Ending a Yukon tenancy: choose the correct notice

Check the correct notice

Yukon’s official directory differentiates unpaid rent, one-week, 14-day with cause, one-month, three-month, four-month, six-month and other notice models. The titles are not interchangeable.

The general move-out time is 1 p.m. on the last day of the tenancy. Do not assume a landlord can perform a lockout or take possession without the correct notice and, when necessary, an enforceable order.

Payment and reasons

Whether paying overdue rent stops a non-payment action depends on the legally correct notice. Do not assume a notice automatically allows a physical eviction.

For ordinary non-payment of rent, Yukon requires the landlord to give a five-day opportunity to pay before a 14-day notice to end tenancy for unpaid rent. Paying the outstanding rent within seven days after receiving that particular 14-day notice can void it. A 14-day notice for repeated late payment is different and is not voided simply by paying arrears.

Assented change effective December 1

Bill 8 received assent November 5, 2026. From December 1, 2026 Yukon will permit a landlord no-cause termination route with six months' notice, subject to the applicable forms and dispute procedures. Until that effective date, landlords cannot use the new ground. Existing non-payment and other cause-based grounds have different notice rules and should not be confused with no-cause termination.