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Chapter 1 – History and Concepts of Property Ownership
The method of “holding” land rather than “owning” it was called a system of tenure.
Alienability: refers to the power to transfer tenure to another during one’s lifetime or at the time of death.
Common Law: is the part of the law that is formulated, developed and administered by the common law courts, mostly underwritten and founded originally by common customs.
Types of Estates:
Estates – describes an interest in land or more specifically the degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest that a person has in real property.
Estates can be classified under several general headings:
1. Estate to use: ownership obtained by deed, will or possession. Ownership was often held for a future buyer and was often used to avoid a dower right.
2. Fee Simple: highest estate or absolute right in real property – essentially absolute ownership. Can be created where it terminates under certain conditions. For example: Fee Tail – a historical fee that restricts the inheritability of land to a limited class of heirs, such as the eldest male.
3. Future Estate: typically a component of a life estate
4. Leasehold Estate: Interest in land for a defined period of time
5. Life Estate: granting an interest in a piece of land to someone for a lifetime period.
Bundle of Rights: The rights that are guaranteed by law in relation to property. These include: the right to use property, sell it, lease it, enter it, give it away, and finally the right to refuse to exercise any of these rights.
Government Limitations:
1. Police Power: Right to regulate property for the protection of people
2. Power of Expropriation: The right to take private property for public use.
3. Power of Taxation: Right to generate revenue through the taxation of land
4. Escheat: Right to have the ownership of property return to the state in the event owner dies and has no known or ascertainable heirs.
Concurrent Ownership:
Falls into two primary categories: joint tenancy & tenants in common.
Joint Tenancy: ownership of land by two or more persons whereby, on the death of one, the surviving tenant acquires the whole interest in the property. The owners have the same size of interest, the same procession and the same title to the land. A presumption exists that unless specifically specified as a joint tenancy, the grant of land to two or more people will become tenants in common.
Four unities to Joint Tenancy:
1. Title – All joint tenants must derive their title from the same instrument (deed or will)
2. Time – Interest must begin at the same time
3. Possession – Each tenant is entitled to undivided possession of the whole of the property and none can hold any part separately.
4. Interest – Interest of each tenant must be identical in nature
Additional Considerations:
Survivorship – the right of survivorship is an important consideration. If one tenant dies, their interest automatically transfers to the surviving tenant.
Spousal Interest – The Joint Tenancy is severed in the event that one tenant dies and owns the interest in the property with someone other than their spouse.
Termination – Automatically become tenants in common. Other tenants can remain joint tenants.
The Family Law Act - The Matrimonial Home
Designation of a matrimonial home essentially means that the property is deemed to be the family residence at the time of registration
Any property in which a person has an interest and that is or has been occupied by the person and their spouse as the family residence; matrimonial homes include condominiums, co-operatives, and leasehold interests.
Chapter 2 – Leaseholds and Property Interests Other Than Ownership
Exemptions provided under the residential tenancies act:
- Travelling and vacation properties
- Living arrangements that are conditional upon continued employment
- Living accommodations provided by non-profit housing and co-operative or shelters
- Living accommodations that are provided because of the performance of a functional job.
- Living arrangements where the tenants are required to share a bathroom or a kitchen with the owner
- Premises that are for business purposes with living accommodations that are attached to it.
Lease – grant of an interest in land. The two most notable rights are: quiet enjoyment of the land and an obligation not to become derogated from the grant.
Assignment -Involves the assigning of rights, ownership and interest in a lease whereby the assignor or lessee transfers the entire remainder of the term created by the lease.

Elements of a lease:
1. Statement of the names of the parties
2. The person signing must be legally competent
3. Legal description of the leased premises
4. The exchange of something of value – consideration
5. A lease must include the description of the legal purpose for which the premises is to be used.
6. Commencement and expiry dates must be included
7. Rules and regulations
Chattels: can be described as movable possessions and personal property
Fixtures: something becomes a fixture once it is attached to the real property or building that it becomes part to.
Landlord: A person who is a lessor, owner, the person giving or permitting the occupation of the premises in question and these persons’ heirs, assigns, and legal representatives.
Unauthorized occupation shall be deemed to be an assignment with the Landlord consent if:
- A new tenancy agreement is not entered into within 60 days; and
- No application is made to evict the person or the subtenant.
Commercial Tenancies are governed by the provisions of the Commercial Tenancies Act.
