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PART V SECURITY OF TENURE AND TERMINATION OF TENANCIES · Security of Tenure

s.61 — Termination for cause, illegal act

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

In plain terms

A landlord may end a tenancy where the tenant commits an illegal act or business in the unit/complex (Form N6).

Official text

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61 (1) A landlord may give a tenant notice of termination of the tenancy if the tenant or another occupant of the rental unit commits an illegal act or carries on an illegal trade, business or occupation or permits a person to do so in the rental unit or the residential complex. (2) A notice of termination under this section shall set out the grounds for termination and shall provide a termination date not earlier than, (a) the 10th day after the notice is given, in the case of a notice grounded on an illegal act, trade, business or occupation involving, (i) the production of an illegal drug, (ii) the trafficking in an illegal drug, or (iii) the possession of an illegal drug for the purposes of trafficking; or (b) the 20th day after the notice is given, in all other cases. (3) In this section, “illegal drug” means a controlled substance or precursor as those terms are defined in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (“drogue illicite”) “possession” has the same meaning as in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (“possession”) “production” means, with respect to an illegal drug, to produce the drug within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (“production”) “trafficking” means, with respect to an illegal drug, to traffic in the drug within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada). (“trafic”)
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Reproduced from Ontario e-Laws under the King's Printer for Ontario (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — June 1, 2026 (consolidation period to November 27, 2025). Always confirm the current version on e-Laws. General information, not legal advice.