If a landlord requires a tenant to have a guarantor or if the tenancy agreement includes tenant services, then it must be made in writing.

A written tenancy agreement must be in the prescribed form, signed by the landlord and tenant or their agents, and if it's not in the prescribed form, it's deemed to include the provisions of the prescribed form and any inconsistent provisions are void.

If a landlord makes a representation of fact to a prospective tenant that induces them to enter into a tenancy agreement, it becomes a term of the agreement.

If a tenant signs a tenancy agreement that includes tenant services, they have a 48-hour cooling-off period to cancel the agreement, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. To cancel the agreement, the tenant must provide written notice to the landlord, and the agreement is terminated when the notice is given or faxed.

Within 21 days of a written tenancy agreement being signed by the tenant and given to the landlord, the landlord must provide the tenant with a copy of the agreement signed by both parties.

The term of a tenancy begins on the day the tenant is entitled to occupy the rental unit under the tenancy agreement. A rental payment period doesn't need to coincide with a calendar period, and the tenant services charge payment period is payable at the same time as the rent under the agreement.

Additional provisions can be added to a tenancy agreement if they aren't inconsistent with the prescribed form, the Act, or specific sections of other Acts and if any tenant obligations are reasonable in the circumstances. A life lease cannot contain provisions that are inconsistent with this Act, The Life Leases Act, or specific sections of other Acts, or impose unreasonable obligations on the tenant.

Manitoba Rental Tenancy Agreement s.7-11