Can a landlord refuse to renew a lease?

Yes. A fixed-term lease ends on its end date, and neither the landlord nor the tenant has to give notice, so a landlord can decline to sign a new lease without giving a reason. The catch is rent: if the tenant stays and the landlord keeps accepting rent with no new agreement, the tenancy becomes periodic (monthly if the term was a month or longer).

Once a tenancy is periodic, the landlord can end it only for a reason listed in the regulation, such as the landlord or a relative moving in, with 3 tenancy months' written notice on Form 1 (365 days for major renovations that need the unit empty). Alberta's Act also bars ending a tenancy, or other retaliatory action, only because the tenant made a complaint or application under the Act.

Usually not. When a fixed term ends, the tenancy continues month to month on the same terms unless the agreement has a valid vacate clause. A vacate clause is allowed only if the landlord is an individual who, or whose close family member, will move in at the end of the term, or if the agreement is a sublease. The reason must be written in the agreement and initialled by both sides, and if the landlord or family member does not live there for at least 6 months, the tenant can be owed up to 12 months' rent.

Without a valid vacate clause, the landlord needs a legal reason and the right notice. For a landlord or close family member moving in, that is a Three Month Notice for Landlord's Use (form RTB-32L, generated through the Residential Tenancy Branch web portal), which cannot take effect before the end of the term, and the tenant gets one month's rent as compensation.

Three months before a fixed-term lease ends, the landlord must give the tenant a renewal agreement. If the landlord does not and the tenant stays, the lease is treated as renewed for the same term or 12 months, whichever is shorter. A tenancy can be ended only as the Act allows, and the province's guides do not describe a right to refuse a renewal with no reason.

The no-fault routes are the landlord or close family moving in, a buyer who will move in, and demolition, renovation or a change of use, and none can take effect before the term ends. Notice depends on the vacancy rate: 3, 4 or 5 months for the landlord's use or renovation, and 3 months for a sale when the lease is a fixed term. For the landlord's use and for renovation or demolition, the landlord pays reasonable moving expenses up to $500.

Yes, but the landlord has to say so on the approved form. A fixed-term lease ends on its end date unless the landlord and tenant make a new agreement. At least two months before the end, the landlord must serve the Term Lease Two Month Notice of Intention (the approved form is in the online portal under New Notice), saying whether a new agreement is offered and on what terms.

The tenant has one month to accept an offer in writing. Silence counts as saying no, and the tenant must then leave at the end of the term. If the landlord skips the notice, either side can apply to the Office of Residential Tenancies, and a hearing officer can continue the tenancy as a periodic one or end it, and can award compensation.

No. When a fixed-term lease ends, it renews automatically month to month (week to week if rent is paid weekly), and a landlord can end a tenancy only for a reason the Act allows. Not wanting to renew is not one of those reasons.

The no-fault notices are the N12 (the landlord's or a buyer's own use, at least 60 days, ending on the last day of the term or a rental period) and the N13 (demolition, conversion or major repairs, at least 120 days). For an N12 for the landlord's own use served on or after September 21, 2026, no compensation is owed if the landlord gives at least 120 days' notice; with less, the tenant gets one month's rent or another acceptable unit. A tenant who leaves after a notice given in bad faith can claim up to 12 months' rent, the rent difference for a year and moving costs.

Yes. A fixed-term lease ends automatically at the end of the agreed period with no notice needed, and the province lists not moving out once a fixed-term lease has ended as a ground for eviction. But if the landlord accepts rent after the end date without a new lease, that creates a new tenancy whose length follows how rent is paid (for example, month to month).

From then on, the landlord can end the tenancy only for a listed reason stated in the notice: the landlord or a close family member moving in for at least 3 months in good faith, a non-residential use, or the end of an employee's tenancy. Renovations need the Tenant and Landlord Relations Office's approval first, and a sale is not a listed reason. The tenant can ask for a review within 15 days.

Yes. A fixed-term lease ends on the day stated in the lease and does not renew itself for another fixed term; a new lease has to be signed for each term, and the landlord does not have to sign one. If the tenant stays with the landlord's consent, for example by paying rent that the landlord accepts, the lease becomes month to month.

After that, Nova Scotia has no general no-fault notice. A landlord who wants the unit for their own or family use needs an order from the Director, and demolition or major renovation needs a written agreement (Form DR5) or a Director's order. A sale of a property with 4 units or fewer, where the buyer or their family will move in, uses Form DR2 with at least 2 months' notice. The rent cap also applies when the same tenant signs a new fixed-term lease.

No. A fixed-term lease with no renewal option that has not been validly ended is treated as renewed as a monthly tenancy, with the same rights and obligations. To end it, the landlord needs a reason from the Act, and a no-fault notice can only take effect at the end of the term.

The reasons and minimum notice: an individual landlord or family member moving in for at least a year, 4 months; a sale of a building with fewer than three units, or a condo unit, to a buyer who will live there, 2 months (4 months if the buyer's family will move in); demolition or conversion to non-residential use, 6 months; renovations that need the unit empty, 6 months, with the Director's approval first. The tenant is owed one month's rent plus reasonable moving expenses (or another acceptable unit), and can dispute the notice on Form 4B within one month.

Yes, with notice. A landlord can decline to renew a fixed-term lease without giving a reason by serving written notice (the Landlord's Notice to Terminate, Standard) at least 3 months before the end of the term. If no notice is given and the tenant stays, the tenancy carries on under the same terms and can then be ended with the month-to-month notice periods.

A landlord cannot give notice in retaliation for a tenant's complaint or application, and a tenant who believes that happened has one month to apply to have the notice set aside. A tenant who wants to leave at the end of a fixed term gives two months' notice before it ends.