Notice to End a Tenancy in New Brunswick

For a periodic month-to-month tenancy, both the tenant and the landlord generally need to give at least 30 days' written notice to end the tenancy. New Brunswick treats tenant and landlord notice symmetrically at this base level, unlike provinces where landlord notice runs far longer than tenant notice.

Once a tenancy has continued long enough to qualify as a long tenancy under the Residential Tenancies Act, the landlord's notice period to end it without cause extends to 90 days. This protects longer-term tenants from being asked to leave on short notice after they've settled into a home.

For a fixed-term lease, either party generally needs to give notice at least 30 days before the term's end date if they don't want it to continue. Without that notice, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis under the same terms.

If rent isn't paid when due, a landlord can issue a notice to end the tenancy for non-payment. Always confirm the current cure-period rules with the TLRO before treating a non-payment notice as final, since the specific timelines can vary by circumstance.