For a comprehensive list of smoke-free multi-unit dwellings resources in Ontario, click here.
Smoke-Free Ontario - www.mhp.gov.on.ca
The Smoke-Free Ontario Act affects people in all walks of life, including landlords, proprietors, employers, workers, retailers and health care service providers. Find out how the Act affects you.
Co-operative Corporations Act - www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Read the legislation that governs co-operative housing in Ontario.
Smoke-Free Housing Canada - www.smokefreehousing.ca
Smoke-Free Housing Canada is a national website dedicated to educating landlords, tenants and condominium owners on the issue of second-hand smoke in multi-unit dwellings. The Canadian Smoke-Free Housing Coalition helps to maintain and provide guidance on this site.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation - www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
CMHC is Canada's national housing agency with many useful resources available online, including a Guide to Co-operative Housing to help Canadians understand how housing co-ops are created and managed.
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada - www.chfcanada.coop
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF Canada) is the organized voice of the Canadian co-operative housing movement. Although CHF Canada is not an advocacy organization for co-op members, it has produced a guide for co-op members called Having a Problem with Your Housing Co-op?
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation - www.equalityrights.org/cera/
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation is an Ontario-based non-profit human rights organization that promotes human rights in housing and challenges discrimination. CERA works to remove the barriers that keep disadvantaged individuals and families from accessing and retaining the housing they need.
Human Rights Legal Support Centre - www.hrlsc.on.ca
The Human Rights Legal Support Centre offers human rights legal services to individuals throughout Ontario who believe they have experienced discrimination. The Centre’s services range from legal assistance in filing an application at the Tribunal to legal representation on human rights applications.
Legal Aid Ontario - www.legalaid.on.ca
Legal Aid is available to low income individuals and disadvantaged communities for a variety of legal problems as well as poverty law issues such as landlord and tenant disputes. Find a community legal clinic near you that may be able to help.
Health Canada - www.hc-sc.gc.ca
See what Health Canada has to say about second-hand smoke, ventilation and indoor air quality.
Non-Smokers' Rights Association - www.nsra-adnf.ca
The NSRA is a non-profit health organization that has worked exclusively in the field of tobacco control for over 30 years. Its mission is to promote public health by eliminating illness and death caused by tobacco, including second-hand smoke.
Clean Air Coalition of British Columbia - www.smokefreehousingbc.ca
British Columbia is a leader in smoke-free multi-unit dwellings in Canada.
US Websites
Minnesota – Live Smoke-Free
Maine Smoke-Free Housing
US Surgeon General -