Guarantor vs. Indemnifier - Indemnity survives any bankruptcy or insolvency of the tenant.
Non-Payment of Rent:
Option #1 – Change the locks: The Landlord may change the locks and evict on the 16th day after the rent was due.
Option # 2 – Seize and Dispose of Tenant’s Property: Landlord must hold the property for a total of 5 days.
Termination: The Tenant or Landlord can terminate a month-to-month tenancy with a minimum of one month written notice. The written notice of termination should include the following:
- The Landlord’s name
- Tenant’s name
- Address/description of unit
- Date the tenancy is severed
- Date the notice is served.
Easements: A right enjoyed by one tenant over another. Attached to the Land and binds subsequent owners. An easement must have a dominant tenement and a servient tenements

Creation of an easement:
1. Express Grant – The owner decides to grant a privilege in favour of another owner and is clearly defined in the registration documents
2. Prescription – essentially squatters’ rights. If the person has specific use for a certain period of time.
3. Implied – Necessary for reasonable enjoyment of the property.
4. Statute – Created by statute involving groups such as public utilities and telephone companies.
Easements are registered by inserting the appropriate reference in Box 7 of the Transfer / Deed of Land.
Termination of an Easement:
1. Merge – both the dominate and servant tenements merge
2. Release – Person entitled to the benefit of an easement may release it to the servient tenement by releasing it from title.
3. Ceasing of purpose – If the purpose of the easement disappears, so does the easement
Non-Ownership Interests:
1. Appurtenance: A right that goes along with the property but is outside of the real property but adds to the enjoyment of the Land. A right of way is an example.
2. Encroachment: described as the unauthorized intrusion onto the lands and property by one individual over that of another.
3. Encumbrance: Outstanding claim or lien recorded against a property or any legal right to the use of the property by another person that is not the owner.
4. Lien
5. Mineral Rights: Rights to remove minerals from the Land.
6. Private Access
7. Profit A Prendre: right to enter property based upon the written right to take something from it.
Chapter 3 – The Recording Acts
Ownership of Land in Ontario can be acquired through the following:
- Inheritance
- Deed
- Agreement for sale
- Mortgage remedy
- Court Order
- Possession
Grant – legal term used in deeds of conveyance to indicate a transfer of an interest or estate in real property by the grantor to the grantee.
Quit Claim Deed – is a legal document wherein a person agrees to release any right that he/she may possess in a parcel of land.
Abstract – is a written history of the title, but not assurance of good title, to a parcel of real estate as recorded in a land registry or land title office.
Adverse Possession –Arises when someone that is not the owner takes possession of property without the consent of the owner and remains in exclusive possession using the land like an owner and ignoring the claims.
Land Titles – new system for property registrations that is replacing the Registry System. Records are brought to Land Titles through a process called first application. The system operates in accordance with three principals:
1. The Mirror Principle: the registration of title is a mirror that accurately and completely reflects the current facts that are material to a person’s title.
2. The Curtain Principle: Intended for prospective buyers that are interested with the trusts and equities that lie behind the curtain of information.
3. The Insurance Principle: Insurance can support any errors inherent in the land titles system.
Land Registration Reform Act
Part 1 – devoted to the implementation of the following documents:
1. Transfer/Deed of Land
2. Charge/Mortgage of Land
3. Discharge of Charge/Mortgage form
4. Schedule
Part II –Automation of property mapping, including the storage and retrieval of such documentation
Part III – Outlines procedures for electronic registration.
Land Description:
Lots/Concessions – townships were divided into strips of land known as concessions.
Townships – Single front townships normally contacted 200 acre lots, while double front townships were usually 100 acre lots.
Measurements:
Chain – 66 Feet
100 links to make a chain
80 chains equal one mile
Concession was 100 chains across or 1 ¼ miles
Title Insurance – Loss due to the invalidity of title to a property or instrument related thereto.

Benefits:
- Survey: Ability to avoid a survey
- Title problems at listing
- An incentive for the marketing and sale of a property
- Title Problems at closing
Closing Procedures:
For a purchase –
1. Title search
2. Non-title search: zoning, executions, status of taxes etc.
3. Requisitions (30 days or 5 days before closing)
4. Closing
For a sale –
1. Document preparation
2. Requisition – respond to requisition requests from the buyers solicitor.
3. Document review
4. Closing
5. Closing statements – statement of adjustments. Itemizes the financials history of the transaction.
Electronic Closing Procedures:
POLARIS – Province of Ontario LAnd Registration and Information System – automated land registriation system based on title index.
