Saskatchewan rent increases: notice and timing

For periodic tenancies

• Ordinary landlords: the government says the periodic-tenancy notice of increase is 12 months; the increase cannot begin during the first 18 months of the tenancy and increases are limited to one every 12 months.
• Prescribed association members in good standing: the special six-month notice route exists; first increase not within 12 months of start, with increases no more often than every six months.
• The province does not publish a general 3% or 5% rent-increase maximum. Use notice/timing requirements—not an imported rent-cap calculator.

Fixed-term contracts

A fixed-term lease can only include an increase during that fixed term if the amount (or percentage) and effective date were agreed when the fixed-term agreement was signed. A proposed rent change for the next fixed term is different: the landlord must serve the approved Term Lease – Two Month Notice of Intention at least two months before the current term ends. The tenant has 30 days to accept the proposed renewed terms in writing; otherwise the province states the tenant must vacate at the fixed-term end date. Do not use a periodic-tenancy rent-increase notice as a substitute.

Check a periodic notice in four steps

1. Confirm the landlord’s category. The shorter six-month route applies only to members in good standing of prescribed associations (currently SKLA or NPHPS), not any landlord who belongs to a private group.
2. Compare the notice period: ordinarily 12 months, or six months for a qualifying prescribed-association landlord.
3. Check the proposed effective date against both minimums: for ordinary landlords, the later of 18 months from tenancy start or 12 months after the last increase; for qualifying members, the later of 12 months from start or six months after the last increase.
4. Keep the approved notice, proof of when it was served and the prior rent amount. Housing-program tenancies tied to income may follow different rules.

For a new ordinary periodic tenancy, giving 12 months’ notice does not itself permit an increase during the first 18 months. Both restrictions must be met.

If you received notice

Preserve the original notice and proof of receipt. Identify whether the tenancy is periodic, fixed-term, housing-program, or an authorized landlord-association case. Check the rent notice timing tool.

What to do next

Keep your rental agreement, notices, proof of when you received them, payment records and messages. Open the ORT forms directory or check the current provincial ORT guidance.