New Brunswick residential tenancy
Ending a New Brunswick lease after family violence
Special tenancy-ending rights, documentation, safety and the government’s third-party declaration.
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Special pathway
For tenants facing domestic, intimate-partner or sexual violence or criminal harassment, New Brunswick provides a special lease-ending route to protect their safety or that of their children. The province explains that a qualifying tenant in a year-to-year or fixed-term lease may give one full rental month of written notice instead of remaining bound by the longer ordinary term. For rent due on the first of a month, the official example requires notice before the first day of the month for an end date on its last day. Do not count this as simply 30 calendar days.
If the landlord requests verification, government guidance accepts an emergency intervention order, a court order, or a signed Third-Party Declaration. The declaration can be signed by certain listed professionals, including peace officers, victim-services coordinators and some health care providers. If the landlord disputes the early ending, a Tenant Application for Assistance is available.
Do not publish a public personal address or evidence online, and do not treat the ordinary lease-ending notice calculator as appropriate for safety-related exits.
Practical safety considerations
Keep confidential documentation secure; contact emergency services when in immediate danger. Seek independent legal or victim-services support to confirm eligibility, required notice and handling of a security deposit.
Related New Brunswick resources
Privacy and document handling
The standard lease termination and arrears calculators on this website are not designed for emergency exits. The provincial domestic-violence process can allow qualifying tenants to end an agreement early without using ordinary tenancy notice assumptions.
Keep sensitive declarations and contact information somewhere the unsafe person cannot access. Seek a private way to contact victim services or legal assistance; consider device and browsing-history safety.
The official form directory includes a Third-Party Declaration. Check whether that form is required for your circumstances and what information may be shared with the landlord before submitting it.