Giving Notice to Your Landlord in Ontario (Form N9)

How to give notice to your landlord in Ontario before you move

By MoverDash Research Team · Reviewed by Ridvan Oral, Founder & CEO, MoverDash · Last updated October 13, 2026

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How much notice you must give

Use the Landlord and Tenant Board’s Form N9, Tenant’s Notice to End the Tenancy (LTB Form N9). The notice period depends on how you pay rent:

Notice an Ontario tenant must give
How you pay rent	Minimum notice	Your last day must be
Monthly (most tenancies)	60 days	The last day of a rental period, such as the last day of the month
Daily or weekly	28 days	The last day of a rental period, such as a Sunday if rent is due on Mondays

If you’re on a fixed-term lease, such as one year, the date also can’t be earlier than the last day of the lease.

Working out your date

Say you pay rent on the first of each month and want to move out on June 30. Count back 60 days: your landlord must have your N9 by May 1.

Book your movers once you know the date. Our guide to the cheapest time to move shows when movers charge more, such as at month-end.

If you have a fixed-term lease

You can’t end the tenancy before the lease ends, except in the cases below.
When the lease ends, you don’t have to move out or sign a new lease. You become a month-to-month tenant (Ontario.ca).
If your lease started on or after April 30, 2018, your landlord had to use Ontario’s standard lease. If they didn’t, ask for it in writing. If 21 days pass without it, you can end the tenancy early (LTB Form N9).

When less notice is allowed

Shorter notice under Form N9
Situation	Notice
Leaving at the end of February	Give notice by January 1
Leaving at the end of March	Give notice by February 1
Your landlord gave you an N12 or N13 notice	10 days, on any day
Your landlord refused to let you assign the unit	30 days, on any day (28 for daily or weekly rent)

Assigning means passing your lease to someone else. If you have to leave before your lease ends, ask your landlord in writing for permission to assign it.

Before you hand back the keys

Move out by your termination date. Your landlord can apply to the Board to end the tenancy as soon as you give notice, but can’t make you leave before your date.
Take everything with you. Once you’ve moved out, you lose any right to things you leave behind, and the landlord can dispose of them.
Keep a copy of your signed N9 and proof of when you gave it.
Change your address. Our change of address checklist lists the deadlines.

Questions people ask

Can my landlord make me sign an N9 when I rent?

No. A landlord can’t make signing an N9 a condition of renting. If you signed one that way, you don’t have to move out because of it. The exceptions are some student housing and certain care homes (LTB Form N9).

Does my move-out date have to be the end of the month?

If you pay rent on the first of the month, yes: it must be the last day of a rental period. The exceptions are the 10-day and 30-day notices in the table above.

Do I have to sign a new lease when mine ends?

No. At the end of a fixed term you can stay as a month-to-month tenant without signing anything new (Ontario.ca).

What changed

October 13, 2026: First published.