This is general information, not legal advice, and reflects Ontario law as of September 14, 2026.
Two boards, two different regulators
It's an easy mix-up: both bodies have "tribunal" in their orbit, and both issued AI guidance within a year of each other. But the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) are two of the 13 constituent tribunals administered by Tribunals Ontario, alongside bodies like the Social Benefits Tribunal and the Licence Appeal Tribunal. The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) is a wholly different organization, formed in June 2021 by amalgamating five older land-use, environmental, heritage, and valuation-appeal tribunals. Neither body reports to the other, and neither AI rule automatically applies to the other's caseload.
What Tribunals Ontario's AI guidance actually says
Tribunals Ontario's practice direction on AI, dated April 2025 and still the live version, sets out three principles, not a rule: verify anything AI produces against a trusted source such as a tribunal website or CanLII, stay personally responsible for the accuracy of your submissions, and double-check any legal source or analysis AI hands you. In its own words: “You are responsible for the accuracy of your written and oral submissions, even if AI helped prepare them.” There is no required declaration wording and no stated consequence, such as striking a document, for not mentioning AI use at all — it reads as advice for a high-volume, often self-represented caseload, not a certification duty.
What the Ontario Land Tribunal requires instead
The OLT's rule is the opposite: mandatory and specific. Effective for proceedings commencing March 30, 2026 onward, it requires the first paragraph of any filing containing AI-generated content to declare that content and name the person who reviewed it. A non-compliant document can be struck, and costs can follow. We cover that rule, plus Ontario's other four AI disclosure and certification duties, in full elsewhere — see our breakdown of what Ontario's court and OLT AI rules actually require and our tracker of all five Ontario AI disclosure and certification duties. Tribunals Ontario's guidance is effectively a sixth entry — the only one that requires nothing at all.
The practical takeaway for LTB and HRTO work: don't import the OLT's declaration habit into a system that doesn't require it, and don't assume "no rule" means "no accountability" — Tribunals Ontario still holds you responsible for whatever AI gets wrong. Check which body has jurisdiction over your file before assuming either rule applies. DROZlegal's litigation drafting tools hyperlink every cited authority to its live CanLII record as a draft is generated — useful for whichever body's rule applies, never a substitute for checking which one that is. Whether a lawyer or a paralegal appears at the hearing, the underlying professional-conduct duties are the same licensee — see our breakdown of whether the Law Society's AI guidance applies equally to paralegals.