A landlord may end a tenancy immediately by serving a notice to the tenant if rent is unpaid for a period of 15 days or more after it is due. The notice must comply with regulation, and it is not valid if the unpaid rent is an amount that the tenant is permitted to deduct from the rent under the Act.

A landlord may treat unpaid utility charges as unpaid rent, and give the notice to end the tenancy if the tenancy agreement requires the tenant to pay utility charges to the landlord. If the charges remain unpaid for 15 days or more after the tenant is given a written demand for payment.

A landlord may terminate a tenancy for cause if the following occur:

• The tenant does not pay the security deposit within two months of the tenancy start date.

• The tenant is repeatedly late paying rent.

• There are too many occupants in the rental unit.

• The tenant or someone on the property with the tenant has significantly interfered with or unreasonably disturbed other tenants or occupants, the landlord, or adjacent properties.

• The tenant or someone on the property with the tenant has engaged in noxious, offensive, or illegal activities that have caused damage to the property, adversely affected the quiet enjoyment, security, safety, or physical well-being of others, or jeopardized their lawful rights or interests.

• The tenant has caused extraordinary damage to the property.

• The tenant does not repair damage to the property as required within a reasonable time.

• The tenant has breached a material provision of the tenancy agreement and has not remedied the breach within a reasonable time after the landlord gives written notice to do so.

• The tenant has repeatedly violated the landlord's established rules.

• The tenant has sublet or assigned the tenancy agreement without obtaining the landlord's written consent.

• The tenant has knowingly given false information about the property to a prospective tenant or purchaser.

• The rental unit must be vacated to comply with an order of an authority appointed under an Act, an Act of the Parliament of Canada, or a municipal bylaw.

• The tenant has not complied with an order made under the Residential Tenancy Act within 30 days after the tenant is served with the order or the date specified in the order for the tenant to comply, whichever is later.

• A hearing officer determines that, for any other reason, the landlord has reasonable grounds to end the tenancy.

• The tenant smokes in a detached house where the landlord's principal place of residence is located, after being given written notice that smoking in the property will result in the tenancy ending.

• The tenant has improperly denied the landlord access to the rental unit.

It is important to note that the landlord must provide the tenant with proper notice and follow the procedures set out before ending a tenancy for any of the grounds.

The notice must be written and include the following details:

• the date and who is giving the notice (landlord or tenant)

• the address of the rental unit

• the date the tenancy will end

• if the landlord is ending the tenancy, they must state the reason why and use the approved form.

SK RTA s.57, 58, 63