Terms of Use

The terms on which we offer this website and its information.

These terms govern your use of vitrineretirement.ca, operated by Vitrine Retirement Institute. By using the site, you agree to them.

Last updated: September 11, 2026.

What this site is

The site provides independent, comparative information about licensed retirement residences in Canada, together with market data for institutions. It is an information resource. It is not medical, legal, financial, or care-placement advice, and it does not replace your own due diligence or professional advice.

Rankings and residence information are compiled on a best-effort basis from public records, including provincial regulators, and from information operators provide. Records change, and public sources contain errors. We do not warrant that the information is complete, current, or error-free, and you should confirm anything material directly with the residence and the relevant regulator before making a decision.

Independence

No operator pays for placement, ranking position, or inclusion on this site, in any form. Rankings are not advertising and are not for sale. Our independence commitments are set out on the Funding page.

Acceptable use

You may use the site for your own non-commercial research and decision-making. You may not scrape, copy, or redistribute the site's content or data in bulk, misrepresent it, or use it to harm others or to contact residents. You may not attempt to disrupt or gain unauthorized access to the site.

Intellectual property

The site's original content, rankings, and compiled datasets are the property of Vitrine Retirement Institute. Underlying regulatory records remain the property of their respective sources, and we link to or derive from them as permitted. You may share links to our pages freely.

Third-party links

The site links to regulators, operators, and other third parties. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of sites we do not control.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The site and its information are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties. The organization assumes no liability for losses resulting from use of or reliance on the site.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable there. We may update these terms from time to time; the current version is always the one posted on this page.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to info@vitrineretirement.ca.