Termination for non-payment of rent

A landlord may end a tenancy if rent is unpaid after the day it is due, by giving notice no earlier than 20 days after the tenant receives the notice.

Notice for cause

a landlord can end a tenancy by giving notice of termination if the tenant:

• has not paid the security deposit within 10 days of the due date,

• is repeatedly late in paying rent,

• has an unreasonable number of occupants in the rental unit,

• has significantly interfered with or unreasonably disturbed another occupant or the landlord, or

• has engaged in illegal activity that could cause damage or harm to the landlord or other occupants.

• the landlord can terminate the tenancy if the tenant has caused unreasonable damage to the rental unit or property,

• fails to repair damage within a reasonable time, fails to comply with a material term of the tenancy agreement,

• assigns or sublets the rental unit without the landlord's written consent,

• knowingly provides false information about the property,

• is required to vacate by a government authority, or

• fails to comply with an order from the Director within 10 days.

A notice of termination for any of the above reasons ends the tenancy effective on a date that is:

• not earlier than one month after the notice is received; and

• the day before the day that rent is due under the agreement

A landlord may request an earlier termination if the tenant has:

• significantly interfered with or unreasonably disturbed another occupant or the landlord of the residential property,

• seriously jeopardized the health or safety or a lawful right or interest of the landlord or another occupant,

• put the landlord’s property at significant risk,

• engaged in illegal activity that:

  • has caused or is likely to cause damage to the landlord’s property,

  • has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect the quiet enjoyment, security, safety or physical well-being of another occupant of the residential property, or

  • has jeopardized or is likely to jeopardize a lawful right or interest of another occupant or the landlord,

  • caused unreasonable damage to the residential property, or

  • frustrated the tenancy agreement

PEI RTA s.60, 61, 62