Teraview operates at four levels:
1. Search – allows lawyers to view documents
2. Create/Update – Can create view or alter docs
3. Complete/Approve – Lawyer confirms that documents are acceptable for registration
4. Release / Registration
Chapter 4 – Agency Representation
The agent must perform the following duties:
1. Good faith and full disclosure
2. Competence
3. Obedience
4. Full Accounting
The principal owes the following:
1. Remuneration
2. Indemnification
Creation of an agency relationship (can happen by accident):
- By express agreement
- By Ratification – principal accepts the benefits of agency but doesn’t formally agree to it.
- By estoppel or conduct – gives the impression to a third person that another person is acting on his/her behalf as an agent
- By operation of Law (by necessity)
- By implied authority – someone is given express authority to do something they also have the implied authority to do things that are necessary to carry out the express authority.
Duties – if someone acts on behalf of another, he/she is considered in law to be an extension of that person. Fiduciary duties include the following six categories:
1. Disclosure
2. Competence
3. Obedience
4. Accounting
5. Confidentiality
6. Loyalty
Agents owe third parties the ethical duty to be honest, the legal duty not to misrepresent and the responsibility to exercise due care when answering inquiries or giving information.
Terminating Agency Relationships:
1. Mutual consent.
2. Revocation – a principal has the absolute right to revoke any authority given to an agent at any time.
3. Expiry – terminate at the date agreed to by the parties
4. Completion/Performance
5. Impossibility
6. Death, Mental Incapacity or Bankruptcy
7. Registration Cancellation
Authority – is the legal power or right by a principal and accepted by the agent to act on the principal’s behalf in business transactions.
Chapter 5 – Contract Law
A contract requires the following six elements to make it legally binding:
1. Offer & Acceptance
2. Capacity of the Parties
3. Lawful object
4. Consideration and;
5. Genuine intention
Void – A contract that is void is said to be a nullity at law, with no force or legal effect.
Voidable – The contract is valid and binding until rendered void is voidable. The offended party has the opportunity to make a choice
Examples:
Contacts entered into by a minor for the purchase or sale of land are voidable by the minor. Such a contract is binding until the minor brings it to court.
Contacts entered into by others with limited capacity, such as mental incompetence or intoxication may also be voidable.
Limited Capacity includes:
- Minors (those under the age of majority)
- Mentally incompetent persons
- Intoxicated persons or persons incapable of understanding the nature of such a contract by virtue of excessive use of drugs or chemicals.
- Illiterate
Lawful Object – if the object of the contract is illegal by statute or common law, the contract will be void and unenforceable in the courts.
Consideration – What each party receives or is to receive in exchange for promises to act in a certain manner and is something that is given by a promise to a promisor to make the promise binding. May include:
- An act in return for an act;
- A promise in return for a promise; or,
- An ace in return for a promise
Consideration is best viewed in terms of the following:
1. Value: What either party receives must have some sort of value
2. Lawful: The contract cannot be based on something that is not lawful consideration (i.e. stolen money)
3. Past consideration: “old consideration is no consideration”
4. Seal: A contract can be made binding without consideration if a seal is used. If a corporate seal is not used the following words should be used:
“I have the authority to bind the corporation”
Basic rules concerning basic requirements for an Offer:
- Must be complete and definite in its terms
- Must be made to one or more persons or corporations or to the public at large
- Must remain open for acceptance for a reasonable period of time
- May be revoked or withdrawn prior to acceptance, subject to certain limitations
- Must be communicated to the offeree
Genuine Intention – The agreement must be genuine and give more than the outward appearance of a contact. Inducement by improper means are often caused by four different circumstances:
1. Mistakes
a. Common mistake – both parties make the same mistake
b. Mutual mistake – The parties misunderstand each other and are at cross purpose
c. Unilateral mistake – one of the parties is mistaken concerning a fundamental character of the contact
2. Misrepresentation: False statement or assertion made by one party to the other.
3. Duress or Undue Influence: Occurs when one party does not act within his/her free will.
4. Failure to disclose
Definite and clear – the terms of a contact must be definite and clear. If the essential terms have not been agreed upon, a binding contract does not exist. If terms are left un-agreed to then no agreement exists.
