How building progress is counted
What each number means, where it comes from, and the general rules in Ontario’s Condominium Act, 1998 that the two markers refer to. Last updated September 30, 2026.
1. What we count
Ownership-verified units are units where OLH has verified an owner’s connection to the unit from information and records our team reviewed. The basis varies by record. A unit owned by more than one person counts once, and registrations still being reviewed are not counted. Verification in the registry does not establish title or voting eligibility.
Owners confirmed by OLH are registered owners whose identity OLH has confirmed directly. This confirms who they are, not which units they own — an owner can be confirmed while a unit they registered is still being reviewed, including a unit that more than one person has registered.
These are counts of the SIREG Owner Registry only — owners who registered with OLH. They are not a count of every owner in a building.
2. Privacy and small numbers
No names, email addresses, phone numbers, unit numbers or who registered are ever shown in building progress. To protect privacy, a building with 1 or 2 verified units shows “fewer than 3”. When a count is shown that way, the number still needed is shown as a range (for example “2–3 more”) rather than a guess, and the progress bar is not filled.
3. Total voting units
A building’s total number of voting units is shown only after OLH has recorded it from an approved source, such as the condominium corporation’s record, the declaration and description, the building property manager’s record, or an authorized complete unit list. The source is named under the building.
Until then the building shows “total voting units being confirmed” and no percentage or thresholds. Unit totals published elsewhere are used only to help us find buildings — never shown as confirmed.
4. The two markers
Once the total is confirmed, each building shows two general reference points:
- 15% — owners’ meeting requisition threshold. Section 46 of the Condominium Act, 1998 allows the owners of at least 15% of the units, who are listed in the corporation’s record of owners and entitled to vote, to requisition a meeting of owners. We calculate it as 15% of the total, rounded up to a whole unit. Example: 112 units → 16.8 → 17 units.
- More than 50% — director-removal vote threshold. Section 33 of the Act generally provides that a director may be removed by a vote of the owners of more than 50% of all units, at a properly called meeting — not a majority of those present. Some exceptions apply. We calculate it as half the total, rounded down, plus one. Example: 112 units → 57 units.
“X more verified registrations needed” is the marker minus the ownership-verified units in the registry. When the registry count reaches a marker, the building says so — that is a registry count only, not a legal result.
5. How owners can use this information
- Build an accurate owner network. Registering the exact building and unit helps match owners in the same condominium and prevents the same unit from being counted twice.
- Confirm the denominator. The total number of voting units determines the numerical reference points. OLH displays exact targets only after recording that total from an approved source.
- Identify organizing gaps. The public card shows how many ownership-verified units OLH has located without publishing names, contact details or unit numbers.
- Formal steps are separate. The registry does not take them. Under the Act a requisition must be signed and delivered by eligible owners, and if a meeting is called the required votes must actually be cast at it. Whether to take any step is each owner’s own decision, with their own legal advice.
This data matters because owners cannot coordinate effectively if they do not know how many units exist, which owners have been located, or how many more eligible owners may need to participate. It also gives owners and their legal advisers a cleaner factual starting point for reviewing building-specific options.
6. What registering is not
Registering in the SIREG Owner Registry is not a requisition, a signature, a proxy or a vote, and it does not by itself establish that an owner is in the corporation’s record of owners or entitled to vote. A requisition or vote has its own legal requirements under the Act and the corporation’s documents. This page is general information, not legal advice — for advice about your own situation, speak with your own lawyer.
Special rules can apply. For example, removal of a director elected to a reserved owner-occupied position can use the owner-occupied-unit denominator. Voting eligibility can also be affected when common expenses are at least 30 days in arrears.
Official sources: Condominium Act, 1998 (sections 33, 46 and 51); Condominium Authority of Ontario: owner-requisitioned meetings; and Condominium Authority of Ontario: voting rights.
7. Building list and corrections
The building list combines buildings where owners have registered with a directory of SIREG / Simple Investor buildings compiled from public listings. Each building is a separate condominium at its exact street address — neighbouring addresses are never merged.
See something wrong — an address, a corporation number, or a building that’s missing? Tell us in the chat or email info@ontariolandlordhelp.ca with the source, and we’ll check and correct it. Don’t see your building? Register it and we’ll add it.