Got a 10 Day Notice in BC? What Tenants Should Do Now
A BC 10 Day Notice for unpaid rent gives you 5 days to act. Here is how to count your deadline, your options to pay or dispute, and where to get help.
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A BC 10 Day Notice for unpaid rent gives you 5 days to act. Here is how to count your deadline, your options to pay or dispute, and where to get help.
When rent is late in BC, the RTB-30 10 Day Notice is the tool. Here is when you can serve it, how to count the days, and what to do when the tenant does not pay or dispute.
Rights & LegalOn September 21, 2026, "persistent late payment" stops being a judgment call and becomes a statutory test: under O. Reg. 516/06, rent counts as late only if it's unpaid more than seven days after the due date, and a tenant is persistently late after at least three late payments within any six-month period — a floor, no
Heat, water, electricity, gas — these are "vital services" in Ontario, and a landlord can't withhold or deliberately interfere with them, ever. Not for unpaid rent, not for a damaged unit, not until an eviction is actually enforced. There's a minimum heat standard (and stricter city bylaws), a rule that makes the landl