Misrepresentation – Is a false statement of fact. The types of misrepresentation include the following:
1. Innocent: An innocent representation is a statement by one party of a material fact that is untrue but is honestly believed to be true. As a general rule you cannot recover damages if the misrepresentation was innocent.
2. Fraudulent: A fraudulent misrepresentation has three essential elements:
a. Made with the knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard for the truth on the part of the person making it
b. The purpose must have been made to induce the other person to enter the contact
c. Must have been acted on to the other party’s prejudice.
The person deceived has the right to recover damages for deceit.
3. Negligent: Is there is a special relationship between the parties and a statement is made that one party relies upon while making a decision.
Non Est Factum: is literally translated as: it is not his deed. Relates to the legal rule that a person who was induced innocently or fraudulently to sign a legal document is not bound by it.
Parol Evidence Rule: Provides that a completed written contact may not be altered, varied or amended except in writing and may not be explained or added to by verbal agreement or evidence as to the intention of the parties.
Privity: Only parties to a contract can enforce or be bound to it.
Breach – A failure to fulfill an obligation under a contact. Is a breach goes to the root of the contract, the injured party has the option to either accept the breach and treat himself/herself as relieved or discharged from performance. Five remedies are available for a breach:
1. Rescission: Sets aside the contract
2. Damages: Represent compensation for losses incurred
3. Quantum Meruit: A court determination of a reasonable sum of money for work/services performed
4. Specific Performance: Court decree or order that a party in breach must do the specific thing that was promised.
5. Injunction: Where the broken promise was to refrain from doing something, the court may award an injunction to restrain the offending part from doing that act.
Termination/ Discharge
1. By Mutual Agreement – A contact may be discharged by mutual agreement of the parties
2. By Performance – The obligations of the performing party have been satisfied
3. By Impossibility of Performance
4. By Operation of Law
5. By Breach
Power of Attorney – is a delegated written authority granted to a person to act legally on behalf of another, including the signing of documents.
- The donor is the person who grants the power of attorney
- The attorney is the person who exercises the power of attorney
Chapter 6 – The Agreement of Purchase and Sale
Deposit – a pledge for fulfillment of a contract. Brokerages are allowed five business days to deposit funds into their trust account.
Irrevocability – Refers to the incapability of being recalled or revoked, unchanged, or unaltered.
Representation/Warranty – A statement or covenant that is subsidiary or collateral to a contract. A breach of warranty entitles the buyer to damages only and does not permit the buyer to rescind the contact.
Succerrors and Assigns – the estate of the buyer is obligated to continue and carry out the contact
Chapter 7 – Bulk Sales Act and REBBA 2002
When listing a business for sale it is incumbent upon the selling agent to arrange a document package:
1. Business shares or Assets
2. Financial Statements
3. A list of fixtures and chattels
4. A copy of the business lease
5. Franchise Agreements
6. Licences
7. Financing Options – example includes an “earnout”
8. Additional Documents
The Bulk Sales Act – a provincial statute that is designed to protect the trade creditors of the seller when a sale of stock in bulk is occurring out of the ordinary course of the sellers business.
Procedure:
- Buyer must pay up to 10% of the purchase price to the seller who holds the monies in trust.
- Buyer must receive a sworn statement from the sellers creditors
- The buyer can complete the transaction directly with the seller if: o The secured creditors do not exceed $2,500 or o The trade creditors claims have been paid in full o Adequate provision is made for payment in full to the trade creditors of the sale proceeds.
- The buyer can be responsible for the debts in the event they take procession of the stock
Under REBBA 2002 the buyer must receive the following:
- A profit/loss statement for the past 12 months or since the business was acquired by the person disposing of it;
- A statement of assets and liabilities; and
- A list of items that are NOT included.
Chapter 8- The Consumer Protection Act and The Competition Act
Consumer protection act came into force on July 30, 2005 with expanded rights and remedies for consumers and businesses. Designed to prohibit unfair practices in sales to consumers.
Unfair practices are grouped under false and unconscionable consumer representations
Unconscionable consumer representation occurs if the person making the representation or the employer knows or ought to know the difference.
The competition act – the act is intended to promote fair competition and efficiency in the Canadian marketplace.
- Advertised price: Does not allow for sale above the advertised price in the case of private real estate transactions.
