GeneralWhat Alberta Landlords Can Ask on a Rental Application Under PIPA
PIPA limits what Alberta landlords collect from applicants. A question-by-question table from the privacy commissioner's guidance, plus retention rules.
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Screening & ApplicationsRental Discrimination in Alberta: Who a Landlord Cannot Refuse Under the Human Rights Act
The Alberta Human Rights Act bars landlords from refusing a tenant, or setting different terms, because of 15 protected grounds. Here is what that covers, the narrow adult-only exceptions, service dogs, and the one-year complaint deadline.
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Rights & LegalTenant Won't Leave in Alberta? Overholding Tenants and the Order for Possession
What Alberta landlords can and cannot do when a tenant stays after the tenancy ends: the order for recovery of possession, civil enforcement, compensation and conditional orders.
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Rights & LegalAlberta's 24-Hour Eviction Notice: Significant Damage, Assault or Threats
When an Alberta landlord can use the 24-hour notice under RTA section 30, what the notice must say, and the 10-day deadline to apply if the tenant does not leave.
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Rights & LegalBelongings Left Behind in an Alberta Rental: The $2,000 Rule and 30-Day Storage
What an Alberta landlord can do with a tenant's abandoned belongings: the $2,000 threshold, 30-day storage, auction or court-approved sale, sale money and the 3-year record.
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Rights & LegalEnding an Alberta Lease Early Because of Domestic Violence: The Safer Spaces Certificate
How Alberta's Safer Spaces certificate works: who qualifies, how to apply, the 28-day notice and 90-day deadline, what rent is owed, and what landlords must keep confidential.
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Rights & LegalSubletting in Alberta: Landlord Consent, the 14-Day Rule and Roommates
Alberta tenants need written consent to sublet or assign, but a landlord can refuse only on reasonable grounds, cannot charge a fee, and is deemed to agree after 14 days of silence.
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News & Policy UpdatesHiring a Roofer for an Alberta Rental: What to Check After $518,000 in Fatal-Fall Fines
EDMONTON, Nov. 4, 2026: After two companies were fined a total of $518,000 over a fatal fall through an Edmonton roof, here is what an Alberta landlord should check before hiring a roofer, and what the OHS Act says owners must do.
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Maintenance & RepairsWho Shovels the Snow at an Alberta Rental? Calgary and Edmonton Sidewalk Rules
In Calgary and Edmonton, the city bylaw puts sidewalk snow clearing on the owner or occupant, and Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act is silent, so the lease decides who shovels. Deadlines, fines and City clearing bills in both cities.
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Rights & LegalAlberta vs Ontario vs BC Tenancy Rules: Side-by-Side
Alberta sets no limit on rent increases, Ontario's 2027 guideline is 1.9% and BC's 2027 limit is 2.2%. This side-by-side compares rent, deposits, inspections, unpaid rent, tenant notice, own-use compensation and disputes in all three provinces, with the section of each Act.
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Moving & SettlingMoving to Alberta From Ontario or BC: What Changes for Renters
Moving to Alberta from Ontario or BC? Rent has no cap, deposits can be a full month, inspections are mandatory and fixed-term leases simply end. Here is what changes, section by section.
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Taxes & DeductionsAlberta's Education Property Tax Freeze: What It Means for Landlords
Alberta, Oct. 30, 2026: Alberta will set one education property tax rate for every municipality from 2027, $2.65 per $1,000 for residential property, locked for three years. What it means for landlords.
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Safety & Scam PreventionSmoke Alarm Rules for Alberta Rentals
Alberta's Minimum Housing and Health Standards require smoke alarms between each sleeping area and the rest of the suite, working at all times. Here is where they go, who keeps them working, and a checklist for landlords and tenants.
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Moving & SettlingAlberta Move-In Inspection Checklist (Room by Room)
A room-by-room move-in inspection checklist for Alberta rentals, with the statements every report must contain under AR 211/2004 s.4 and the one-week timing in RTA s.19.
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Rights & LegalCan a Landlord Raise Rent During a Fixed Term Lease in Alberta?
An Alberta landlord cannot raise rent during a fixed term lease of a year or more, whatever the lease says. Here is when rent can go up, at renewal and on back-to-back short terms.
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Rights & LegalSecurity Deposit Deductions in Alberta: What Landlords Can and Cannot Keep
What an Alberta landlord can and cannot take from a security deposit: the lease conditions, the wear-and-tear rule, the inspection report bar on damage deductions and the 10-day return, with a worked example.
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Rights & LegalTenant Got a 14-Day Notice in Alberta? Your Options
Got a 14-day notice from your Alberta landlord? Pay all rent due before the termination date, or object in writing to a non-rent reason, and the notice has no effect. Here are your options and what happens next.
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GeneralCan an Alberta Landlord Raise the Rent After Installing New Windows?
Alberta has no rent cap and no special increase for upgrades. New windows do not let a landlord raise rent sooner, more often or mid-term; the 365-day and notice rules apply as usual.
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GeneralWindow Rebates for Alberta Rental Owners: What's Open (October 2026)
Checked October 22, 2026: the federal Greener Homes grant and loan are closed, and Alberta rental owners are left mainly with municipal CEIP financing. Here is what is open, with official links.
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GeneralWho Pays for Condo Windows in Alberta? A Guide for Condo Landlords
Under Alberta's Condominium Property Act, windows in a unit's exterior walls are common property unless the plan says otherwise. Here is who repairs them, who pays, and what a condo landlord still owes the tenant.
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Maintenance & RepairsWindow Safety in Alberta Rentals: Child Fall Prevention and Escape Windows
Alberta rentals must have a bedroom escape window that opens without tools, while the building code limits many low windows to a 100 mm opening. Here is how a provincial variance reconciles them and what landlords should do.
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GeneralHow Much Notice Does an Alberta Landlord Need to Enter for Window Repairs?
Measuring or replacing windows in a tenanted Alberta unit needs 24 hours' written, signed notice, entry between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and not on a holiday. Here is how section 23 applies, with a sample notice.
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Maintenance & RepairsCondensation and Mould on Rental Windows in Alberta: Who Is Responsible?
Condensation and mould on rental windows split along a simple line in Alberta: the landlord answers for the building, the tenant for how the unit is lived in. Here is what the standards and Alberta Health Services say.
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Maintenance & RepairsDrafty or Broken Windows in an Alberta Rental: Who Has to Fix Them?
Alberta law puts weathertight, crack-free rental windows on the landlord. Here is what the minimum housing standards require, who pays when a window breaks, and what tenants can do when repairs are ignored.
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