Looking for a notice? The table below shows the legislative section of The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (Act), or The Residential Tenancies Regulations, 2007 (Regulations), related to:
- the notice being given;
- the previous form number associated with tenant notices;
- the current name of the notice in the ORT’s online portal;
- the tenancy type; and
- the length of time applicable to the notice.
All notices must include legal names.
Section of Act or Regulations |
Old Form Number |
Online Portal Form Name |
Periodic or Fixed Term Tenancy |
Notice Timeline |
Section 56 |
Form 6 |
Notice to Landlord to Terminate the Tenancy |
Periodic |
One Month |
Subsection 56(2) |
Form 6a |
Tenant's Notice to Vacate Early for Cause |
Either |
Less Than One Month |
Victims of interpersonal and/or sexual violence may end a fixed term tenancy by giving a 28 days' notice if they have received a certificate from an official at the Victims Services Branch within the Ministry of Justice. See the How to End a Fixed Term Tenancy Agreement page with the Victim Services Branch for more information.
The Notice to Landlord to Vacate Early for Cause form may be used in these circumstances. This notice is available through the ORT’s online portal.
In a week-to-week or month-to month (periodic) tenancy, tenants may give a notice to vacate to their landlord the day before rent is due. The tenancy will end the day before rent is due again.
Fixed term tenancies end on the date written in the tenancy agreement unless both parties have agreed in writing to another agreement. In a fixed term tenancy, a landlord is required to serve a tenant with a Term Lease – Two Month Notice of Intention Form. This form sets out the landlord’s intentions for the renewal or non-renewal of the tenancy agreement. A tenant has one month to respond in writing with their agreement.
In any tenancy type (periodic or fixed term), a tenant may provide short written notice to end the tenancy if their rights have been significantly breached and the landlord failed to fix the breach in a reasonable amount of time.