Yukon No-Cause Evictions Ended Under the New Residential Tenancies Act: Grounds, Notice and Compensation

Yukon's Residential Tenancies Act received assent on May 1, 2025 as Bill No. 46 and came into force on September 1, 2025. It replaced the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. The government says the Act removes without-cause evictions and limits termination to valid reasons.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "New Residential Tenancies Act receives assent"; "The new Residential Tenancies Act"]

Yukon had already restricted no-cause evictions in 2023 under a Liberal and NDP confidence and supply agreement, with an exception for a landlord or immediate family member who would occupy the unit. The new Act builds the restriction into the statute itself.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Yukon's residential rent index and ending a tenancy"; CBC News, "Yukon Liberal, NDP agreement includes immediate ban on evictions without cause"]

The government's fact sheet for landlords sets out the grounds, notice, dispute window and compensation.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Ending a tenancy: landlords" fact sheet (August 2025)]

- For cause (general): 14 days' notice, 7 days to dispute, no compensation - Non-payment of rent: 14 days' notice after a 5-day unpaid rent notice, 7 days to dispute, no compensation - Landlord or purchaser occupancy: 3 months' notice, 14 days to dispute, no compensation - Renovations or repairs: 4 months' notice, 14 days to dispute, one month's rent in compensation - Change of use or demolition: 4 months' notice, 14 days to dispute, one month's rent in compensation - Condominium conversion: 6 months' notice, 14 days to dispute, no compensation - Subsidized unit, tenant no longer eligible: 1 month's notice, 14 days to dispute - Subsidized unit, relocation: 6 months' notice, 14 days to dispute - End of employment: 1 to 8 weeks' notice depending on length of tenancy, 5 days to dispute

The fact sheet's examples of cause include exceeding the permitted number of occupants, repeatedly paying rent late, causing extraordinary damage and interfering with or disturbing other people.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Ending a tenancy: landlords" fact sheet]

The cause has to be real and documented. Because a tenant can dispute within 7 days, a landlord should have the evidence in hand when the notice is served.

Where a landlord ends a tenancy for renovations or repairs, or for change of use or demolition, the fact sheet lists compensation of one month's rent. Landlords also have to give 4 months' notice, which is longer than the 3 months for occupancy.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Ending a tenancy: landlords" fact sheet]

Budget for that month before serving the notice.

Landlords must use the approved Residential Tenancies Office form. The fact sheet lists four delivery methods: posting on the door combined with registered mail, which is treated as received five days after mailing; email where the tenant has consented, received the same day; hand delivery, the same day; and registered mail on its own, five days after mailing.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Ending a tenancy: landlords" fact sheet]

Count the notice period from the deemed delivery date, not the date the notice was written.

The Residential Tenancies Office is an administrative tribunal, and its decisions are final and binding under the Act. While a dispute is active, notices to end tenancy are paused.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Residential Tenancies Act"]

A landlord counting on a notice period ending on a particular date should allow for a pause if the tenant files a dispute.

The sources reviewed identify the new Act as Bill No. 46 of the 35th Legislative Assembly, the Residential Tenancies Act, and do not give the final statute chapter, so confirm the citation before quoting it.

[Cite: Yukon Legislative Assembly, Bill No. 46, Residential Tenancies Act]

The periods in the table come from the government's August 2025 fact sheet. Older government guidance published before the Act lists different periods, for example 14 days' notice for non-payment with a 5-day dispute deadline, so any reference to older pages should be treated as out of date.

[Cite: Government of Yukon, "Yukon's residential rent index and ending a tenancy"]

Match each planned move-out to a ground in the table before drafting anything. Calculate the notice from the delivery date, record the delivery method and diarize the dispute deadline.

Where renovations or demolition are the reason, put the compensation in the budget and keep the plans and permits on file with the notice.