Got a Notice to End Your Tenancy?
What your N4, N5, N8, N12 or N13 notice means, the earliest the move-out date can be, how to cancel it if you can, and free help. Not legal advice.
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What your N4, N5, N8, N12 or N13 notice means, the earliest the move-out date can be, how to cancel it if you can, and free help. Not legal advice.
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Got a notice to end your tenancy? These come on numbered forms — N4, N5, N8, N12, N13. Each one means something different and gives you a different amount of time. Pick yours below to see what it means, the earliest the move-out date can be, and how to cancel it if you can.
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N4 — You owe rent
If it came by mail, use the day it arrived.
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Your landlord says you haven't paid rent that's due. It sets a move-out date — but if you pay everything you owe by that date, the notice is dead and can't be used to evict you.
For a daily or weekly tenancy the notice period is 7 days, not 14. You can also still cancel it later by paying everything you owe — including anything that comes due after — right up until the Board issues an eviction order.
Your landlord says you or a guest damaged the place, moved too many people in, or seriously disturbed other people in the building.
This 7-day cancel window is for a first N5. A second N5 for a similar problem within six months can't be cancelled and gives only 14 days — but you can still go to the hearing and tell your side.
Your landlord says you've paid rent late over and over, or a fixed-term lease is ending and they don't want to renew for a reason the rules allow.
Source: Ontario Residential Tenancies Act rules via Tribunals Ontario and Steps to Justice (CLEO), checked 14 July 2026 (2 weeks ago).
It can't be cancelled by fixing anything, but you do not have to move out on the date. The landlord must apply to the Board and prove the case at a hearing you can attend.
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Your landlord, someone buying your home, or a close family member says they need the unit to live in it themselves.
The notice has to be given in good faith. If they don't actually move in, you can apply to the Board — a bad-faith N12 can be worth up to 12 months' rent to you. Keep the notice and any messages about it.
Your landlord says the building is being torn down or converted, or needs repairs or renovations so major that you have to move out while the work is done.
If it's for renovations, you have the right to move back in at your old rent when the work is finished — but only if you tell your landlord in writing, before you leave, that you want to return, and give them your new address. Get that in writing.
Three of these notices (N8, N12, N13) must end on the last day of one of your rental periods. If your rent is due on the 1st, your period ends on the last day of the month; if it's due on the 15th, your period ends on the 14th. Enter your rent-due day in the checker and it finds the right date.