Purchasers Own Use (N12)

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Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17

2 (1) In this Act,

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“residential complex”, except in Part V.1, means,
(a) a building or related group of buildings in which one or more rental units are located,
(b) a mobile home park or land lease community,
(c) a site that is a rental unit,
(d) a care home, and,
includes all common areas and services and facilities available for the use of its residents; (“ensemble d’habitation”)
“residential unit” means any living accommodation used or intended for use as residential premises, and “residential unit” includes,
(a) a site for a mobile home or on which there is a land lease home used or intended for use as a residential premises, and
(b) a room in a boarding house, rooming house or lodging house and a unit in a care home; (“habitation”)
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49 (1) A landlord of a residential complex that contains no more than three residential units who has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the residential complex may, on behalf of the purchaser, give the tenant of a unit in the residential complex a notice terminating the tenancy, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the residential complex or the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by,

(a) the purchaser;
(b) the purchaser’s spouse;
(c) a child or parent of the purchaser or the purchaser’s spouse; or
(d) a person who provides or will provide care services to the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse, or a child or parent of the purchaser or the purchaser’s spouse, if the person receiving the care services resides or will reside in the building, related group of buildings, mobile home park or land lease community in which the rental unit is located. 2006, c. 17, s. 49 (1); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 31 (1).

Same, condominium

(2) If a landlord who is an owner as defined in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “owner” in subsection 1 (1) of the Condominium Act, 1998 owns a unit, as defined in subsection 1 (1) of that Act, that is a rental unit and has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale of the unit, the landlord may, on behalf of the purchaser, give the tenant of the unit a notice terminating the tenancy, if the purchaser in good faith requires possession of the unit for the purpose of residential occupation by,
(a) the purchaser;
(b) the purchaser’s spouse;
(c) a child or parent of the purchaser or the purchaser’s spouse; or
(d) a person who provides or will provide care services to the purchaser, the purchaser’s spouse, or a child or parent of the purchaser or the purchaser’s spouse, if the person receiving the care services resides or will reside in the building, related group of buildings, mobile home park or land lease community in which the rental unit is located. 2006, c. 17, s. 49 (2); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 31 (1).

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References

  1. Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17, <https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17#BK69>, retrieved 2022-03-11