- Contests: the following are basic rules for the operation of a contest: o Approximate number and value of prizes included within the contest o Allocation of prizes by region, if applicable o Chances of winning o Whether or not a skill testing question is required to win the contest o Place where the contest rules can be obtained o The closing date of the contest o Any unusual restriction or conditions relating to the promotion contest.
- Fine Print / Disclaimers: The fine print must be size 7 and cannot contradict the impression conveyed within the main message.
- Free offerings
Chapter 9 – The Consumer Reporting Act and The Land Transfer Tax Act
The Consumer Reporting Act is a provincial statute designed to protect consumers through specific rights:
- The right to revise incorrect information about personal credit history;
- The right to know what is being reported; and,
- The right to ensure that information used by agencies is being correctly collected stored and reported
Land Transfer Tax Act (LTTA) – tax is payable based on three conditions:
1. A registration is made under either the registration act
2. The doc being registered is a conveyance
3. The conveyance involves land
Land Transfer Tax in Ontario is as follows:
- 0.5% on the first 55K
- 1.0% on portion between 55K – 250K
- 1.5% on balance over 250K
Municipal Land Transfer Tax – Toronto
- 0.5% on the first 55K
- 1.0% on portion between 55K – 400K
- 2.0% on balance over 400K

Chapter 10 – Income Tax Act and the Expropriations Act
Capital Gain – is a gain on the sale or exchange of capital assets that meets the criteria for a capital gain as set out in the income tax act. The taxpayer is responsible for stating whether the tax proceeds are income tax or capital gain. Factors that impact that are as follows:
- What was the taxpayer’s intention at the time the property was purchased?
- Relationship to the taxpayer’s business?
- Frequency of Transaction?
- Nature of Transaction and assets?
- Object of the corporation?
Principal Residence Exemption:
- The tax payer must own the housing unit, either jointly or solely
- A family unit may have only one principal residence
- Land cannot exceed 1 acre
- The unit must be ordinarily inhabited
- The unit must be designated as the taxpayer’s principal residence for the year
Expropriations – the taking of private property by the state for public use with fair compensation to the owner, through the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
Expropriation process:
1. Application
2. Hearing
3. Expropriation Plan
4. Compensation
5. Value of Expropriated Land
6. Damages
a. Disturbance
b. Injurious Affections
c. Relocation Difficulties
d. Payment to Others
7. Payment
8. Negotiation and Arbitration
9. Possession
Chapter 11 – Shared Ownership
The creation of a condominium is accomplished through the registration of documents called a Declaration and Description.
Condominium – the freehold or leasehold ownership of a specific amount of space (the unit) in a multiple dwelling environment with tenancy in common ownership of the portions used jointly with other owners.
The condo corp does not provide limited liability. The unit owners are personally liable for all the debts and obligations of the condo corp.
Board of Directors – elected pursuant to the act and by-laws consists of at least three persons or a greater number as specified by the bylaw
By Laws – standard rules regarding a condo’s internal operations that involve governance.
Condominium Corporation – is a corporation without share capital formed coincident with the registration of a declaration and description of a condo.
Different types of condominium:
1. Common Element – examples include a golf course, a skill hill etc. Owners are required to pay for maintenance repair and modifications
2. Leasehold- All units and common interests are subject to leasehold interests by the owners.
3. Phased – Operates as a freehold corporation in which the declarant may create additional units or common elements within the corporation
4. Vacant Land – Condo corp that is formed before any construction actually occurs on individual land units.
Declaration – a document that varies according to the condo type and includes some or all of the following:
• Statement of the condo act
• Consent of mortgages
• Proportionate share in common interests.
• Responsibilities of the condo corp
• Common expenses descriptions
Description – A diagrammatic presentation of the property and any structures within the condominium corporation.
First Board – The board of directors, required within 10 days following registration, is appointed by the declarant. The first board must call a meeting before the later of:
- The 30th day after the declarant transfers 20% of the units, or
- The 90th day after the first unit is transferred
Interim Occupancy – a circumstance in which a purchaser occupies a proposed unit prior to receiving a deed in registrable form
A monthly occupancy fee is payable by the interim occupant and includes:
- A monthly interest on any unpaid balance of the purchase price at the prescribed rate
- Reasonable monthly estimate of municipal taxes and
- The projected monthly common expense contribution
Parking: can be one of the following types:
1. Freehold – unit owners own the parking space within the description or separately titled
2. Leasehold – The condominium corporation retains parking spaces and leases them out.
3. Exclusive use of common elements – Condo owns the space but grants the exclusive rights to to specific spaces
4. Allocated/Assigned – The condo corporation owns the parking space and assigns spaces to unit owners on a discretionary basis.
