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Maintenance & RepairsIn BC, the owner of a rental must keep every gas appliance in safe condition, post a safe-operation notice and keep service records under the Gas Safety Regulation. Here is how to meet those duties for furnaces, boilers and water heaters, and where carbon monoxide alarms fit.
News & Policy UpdatesOTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2026: Budget 2026 proposes to extend Canada's foreign buyer ban on existing and resale homes to January 1, 2029, while lifting it for new residential properties. Here is what the current law says and what would change.
Rent & PaymentsA BC manufactured home site rent increase needs three full months' notice on RTB-45 or RTB-11a, 12 months after the last one. For 2027 the cap is 2.2% plus a proportional amount.
Maintenance & RepairsWhen a landlord ignores a health or safety problem, AHS Environmental Public Health can inspect and order repairs. Here is how to file and what follows.
Rights & LegalHow a Saskatchewan landlord keeps part of a security deposit: return the rest, serve the Notice of Landlord's Claim within seven business days, hold the claimed money in trust and be ready to pay it into the ORT.
GeneralWhat BC landlords and tenants need to know when a rented home is sold: showings, the buyer's written request, the Three Month Notice (RTB-32P) and deposits.
Rights & LegalAlberta's Residential Tenancies Act says nothing about pets, so the lease sets the rules. But a refundable pet deposit is a security deposit under the Act, and landlords cannot refuse a tenant with a guide or service dog.
Rights & LegalWhen a Saskatchewan tenant stays past the notice date, the landlord applies to the ORT for possession and lets the sheriff enforce the writ. Here is how, and what losses you can claim.
Rights & LegalWho can change the locks in a BC rental, who pays to rekey for a new tenant, what happens when a lock breaks, and why a lockout never ends a tenancy, from RTA sections 25, 31, 33 and 70.
Rights & LegalNo notice ends an Alberta fixed term early. Here is what a tenant who leaves can owe, how mitigation limits it, and the four legal ways out.
Rights & LegalA step-by-step guide for Saskatchewan tenants: which notices you can dispute, how to write and deliver the 15-day dispute, and what happens at the Office of Residential Tenancies.
Rights & LegalA BC manufactured home park conversion needs all permits first, 12 months' notice on RTB-31 and $20,000 to each tenant by the effective date. Tenants have 15 days to dispute.
GeneralPIPA limits what Alberta landlords collect from applicants. A question-by-question table from the privacy commissioner's guidance, plus retention rules.
Screening & ApplicationsThe 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.
Rights & LegalEvery Saskatchewan tenancy notice and ORT application now starts in the ORT online portal. How to set up the right Saskatchewan Account, link the service and file your first notice or application.
Rights & LegalHow to ask the BC Residential Tenancy Branch to review an arbitrator's decision: the eight grounds, the 2, 5 and 15-day deadlines, the $50 RTB-2 application, the two-stage process, and when a free correction or judicial review fits better.
Lease & AgreementsThere is no general right to walk away from a fixed-term lease in Saskatchewan. These are the lawful ways out, and what you owe if you simply leave.
GeneralWhen a tenant leaves belongings behind in BC, the landlord must store them safely for 30 days, keep an inventory for 2 years and follow the notice rules before selling. The rules changed in April 2025; here is how they work now.
Rights & LegalNo. Saskatchewan's Residential Tenancies Act bans rental application fees, processing fees, screening fees and fees to accept a tenant. What is allowed, and what to do if you were charged.
Rights & LegalWhat 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.
Rent & PaymentsRepeated late payment of rent in BC means at least three late payments. The landlord serves a One Month Notice for Cause (RTB-33); the tenant has 10 days to dispute.
Rights & LegalA BC landlord cannot stop you having guests, restrict them or charge a guest fee; only reasonable rules for common areas are allowed. What changes when a guest moves in and becomes an occupant.
Rights & LegalAn expedited hearing at the BC RTB is for health or safety emergencies: early end of tenancy, emergency repairs or a tenant's order of possession, usually within 12 days.
Rights & LegalEvery BC tenant has a right to quiet enjoyment under section 28 of the Residential Tenancy Act. What it covers, when noise, entry or renovations become a breach, and how to claim compensation or a rent reduction.
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