Bill 94, Putting Fans First Act (No Ticket Resales Above Face Value), 2026

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Ticket Sales Act, 2017. The new subsection 2 (0.1) provides that no person shall make a ticket available for sale on the secondary market or facilitate the sale of a ticket on the secondary market for an amount that exceeds the ticket’s face value. A consequential amendment is made to subsection 2 (1).

Bill 94 2026

An Act to amend the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 to provide that tickets cannot be resold at an amount above face value

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 (1)  Section 2 of the Ticket Sales Act, 2017 is amended by adding the following subsection:

Prohibition on ticket sales above face value

(0.1)  No person shall make a ticket available for sale on the secondary market or facilitate the sale of a ticket on the secondary market for an amount, including any applicable fees or service charges but excluding any applicable taxes, that exceeds the ticket’s face value.

(2)  Subsection 2 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “for a total amount, including any applicable fees or service charges but excluding any applicable taxes, that exceeds the ticket’s face value” in the portion before paragraph 1.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3 The short title of this Act is the Putting Fans First Act (No Ticket Resales Above Face Value), 2026.