LAF Canada Company v. Woodbine Highway 7 Retail Inc.

Decided: 2026-10-06. Docket: COA-25-CV-1140. Citation: 2026 ONCA 708 (CanLII). Lease and tenancy — Commercial lease — Force majeure clause — Enforceability of rent-free lease extension — Government-mandated closures as “restrictive laws” — Landlord prevented from providing premises for primary uses — Lease extended for an equivalent period — Appeal dismissed | Lease and tenancy — Contracted use of premises — Fitness facility tenancy — Whether force majeure was triggered by pandemic closures — Premises rendered unfit for primary uses contemplated in the lease — No independent breach required to invoke force majeure — Tenant owes no rent for the extension — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Appellate review — Precedent — Whether Niagara Falls Shopping Centre Inc. v. LAF Canada Company is determ