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Terms of Use

Terms of Use Agreement

By accessing any of the websites or mobile applications (collectively, hereinafter "website" or "websites") operated by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), including REALTOR.ca, you, the user, agree to be bound by all of the terms for use and agree these terms constitute a binding contract between the user and CREA.

These Terms of Use apply to all users, except to the extent that CREA has developed specific policies for member real estate Boards, Associations and REALTOR® members. Those organizations and persons should also refer to the applicable policies of CREA's Technology Committee.

Copyright

This website/database is a copyright-protected work which is owned by CREA. Part of the contents of this website/database, including all real estate listings and related information, images and photographs (collectively, "Listing Content"), are also protected by copyright, which is owned by the CREA members who supplied the content and/or by third parties, and is reproduced in this website/database under license. The contents of this website/database, including the Listing Content, are intended for the private, non-commercial use by individuals. Any commercial use of the website/database, including the Listing Content, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, is specifically forbidden except with the prior written authority of the owner of the copyright.

Users may, subject to these Terms of Use, print or otherwise save individual pages for private use. However, the contents of this website/database, including the Listing Content, may not be modified or altered in any respect, merged with other data or published in any form, in whole or in part. The prohibited uses include "screen scraping", "database scraping" and any other activity intended to collect, store, reorganize or manipulate data on the pages produced by, or displayed on the CREA websites.

Trademarks

Not all real estate agents are REALTORS®.

REALTOR®, REALTORS® and the REALTOR® logo are certification marks owned by REALTOR® Canada Inc., a corporation jointly owned by the National Association of REALTORS® and CREA. The REALTOR® trademarks are used to identify real estate services provided by brokers and salespersons who are members of CREA and who accept and respect a strict Code of Ethics, and are required to meet consistent professional standards of business practice which is the consumer's assurance of integrity.

MLS®, Multiple Listing Service®, and the associated logos are all registered certification marks owned by CREA and are used to identify real estate services provided by brokers and salespersons who are members of CREA.

Other trademarks used on the CREA websites may be owned by real estate boards and other third parties. Nothing contained on this website gives any user the right or license to use any trademark displayed on this website without the express permission of the owner.

Use of CREA's Membership and Office Directories

CREA's membership and office directories and their contents constitute proprietary information of CREA. The information contained in these directories and made available through the "Email REALTOR®" and "Email Office" features on the websites are intended for private, non-commercial use by individuals who are potential buyer or sellers and who wish to contact a REALTOR® member about the REALTOR® member's property listing information. Any other use of the information is specifically forbidden.

The contents of these directories may not be copied or reproduced, modified or altered in any respect, merged with other data, disseminated in any form, entered into a computer database, used as part of or in connection with a mailing, fax, or e-mail list, or otherwise utilized in any form or manner, in whole or in part. The prohibited uses include "screen scraping", "database scraping" and any other activity intended to collect, store, reorganize or manipulate the information contained in these directories.

Messages Sent via Website

This website also allows users to send messages to other persons, including other users and REALTOR® members. The user agrees not to use this website to harass or abuse, send spam or other unwanted communications, or send unlawful, libelous, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable messages including messages that:

  • (a) infringe, misappropriate or violate any intellectual property or other rights of any third-party;
  • (b) are defamatory, harmful to minors, obscene or child pornographic;
  • (c) contain any viruses or programming routines intended to damage the services or any software, hardware or other technology used to provide the services or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any data or information;
  • (d) are false, misleading or inaccurate;
  • (e) contain Sensitive Data. For the purposes of these terms for use, "Sensitive Data" means (i) a social security number, passport number, driver's license number, or similar identifier (or any portion thereof); (ii) a credit or debit card number; (iii) employment, financial or health information; (iv) any person's ethnic or religious affiliation or sexual orientation; (v) account passwords; (vi) any person's date of birth; (vii) any person's criminal history; or (viii) the user's mother's maiden name.

CREA is under no obligation to review the content of messages sent through the website but may do so at any time in order to comply with any law, government request, or in the interest of operating the website. CREA may remove any message and/or terminate, limit or suspend any user's access to the website for any reason.

The user agrees that CREA shall have no liability for any damages arising out of the content of any messages sent through this website. Anyone who sends a message agrees to indemnify and hold CREA harmless from any and all liability, damages or expenses, whatsoever due, arising from, directly or indirectly, any cause of action arising out of that message.

Links to Website

Users may link to the website. However, CREA reserves the right to refuse a link at any time at CREA's sole discretion. The user agrees to remove any link to the website at CREA's request.

Links to Third Party Sites

This website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than CREA. Such hyperlinks are provided for the user's reference only. CREA does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites.

Frames

Users and third parties may not under any circumstance use technology to display the content of CREA's websites in a frame or in any other manner that is different from how it would appear if a user typed the URL into the browser line.

Apple

Some versions of this website have been developed using Apple software Users who use such versions of this website are subject to the terms of use available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/macapps/dev/minterms/.

Foreign Currencies

Prices displayed in currencies other than Canadian dollars are calculated using the exchange rates posted by the Bank of Canada. All prices should be independently verified.

Privacy

The user acknowledges that their personal information will be used by the website in accordance with the website privacy policy located at: https://www.crea.ca/privacy.

Liability and Warranty Disclaimer

CREA makes no representations about the suitability of the data or graphics published on this website. The listing information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Everything on this website is provided "As Is" without warranty of any kind including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, title and non-infringement. CREA may remove or change any content on this website for any reason. Neither CREA nor any of its suppliers shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of the user's access to or use of this website.

No Waiver

CREA's failure or delay to enforce any of the terms and conditions under these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of any of CREA's rights or privileges under these Terms of Use.

Termination of Access

CREA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, limit or suspend any user's access to this website without notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including the user's breach of any of these Terms of Use.

Updates, Upgrades and Revisions

Where the user downloads and installs CREA mobile applications the user agrees to future updates and upgrades of such mobile applications. User can decline automatic updates and upgrades to mobile applications by changing user settings, for example, in the operating system or app platform, where such settings are available.

CREA may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. All users of this website are bound by these conditions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review any changes to these requirements. The user's continued use of this website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance by the user of such modifications.

Language

If these Terms of Use are translated into a language other than English and there are conflicts between the translations, the English version shall prevail and control.

No Assignment

You are not permitted to assign or otherwise transfer partially or totally your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use.

Interpretation

These Terms of Use shall be interpreted without regard to which party drafted these Terms of Use.

Severability

If any of the provisions of these Terms of Use are held invalid or unenforceable, such a finding will not affect the validity of any other provisions of these Terms of Use, unless the invalidity or unenforceability would invalidate the remainder of these Terms of Use.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use contain and constitute the entire understanding and agreement between you and CREA and supersede all previous negotiations, agreements, commitments and writings. You acknowledge that you have not relied on or been induced to enter into these Terms of Use by a representation or warranty other than those expressly set out in these Terms of Use.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada. The courts in Ottawa, Ontario, will have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide any disputes relating to these Terms of Use.