Performance Audit – includes inspecting major building components, reviewing the condo documentation and conducting a survey of owners concerning damage or defects. Must be completed no later than ten months following the registration of the declaration and description
Reserve Fund – Used solely for major repairs and replacements of common elements and corporation assets. !0% of the budgeted common element expenses go to the reserve fund.
Rules - involves directives and regulations developed by a condo corp that promote the safety, security, and welfare of owners, property and assets of the corporation.
Status Certificate – A document containing information regarding the operational, legal and financial dimensions of the condo corporation. When a status certificate is requested and not provided within 10 days, the act states the certificate was provided and:
- No default in common expenses has occurred
- No increase in common area expenses has occurred (since the date of the current yrs budget) and ,
- No levies have been assessed against the unit.
Termination – Condo corporations can terminate in four ways:
1. Consent: Consent is required by at least 80% of the owners of the units.
2. Sale of the property: The act ceases to govern the condo if its sold. If only a portion is sold an 80% vote is still required.
3. Substantial damage: substantial damage is considered to be when the cost of repair equals or exceeds 25% of the replacement costs
4. Court Application: Court ordered termination.
Turn over meeting – Relates to the transfer of control from declarant to owner. The turn-over meeting must be called not more than 21 days following the declarant ceasing to being the majority owner of the units. Four objectives are addressed in a turnover meeting:
1. Election of New Board
2. Declarant Delivery of Documents (at the meeting)
3. Declarant Delivery of Documents (30 days following meeting) plans, as-builts etc.
4. Declarant Delivery of Documents (within 60 days following the meeting) – audited financial statements of the corporation.
Equity Co-operative (with share capital) – is a corporation that owns the land and buildings with members as shareholders in the corporation.
Non-Profit Co-Operative (without share capital) – same as above, however, without the purpose of gain for its members.
Chapter 12 – Residential Tenancy
Rent Control – rent cannot be increased by more than a certain percentage each year.
Recent changes in the Act:
- Landlord can apply for a higher rental increase if taxes, charges, or utilities have increased.
- Annual rent increase is based upon the CPI
- Landlord is allowed to show the unit between 8 and 8 with 24hrs written notice
- Termination of tenancy by Landlord for non-payment of rent is 14 days.
Types of tenancy:
1. Fixed Term – one in which the tenant has the exclusive possession for a specific term.
2. Periodic Tenancy – A tenancy for a fixed period but indefinite length that can be made certain by notice of termination.
3. Tenancy at will – arises when, after the expiry of a lease, or when no lease exists the tenant remains in possession with the consent of the Landlord or the person entitled to possession
4. Tenancy at Sufferance – Overholding tenancy. Liable for double rent or damages.
Abandoned: leaving a rental premises completed and finally. The unit is not considered abandoned if the tenant is still paying rent.
Access: Tenant cannot change or have someone change the entry locking system to a residential unit without the Landlord’s consent.
Rent Deposit – A rent deposit cannot be more than the lesser amount of rent for one rental period or one month. The Landlord is required to pay the tenant interest annually on the rent deposit. A tenant is not required to provide a landlord with postdated cheques or agree to automatic debit payments from an account.
Termination (By Landlord)
Before the end of the period – Reasons for termination include the following:
1. Non – payment of rent
2. Termination for cause (illegal act, misrepresentation or income, damage, interference with reasonable enjoyment of other tenants, impairing the safety of other tenants)
3. The termination for repeat of selected causes.
At the End of the Period/Term:
1. Demolition, conversion or use, extensive renovations. Notice period is 120 days subject to certain qualifications.
2. Possession required – the landlord may by notice terminate the tenancy is possession is required
3. Sale of the property – 60 days’ notice
4. Other specified reasons – Rent, Qualifications, Tenant/Employment/ , Condominium
Termination (by Tenant):
- Daily or weekly tenancy - 28 days’ notice
- Monthly or yearly tenancy – 60 days’ notice
- Fixed Term – 60 days before the expiry date

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