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Ontario issues SeatGeek Canada $22,500 in additional ticket resale fines
Ontario has issued SeatGeek Canada two more fines over alleged ticket resale violations.
The fines, issued earlier this month, total $22,500.
One is $15,000 for allegedly offering or facilitating the sale of a ticket above the legal resale limit.
The other is $7,500 for allegedly failing to show the full price when a ticket was bought from a primary seller.
Ontario law caps the resale price of event tickets at face value.
The province had already fined SeatGeek Canada $25,000 in August for similar alleged offences.
Ontario and the company had not said what events the latest fines involved or whether SeatGeek Canada will challenge them.
Ontario has issued SeatGeek Canada two additional fines totalling $22,500 over alleged ticket resale violations.
The fines were listed on the province’s consumer beware website earlier this month.
One fine is $15,000 for allegedly offering or facilitating the sale of a ticket above the resale price limit.
The other is $7,500 for allegedly failing to disclose a ticket’s total price when it was purchased from a primary seller.
Ontario previously fined the company $25,000 in August for similar offences.
- Who
- SeatGeek Canada.
- What
- Ontario issued the company two additional fines totalling $22,500 for alleged ticket resale violations.
- When
- The fines were issued earlier in October 2026.
- Where
- Ontario, Canada.
- Why
- The province alleges the company exceeded the ticket resale price limit and failed to disclose a ticket’s total price.
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Ontario issued SeatGeek Canada $25,000 in fines for similar alleged offences.
Ontario issued the company two additional fines totalling $22,500.
The Canadian Press report on the additional fines was published.
- Total additional fines
- $22,500
- First fine
- $15,000 for allegedly offering or facilitating a sale above the resale price limit
- Second fine
- $7,500 for allegedly failing to disclose the ticket’s total price
- Previous fines
- $25,000 in August 2026