Definition : Surveillance cameras

Camera for capturing, processing, or saving images. Generally installed in common portions, its purpose is to remotely monitor the comings and goings in or around the building, in order to prevent or record crimes or nuisances (burglary, assault, mischief etc.).

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Surveillance cameras in co-ownerships

The desire to preserve the safety of people and property can lead both syndicates and co-owners to consider the installation of surveillance cameras in the immovable. For many, when a co-ownership (condominium) faces repeated acts of vandalism or burglary, video surveillance seems like the only solution especially as the low cost of installations and…...

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16/07/2023

Viewing images captured by surveillance cameras: what are the limits?

The co-ownership next door to ours has experienced a few incidents of vandalism. This subject concerns some of our co-owners. The Board of Directors decided that each of the directors could view the images captured by our building's surveillance cameras at any time from their cell phones. As for me,…...

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25/03/2023

Does a co-owner have the right to film the common portions from his apartment?

We have a co-owner who has installed in his apartment a surveillance camera that can capture images of sidewalks located in common portions. This camera, located in his bedroom, can film passers-by through the window.  We have been informed that this co-owner plans to install more cameras to monitor the…...

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Harassment and co-ownership

Harassment in co-ownership can take many forms and develop in a wide variety of contexts. When occupants of a building with very different temperaments share a place to live, it happens that the spirits heat up to the point of making cohabitation impossible. A co-owner who infringes on his neighbor's…...

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Haro sur les caméras de surveillance cachée en copropriété

10 décembre 2019 — Une actualité mise en ligne sur Condolegal.com, en juin dernier, résumait un jugement rendu par la Cour supérieure de l’Ontario. Cette décision portait sur l’installation de caméras de surveillance dans les parties communes de 11 copropriétés. Plusieurs des immeubles en question abritaient des caméras cachées dans…...

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Onze copropriétés sous enquête à l’aide de caméras de surveillance

5 juin 2019 — Les caméras de surveillance sont utilisées dans plusieurs copropriétés, bien qu’elles ne fassent pas l’affaire de tout le monde, notamment des copropriétaires suspectés de s’adonner à des activités criminelles. Une question se pose dès lors : la police devrait-elle avoir le droit d’installer des caméras vidéo…...

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