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Fazel Noor <fnoor@newbridge.com> wrote:

>Hi there, 
>I would like to get any information you might have about the 60 day
>advance notice before vacating
>an apartment in Ontario. Here is my problem:

>I signed a lease for the period of May 1st, 96 -> April 31st, 97. I was
>waiting for a lease renewal notice ( rent increase notice ) but never
>received one. I contacted the building office and they send me one in
>the middle of March, about 1.5 months before the end of my lease. The
>amount of rent was not increased. Anyways, we decided that we could get
>a better place for the same price, so after asking the on-site office if
>it is ok to give the notice then, and being told that it is ok, we gave
>a notice signed on March 18th that we will vacate on May 1st. Well, now
>the head office has sent a letter saying that we are responsible for the
>month of May also, since it was not a two month advance notice.

>Now , we have already signed a lease for the new place, and we are being
>told that we have to give a months rent for the old place as well. What
>can we do?  Please, if you have any info, or know of similar cases,
>please let me know. I really really appreciate it.


The obligation to provide 60 days notice to terminate a tenancy for a
fixed term of one year or more is found at s. 102 of the Landlord and
Tenant Act.  (The part of the act which applies to residential
tenancies can be found through my website at
www.interlog.com/~alchemy)

If a sub-tenant who is able to move into the apartment by May 1st can
be found, you will not be liable for rent thereafter.   The sub-tenant
can become the head tenant on June 1st.


Morton M. Goldmacher
Barrister and Solicitor