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This page contains links to information about allowable rent increases in Canada. If you have a question about your specific situation, you will need to speak to the Tenancy branch in your area. See : Residential Tenancy Laws

 

 

Rent increases for Ontario

The new rent increase guideline which applies to most residential units in Ontario is 0.7 per cent and can begin any time between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

The annual rent increase guideline is the maximum percentage by which a landlord can increase the rent without approval from the Landlord and Tenant Board.

In most cases, the rent for a unit can be increased if at least 12 months have passed since the tenant first moved in or since his or her last rent increase. The tenant must be given proper written notice of the rental increase at least 90 days before the rent increase takes effect.

Landlords may apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board for an increase above the guideline, if their costs for the municipal taxes or utilities have increased by more than the guideline plus 50 per cent.
 

Landlords may also apply for an increase above the guideline for operating costs related to security services and for eligible capital expenditures.

Rent increases in British Columbia

Conventional Residential Tenancies: 
  • The allowable increase is 2.3 per cent. 

Manufactured Home Park Tenancies: 

Residential Tenancy Branch forms required for rent increases are available at www.rto.gov.bc.ca/content/formsFees/default.aspx.

 

Rent Increases for Alberta


There are no rent controls in Alberta however Alberta’s tenancy legislation requires that six months must pass between increases for monthly tenancies. A Landlord cannot increase the rent unless the landlord serves on the tenant a written notice. The notice must be dated, state the effective date and be signed by the landlord.

1. weekly tenancy - at least 12 weeks
2. monthly tenancy - at least 3 months
3. periodic tenancy - at least 90 days


Rent Increases for Saskatchewan


Notice of rent increase must be given in writing (Form 5 - Notice of Rent Increase) at least six full months before the increase is to come into effect. As well, any rent increase can only be served six months after the last rent increase was served or the start of the tenancy.
 

Rent increases Manitoba

The 2011 rent increase guideline is 1.5 per cent, effective Jan. 1, 2011.

Under the Residential Tenancies Act, tenants must be given proper written notice at least three months before the rent increase takes effect.  A notice to increase rent must meet the requirements of The Residential Tenancies Act  The branch provides rent increase forms for landlords to use.  In most circumstances, rents can only be increased once a year. The guideline applies to rented residential apartments, single rooms, houses and duplexes.

There are some exceptions to the guideline.

  • premises renting for $1,120.00 or more per month as of Dec. 31, 2010;
     
  • personal care homes;
     
  • approved rehabilitated rental units;
     
  • new buildings less than 15 years old where an occupancy permit was first issued or a unit was first occupied after April 9, 2001; and
     
  • new buildings less than 20 years old where an occupancy permit was first issued or a unit was first occupied after March 7, 2005.

Tenants can object to any increase in rent regardless of whether it is at, below or above the guideline. Landlords can apply for a larger increase if they can demonstrate that the guideline amount will not cover cost increases they have incurred.
 


Rent increases for New Brunswick

 

There are no rent controls in New Brunswick. In a month-to-month lease,2 month's notice is required to allow the tenant to be able to give a month's notice to terminate the tenancy. In a year-to-year lease, 3 months’ notice is required and the tenant may elect to terminate the tenancy by serving at least one month’s notice prior to the day the rent increase is to take effect. If a fixed term tenancy using the lease prescribed by the province indicates a check mark in the box to allow for a rent increase during the year, the landlord may do so with 3 month's notice. If not, then the full year must pass before an increase is allowed.

 

Rent increases for Nova Scotia

 

There are no rent controls in Nova Scotia, rent can be be increased by any amount.
 

The rent can only be increased once in a twelve month period.
Landlords are to give the tenants:

Year-to-year lease: four months notice
Month-to-month: four months notice
week-to-week: eight weeks notice
Mobile home lot: seven months notice

The landlord is to give the notice of a rent increase prior to the anniversary date of the tenancy. The only exception to this is in a mobile home park where the landlord has set a date for all the increases to be effective.

 

2011 Rent increases for Prince Edward Island

 

Heated Premises:2.00%
Unheated Premises:1.00%
Mobile Home 1.00%

 

Estimated average increase in rents in Quebec

 

Specific rules apply to residential rent increases. For leases longer than 12 months, the Landlord and the tenant are free to adjust the rent during the course of the lease. If the duration of the lease is 12 months or less, the rent may not be increased during the course of the lease. There is no cap on rent increases or fixed rates of increase however the tenant must be given proper notice in writing.

Major repair expenses and unexpected major increases are a separate calculation, in addition to the yearly rent adjustments, or an amount over and above, if applied for,

to a multi-year lease, with fixed rents in each of several years.

 

These averages increase are presented as an indication and thereby are not recommendations or fixed rates increase.Moreover, these estimates do not take into account the specificities of each building. Therefore, a building operating expenses could justify variation to rent separate from these estimates. The following table presents an estimate of increases in basic which does not take into account variations of municipal and school taxes, or major improvements

Heated dwellings Estimate of the increases
electric 0,6 %
gas 0,6 %
oil-fired 2,7 %
Unheated dwellings 0,5 %


 

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