As of June 6, 2024, and for three years, landlords cannot evict tenants to subdivide an apartment, enlarge it, or change its use.
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Eviction is an exception to the tenant’s right to keep their apartment. It allows landlords to force tenants to leave their apartment to carry out a project in specific situations. |
This ban on evictions to subdivide, enlarge or change the use of an apartment is set for three years. It currently applies across Quebec.
However, if a landlord began the eviction process for one of these major projects before June 6, 2024, it may be possible for them to proceed. For more information about this exception, consult this information sheet (French only) published by the Tribunal adminstratif du logement (TAL or rental board) or contact the TAL directly.
In addition, your landlord can still evict you to demolish your apartment or to change the use of your apartment in a private seniors’ residence, if they have permission to stop operating the residence.
In these exceptional situations where an eviction can go ahead, the landlord must fulfill certain conditions, respect certain deadlines and follow specific procedures. In addition, you have the right to compensation and reimbursement of reasonable moving expenses.
Major repairs and renovations are not a legal reason for eviction
Your landlord cannot evict you simply to do major repairs or renovations. However, if the work involved makes it impossible to live in your apartment for a while, your landlord can ask you to live elsewhere temporarily.
In this situation, the landlord must pay for reasonable expenses involved in your temporary move. Examples of such expenses are the difference in rent for your temporary accommodations (compared to your current rent), the cost of forwarding your mail, and the cost of storing or moving your belongings.
Most importantly, you have the right to return to your apartment once the work is completed.