Unit 5: Contract Law

CHAPTER 18: LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW

E-ACTIVITY: LANDLORDS’ AND TENANTS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN YOUR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY (p. 556)

Activity: Create an Organizer about Landlords’ and Tenants’ Rights and Obligations

Do landlords simply provide a property and then cash the rent cheques? Conversely, do tenants pay rent and then occupy a place however they choose? What rights and obligations do landlords have? What rights and obligations do tenants have?

Complete an organizer about landlords’ and tenants’ rights and obligations in your province or territory.

1. Look for information about landlords’ and tenants’ rights and obligations in your province or territory. To do so, you might visit Web sites for the following jurisdictions:
   • Alberta
   • British Columbia
   • Manitoba
   • Newfoundland
   • New Brunswick—for the Residential Tenancies Act
   • Northwest Territories
   • Nova Scotia
   • Nunavut—to download a pdf file
   • Ontario
   • Prince Edward Island—for a pdf file of the Rental of Residential Property Act
   • Saskatchewan
2. Complete the following organizer using your findings.
   

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