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Alberta and Calgary · Interactive tool

Which rules apply to my Calgary rental?

Up to seven questions. Two answers come out, kept apart: whether the Residential Tenancies Act covers the arrangement, and — for suites — what Calgary's permit and registry status is. The second never answers the first. "Not sure" is always an answer and produces the evidence that would settle it. Nothing you enter is stored.

Where is the rental?

Question 1

Where is the rental?

City limits decide the Calgary layers. Airdrie, Cochrane and Chestermere are not the city.

How is it rented?

Question 2

How is it rented?

Short stays need a City business licence and fall outside tenancy law.

Does the tenant share a kitchen or bathroom with the landlord who lives there?

Question 3

Does the tenant share a kitchen or bathroom with the landlord who lives there?

Sharing living space with the landlord takes the arrangement outside the Act. Sharing with other tenants does not.

What kind of housing is it?

Question 4

What kind of housing is it?

Mobile-home sites have their own Act; supportive living is outside; social housing has programme rules.

What does the agreement say about the term?

Question 5

What does the agreement say about the term?

Not part of coverage, but it changes nearly every later answer (rent timing, ending).