What is Schedule B in the TRREB agreement

Schedule B is the part of TRREB’s MLS data agreements that records the specifics of your website: who your technology vendor is and, for the IDX agreement, the exact web address the board will authorize for listing display. The agreements themselves are standard terms every member signs identically — the schedule is where your particular setup gets written down, which is why it is the one section you cannot copy from anyone else and the place most setups stall.

Why the agreement has a schedule at all

Boards license the same data to thousands of members through one set of legal terms, but every member’s implementation is different: different vendor, different domain, different site. The schedule pattern separates the two — fixed terms in the body, member-specific variables in the schedule. Understanding that removes the intimidation factor: nothing in Schedule B is negotiable legal language. It is a form asking factual questions about your website, and completing it well is a matter of having the right two values on hand.

The two values, and the mistakes attached to each

Your technology vendor. TRREB processes the schedule against its registry of approved vendors, so the identity you enter must match that registry character for character. This is the single most common stall: a vendor name typed from memory that almost matches. For BrokerFold sites the registry identity is Broker Fold Inc. — the dashboard’s MLS-setup page displays the full vendor block, including the support contact and email, with a copy button beside each value so nothing gets retyped.

Your website address. The IDX schedule’s URL field is not a formality — it defines which site the board has authorized. Enter the address your site will genuinely live at, in its final form. The dashboard surfaces a copyable Website URL row showing exactly the address to paste, which reflects whatever domain you have connected. The domain-ordering decision this implies, along with the rest of the filing mechanics, is covered step-by-step in the full Schedule B filing guide.

Where it sits in the larger paperwork

A full-featured TRREB site involves three agreements — IDX for public active listings, VOW for the registered-visitor sold layer described in TRREB VOW website, and DLA for the underlying licence — signed together in the same online flow. After you complete the schedules and sign, the package routes to your broker of record, whose approval is the step explained in who signs the IDX agreement at a brokerage, and then to the board for verification. With everything correct, that final stage typically clears in a business day or two.

Not to be confused with the offer paperwork

One disambiguation saves confusion: “Schedule B” also shows up in a completely different corner of Ontario real estate — the schedules attached to an agreement of purchase and sale, where builders and lenders append their terms. Same letter, unrelated document. If you are mid-transaction and someone mentions Schedule B, they almost certainly mean the offer paperwork; this page is about the schedule inside TRREB’s member data agreements, the one that stands between your website and live listing data.

What happens on your site meanwhile

Nothing about Schedule B requires your website to wait dark. On BrokerFold, a site launches immediately with clearly labelled sample listings and switches itself to live TRREB data when the board’s approval registers — the schedule paperwork and the website build run in parallel rather than in sequence. The complete arc, from signing to listings rendering, is charted in how to get TRREB listings on my website.

The short version

Schedule B is a two-fact form inside TRREB’s data agreements: registry-exact vendor identity, final website address. Have both values ready before you open the signing flow — copied, not remembered — and the section that stalls most setups takes about ninety seconds.