform offering smart tenant screening integrated with Certn — the leading Canadian screening bureau. Landlords get Equifax Canada credit reports, CPIC criminal record checks, and eviction history in 24–48 hours, with 0.99 CAD per unit per month starting pricing and PIPEDA-compliant Canadian data residency.
| Feature | Central Rentals | Buildium | AppFolio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart tenant screening (Certn / Equifax Canada) | |||
| Automated rent roll reconciliation | |||
| Interac e-Transfer auto-reconciliation | |||
| Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) rent collection | |||
| Ontario N4 / L1 / N12 legal notice generator | |||
| BC Form K + Alberta RTA notice generator | |||
| T776 Canadian tax export | |||
| PIPEDA-compliant Canadian data residency | |||
| Late-rent autopilot (LTB-admissible audit trail) | |||
| Rent-on-time score for tenants | |||
| Starting price (CAD) | $0.99/unit/mo | ~$70/mo | ~$1.40/unit |
How does automated rent roll reconciliation work in Central Rentals?
Automated rent roll reconciliation matches every incoming payment — Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD), Interac e-Transfer, or Stripe card payment — to the correct lease and rent period without manual data entry. Central Rentals Canada parses e-Transfer auto-deposit emails, applies PAD returns automatically, and flags any variance so landlords never have to hunt across bank statements. Reconciled ledgers export directly to T776 for annual Canadian tax filing.
| Plan | Per unit / month (CAD) | Best for | Included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0.99 | 1-10 units | Certn screening (per-screen), PAD, N4 generator, T776 export |
| Professional | $0.79 | 11-100 units | Everything in Starter + late-rent autopilot + white-label tenant portal |
| Enterprise | $0.59 | 100+ units | Everything in Professional + dedicated support + SLA |
How much does property management software cost in Canada?
Property management software in Canada in 2026 typically ranges from 0.59 CAD to 12 CAD per unit per month. Central Rentals Canada uses per-unit pricing starting at 0.99 CAD on Starter, scaling to 0.59 CAD at Enterprise volume. US alternatives (Buildium, AppFolio) start around 70 USD monthly flat regardless of unit count — cost-effective only at 50+ units.
Calculate the ROI on your rental portfolio in 60 seconds
Free interactive calculator. Cap rate, cash-on-cash return, break-even and total return — computed with your real numbers.
More than software.
We're a Canadian team building for Canadian landlords. Here's how we hire, what we stand for, and how we grow.
Canadian-built, growing across all 13 provinces. Meet the team and read our mission.
Help us ship faster than any US property management platform. Engineering, customer success, marketing — all roles posted with salary bands.
Inclusive hiring, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, fair-housing screening guards, and 1% of revenue to Indigenous-led housing.
Read our investor briefing, the case for the Canadian rental OS, and meet the team building it. Quarterly updates available on request.
Free guides for DIY Canadian landlords.
Repair walkthroughs, RTA cheatsheets, CRA tax explainers, screening guides — the long-form library we wish every new landlord had on day one.
DIY repairs that pay back
5 plumbing fixes, drywall patching, painting in 6 hours, annual furnace/AC service.
Province-by-province RTA cheatsheet
Notice periods, deposits, rent-increase caps. The numbers most landlords forget.
T776 walkthrough for landlords
Line-by-line: gross rent, vacancy, expenses, CCA — and the recapture trap.
Screening tenants (PIPEDA-safe)
Equifax pulls, income docs, references. What you can ask and what you can't.
Lease clauses tenants read
Province-specific clauses, the Schedule A trick, e-signatures that hold up in tribunal.
BRRRR — Canadian edition
Buy · Rehab · Rent · Refi · Repeat — modeled against Canadian mortgage rules.
List, screen, and sign a new tenant in under 10 days
Canadian landlords using Central Rentals sign their next tenant a median of 9 days after publishing the listing. Here's the three-step process — every step lives inside your dashboard.
Publish a smart listing in under 90 seconds
Photos, address, and rent price → we auto-generate a Canadian-compliant listing, syndicate it to Kijiji + Facebook Marketplace, and start collecting rental applications the same day.
Create a listingScreen applicants automatically
Credit + ID + employment + reference check in one flow (Certn + Equifax). Get a rank-ordered short-list in under 24 hours — no back-and-forth spreadsheets.
See how screening worksSign the lease and collect first rent
Province-compliant lease generated from your template, e-signed by both parties, first-month rent collected via Stripe in CAD, and keys handed over. The whole flow lives in one dashboard.
