Bill 91 explained in plain English
Right to Repair Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Right to Repair Act, 2025, proposes to amend the Consumer Protection Act, 2023, to require suppliers to provide consumers and repair businesses with access to parts, tools, and documentation for certain products to enable repair.
Bill 91, also known as the Right to Repair Act, 2025, proposes to amend the Consumer Protection Act, 2023. The bill aims to give consumers and independent repair businesses more access to the information, parts, and tools needed to repair certain consumer products. It outlines requirements for suppliers to provide these items, sets rules for handling defective motor vehicles, and includes provisions to protect warranties. The intention is to make repairs more affordable and accessible for Ontarians and to reduce waste.
- Amends the Consumer Protection Act, 2023, by adding a new Part V.1 titled 'Right to Repair'.
- Requires suppliers of specific products (electronic products, household appliances, agricultural equipment, motor vehicles, motorized mobility aids, and recreational motorized vehicles) to provide consumers or repair businesses with documentation, parts, and tools for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair.
- Mandates that suppliers make these items available within 30 days or a prescribed deadline.
- Requires suppliers to retain these items for at least seven years after the last day a product model was manufactured.
- States that documentation must be provided at no charge, though a reasonable fee for printed copies may be charged.
- Allows suppliers to charge a reasonable fee for parts, embedded software, and tools, but not for embedded software updates.
- Prohibits suppliers from using software or mechanisms to prevent the installation of non-approved parts, inhibit product functionality, create false alerts, charge extra fees for future repairs, or limit who can purchase parts or perform repairs.
- Requires suppliers of motor vehicles, motorized mobility aids, and recreational motorized vehicles to provide access to the product’s data for repair purposes and retain repair data for at least 10 years.
- States that a supplier cannot void a product's warranty solely because repairs were performed by the consumer or an independent repair business, or because unauthorized parts were used.
- Provides rules for consumers who purchase motor vehicles that are seriously defective, allowing for repurchase, replacement, or lease termination.
- Specifies that the right to repair applies to products manufactured and supplied on or after the bill comes into force, and generally applies to subsequent owners, with exceptions for those acquiring products for resale or business use.
- Consumers in Ontario who purchase or lease certain products.
- Suppliers (including manufacturers) of specific consumer products.
- Independent repair businesses in Ontario.
- Owners and long-term lessees of motor vehicles.
- Successor owners of certain consumer products (excluding those for resale or business use).
- Suppliers are obligated to provide documentation, parts, and tools for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of applicable products.
- Consumers and repair businesses have the right to request and receive these items within a specified timeframe.
- Suppliers must retain repair-related information and parts for a set period.
- Suppliers are prohibited from certain practices, such as using software to impede repairs or voiding warranties due to independent repairs.
- Consumers have recourse, including legal action, if suppliers fail to comply with these requirements.
- Motor vehicle owners have specific rights concerning seriously defective vehicles.
- The Act comes into force on the later of: (1) one year after the day section 2 of Schedule 1 (Consumer Protection Act, 2023) to the Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023, comes into force, or (2) one year after the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
- The bill was given First Reading on December 10, 2025.
- Suppliers may charge reasonable fees for parts, tools, and printed documentation.
- Suppliers are prohibited from charging fees for embedded software updates.
- In cases where a supplier refuses or is unable to comply with repair requirements, consumers may be entitled to a free product replacement or a refund of the purchase price.
- Consumers who bring successful legal actions under this Part may be protected from paying court costs.
- Consumers may commence legal action against suppliers who fail to comply with the Act.
- Courts may order suppliers to comply with the Act, pay damages to consumers or repair businesses, repurchase or replace defective motor vehicles, or terminate lease agreements for defective motor vehicles.
- The bill does not require suppliers to divulge confidential business information beyond what is necessary for repair.
- Suppliers are not liable for damage to products during consumer or repair business repair attempts, unless the damage is due to a design or manufacturing defect.
- Suppliers are not required to provide documentation, tools, or parts that would disable security measures without owner permission.
- Suppliers are not required to provide parts that are no longer available to them.
- Suppliers are not required to sell service materials prohibited by Canadian or Ontario law.
- The bill specifies certain products that are excluded from its application, such as medical devices, industrial equipment, marine vessels, airplanes, and specific communication and security equipment.
- The application of the Part V.1 products is limited to those first manufactured and supplied on or after the day the Right to Repair Act, 2025, comes into force.
This bill adds a new Part V.1, 'Right to Repair', to the existing Consumer Protection Act, 2023, which will establish new obligations for suppliers and rights for consumers regarding product repair.
Source: Section 1
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