Québec residential tenancy
Québec lease Section G and last rent disclosure
Under section G rules, a lessor generally must disclose the lowest rent paid in the previous 12 months or other prescribed last-rent details when signing a lease, subject to exemptions.
Where information is missing or wrong
A tenant who pays more than the properly disclosed rent may have a short deadline to ask TAL to fix the rent. The official guidance describes 10 days after signing where notice was supplied, or two months after lease start if not supplied; a false notice has a two-month period after discovery.
Exceptions matter
Co-operative housing, low-rental housing and certain newly built or converted homes can have different disclosure and rent-fixing rules. Check Section F of the official lease before assuming a restriction applies.
Important for some newer homes: For leases signed on or after February 21, 2024, where the building was first ready for its intended use on or after that date, the landlord must state the maximum rent allowed during the five-year period after the building became ready for use to rely on the new-building restriction on rent fixing. A recently built home does not automatically eliminate a tenant's right to challenge the rent. Check the completion/conversion date, the signed Section F wording and any maximum-rent notice. Read TAL's official new-tenant notice guidance.
Keep evidence
Save the signed lease, section G or separate last-rent notice, any public advertisement and the date you learned of a discrepancy.
Do not confuse with annual increases
A new tenant's rent-fixing rights based on last-rent disclosure are separate from responding to a rent increase at renewal.