My landlord wants to evict me to enlarge or subdivide the dwelling is that allowed in 2026?
Short answer
No, apart from exceptions. Since June 6, 2024, a three-year moratorium in Quebec prohibits evictions for the subdivision, substantial enlargement or change of use of a dwelling, and it runs until June 6, 2027.
In detail
The moratorium targets precisely the evictions set out in article 1959 of the Civil Code of Quebec: subdividing the dwelling, substantially enlarging it, or changing its use. It does not cover repossession of a dwelling, which remains possible on its own conditions.
The moratorium may end sooner if the vacancy rate published by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for all Quebec urban centres of 10,000 inhabitants or more reaches 3%. The government may also exclude certain territories from it.
Receiving a notice of eviction does not mean you have to leave. The tenant has one month to reply; with no reply, they are deemed to have refused, and it is up to the landlord to bring the matter before the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL, Quebec's rental board).
What to document
The notice of eviction (the reason given, the date), the date you received it, and your written reply. Also note what you observe in the building afterwards: posted permits, work actually carried out, new rental listings.
Put your facts in writing, free. Writing your version down early, keeping your documents dated and preparing your questions for a lawyer: the tool is there to document, never to advise.
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Official sources
- TAL — Eviction for subdivision, substantial enlargement or change of use
- Gouvernement du Québec — Bill 65: better protecting tenants against evictions
- Éducaloi — Eviction from a dwelling
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What this page is not
This is general legal information about the law of Quebec and Canada, dated and sourced. It is not legal advice, not a strategy, and not a prediction about the outcome of a case. In Quebec, only lawyers and notaries may give legal advice (Act respecting the Barreau du Québec, ss. 128 and 133). Laws and amounts change: the official source always prevails over us.