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PART 3: Ending a tenancy
Table 2 (below) shows the reasons a landlord can end a tenancy, but not before the
end of the tenancy agreement.
Table 2: Reasons your landlord can ask you to vacate, but not before the tenancy
agreement ends, and minimum notice required
Reason your landlord can ask you to vacate, but not before the tenancy
agreement ends
Minimum
notice required1
The tenancy agreement has a fixed term or set end date and states that you
have rented the landlord’s own home and the landlord will occupy it at the
end of the tenancy agreement.
14 days
The landlord is a government housing authority and you have unreasonably
refused to seek or accept an offer of alternative accommodation.
30 days
Planned reconstruction, repairs or renovations (for which all necessary permits
have been obtained) cannot be properly carried out unless you vacate.
60 days2
The premises are to be demolished and all necessary permits have
been obtained.
60 days2
The landlord wants to do something else with the premises (for example,
use them for a business).
60 days2
The landlord, a member of the landlord’s immediate family (including
parents and parents-in-law) or a dependant (who normally lives with the
landlord) will be moving in.
60 days2
The premises are to be sold or offered for sale with vacant possession
immediately after the termination date of the tenancy agreement.
60 days2
The premises have been sold and all sale conditions have been satisfied.
60 days2
A government authority owns the premises and needs them for public purposes.
60 days2
It is the end of a fixed-term tenancy agreement of fewer than six months.
60 days
It is the end of a fixed-term tenancy agreement of six months or more.
90 days
The landlord is a government housing authority and no longer meets
its eligibility criteria.
90 days2
No specified reason, but not just because you have been exercising your
rights or saying you will do so.
120 days2
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