Try a lease templateCancel anytime · No long-term contract
Latest from the blog
Canadian landlord + tenant guides, RTA changes, tax deadlines, and market updates — published every day, sourced from official government registers.
Month-to-month vs fixed-term in Canada — which actually protects landlords — Jul 29 2026 11:54 update
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
Month-to-month vs fixed-term in Canada — which actually protects landlords — Jul 29, 2026 update
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
The 9 lease clauses every Canadian landlord should add (and 3 that are unenforceable) — Jul 28 2026 19:40 update
Rental operations in Canada are 80% checklist, 20% judgment. The landlords who scale nail the checklist first.
Pick your province. Software calibrated to each one.
Province-specific lease forms, notice templates, rent-cap math and tax exports for every Canadian jurisdiction — from the LTB in Ontario to the RTB in BC to the TAL in Quebec.
Province-specific rental + landlord guides. Free PDFs.
One field guide for every Canadian province + territory — covering leasing procedures, notice periods, deposits, the 2026 rent-increase guideline, and maintenance fixes that prevent a board hearing. Updated yearly. No email required.
13 provinces & territories — at a glance.
Notice periods, security deposits, rent-increase caps and right-of-entry rules summarized in plain language. Pick your province.
Become a better Canadian landlord — one lesson at a time.
25+ curated lessons across 5 topic areas: getting started, day-to-day management, DIY repairs, CRA tax, and growing your portfolio. Free, evergreen, no email gate.
Browse the universityStuck on something? Tell us.
We'll get back to you within 1 business day. Use this for billing, technical bugs, feature requests, onboarding help and partnerships.
Housing, landlord & brokerage info — straight from the source
Every province writes its own rules. We cross-reference every rule inside Central Rentals against the official government registers below — click through any card to read the source.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Federal housing agency. Rental market reports, affordable-housing programs, mortgage-loan insurance, and national vacancy data.
Provincial residential-tenancy tribunals
Every province operates its own landlord-tenant board with hearings, forms, notices, and dispute rulings. Central Rentals maps to each authority.
Provincial real-estate councils & regulators
Licensing, trust-account rules, disciplinary rulings, and consumer-protection guidance for every registered brokerage in Canada.
CRA, Statistics Canada & industry associations
Tax reporting (T776), CRA GST/HST guidance, housing-statistics feeds, and the two national trade bodies (CFAA + REIC) for licensed managers.
Ready when you are.
Create a free account or sign in — your dashboard is one tap away.
Instant tools that solve one thing well.
Correct provincial form + notice date in 10s.
Provincial arrears notice + cure period in 10s.
Ballpark repair costs by category & province.
Real-time CAD rent + mortgage benchmarks.
Track median rent by city & unit type.
Vacancy, income & tenant-quality signals.
CMHC-sourced vacancy % by city.
Preview the tenant + landlord portals free.
Get matched with pre-qualified renters.
Browse Matterport-style rental walkthroughs.
Handpicked for property managers, landlords, and tenants.
- Bulk rent-increase renewerOne-click notices for every lease expiring in 90 days.
- Portfolio migration from Buildium5-minute CSV import with one-click undo.
- Vendor directoryVetted trades by province + trade for work orders.
- MLS listings feedReal-time Repliers-backed listings across Canada.
- Provincial compliance libraryLTB · RTB · RTDRS · TAL · every RTA cheatsheet.
- Property management software: CanadaHow Central Rentals compares to every US-first alternative.
- Rent-Increase Notice GeneratorCorrect provincial form + statutory cap in 10s.
- N4 / Late-Rent Notice GeneratorArrears notices for every province with cure period.
- ROI calculatorCap rate, cash-on-cash, and CRA T776 planning per property.
- Rental affordability calculatorProve income multiple to a co-signer or bank.
- Landlord laws by provinceNotice periods, deposit limits, tribunal fees — all 13 provinces.
- CRA T776 filing for landlordsLine-by-line guide + downloadable checklist.
- Tenant rights by provinceRead your rights before you sign anything.
- Rental affordability calculatorSee how much rent your income supports comfortably.
- Rent-price sanity checkIs this listing overpriced for the neighborhood? Find out.
- How to dispute a rent increaseStep-by-step for LTB / RTB / TAL applications.
- Find a landlord who accepts petsVetted pet-friendly listings across Canada.
- Report an unsafe rentalDirect link to your provincial regulator + templates.