Quebec Rent Increase Notice Form 2026: What to Include and When to Send It

Quebec requires landlords to serve a formal written notice to modify a lease. A verbal conversation alone does not meet that requirement, and electronic service must meet the applicable conditions. Here's what the TAL's prescribed form requires and when you need to send notice.

The Official Form: TAL-806A-E

The TAL publishes a prescribed notice called "Notice of rent increase and modification of another condition of the lease" — form number TAL-806A-E (current revision 2026-05). You can download it from tal.gouv.qc.ca.

The form has several mandatory sections:

Parties and dwelling. Full names of every lessor and lessee on the lease, plus the full civic address of the unit. Getting a name wrong doesn't automatically void the notice, but it can create problems if the tenant argues prejudice.

Rent adjustment. You must select exactly one option: a new total monthly rent, a net dollar increase, or a percentage increase. Don't fill in more than one — the ambiguity can get the notice thrown out.

Renewal duration. The start and end dates of the proposed renewed lease term. For a standard July 1 lease, this would be July 1 of the renewal year through June 30 of the following year.

Mandatory response text. The form includes prescribed wording that tells the tenant they have three options (accept, refuse while staying, or leave) and one month to respond, or until before lease expiry for a room rental if that comes sooner. This text must appear on the notice — omitting it can lead to the notice being declared invalid.

Signature and date. Sign the form and date it. This establishes the official dispatch date.

Proof of delivery block. If you're hand-delivering, get the tenant's signature and the date of delivery on your copy.

Notice Periods by Lease Type

The notice window is calculated backward from the lease expiry date:

For the most common scenario — a 12-month lease expiring June 30 — your notice window runs January 1 through March 31. That means the tenant must receive the notice by March 31 at the latest. Sending it on March 30 via regular mail won't work if delivery takes two days.

What Voids a Notice

Late service makes a notice invalid for the upcoming renewal. Content defects can also lead to invalidity if they prejudice the tenant acting in good faith, including:

• The mandatory tenant response options are absent
• The increase amount is ambiguous (multiple options filled in)
• The effective date is missing or wrong

An invalid notice means the lease auto-renews at the existing rent. You can't retroactively fix a defective notice or backdate service records.

Other Lease Changes

The notice form isn't just for rent increases. You can also propose non-monetary changes to the lease — adding a no-smoking clause, changing parking arrangements, or modifying other conditions. These go in a separate section of the form and follow the same timeline and response rules.

If you're only changing rent and nothing else, leave the other-conditions section blank. Including gratuitous changes can give a tenant grounds to refuse the entire notice on the non-monetary provisions while keeping the dispute alive.

Section F and Section G

Two sections of the standard Quebec lease deserve attention at notice time:

Section F (five-year exemption). If your building was erected or converted to residential use within the past five years, you can claim an exemption from TAL rent-fixing. But since Bill 31 (February 21, 2024), Section F must state the maximum rent for the exemption period on any lease entered into on or after that date. If it doesn't, you lose the exemption.

Section G (previous rent disclosure). When signing a new tenant, you must disclose the lowest rent paid in the preceding 12 months. A new tenant who discovers their initial rent was inflated can apply to the TAL within 10 days of signing — or within 2 months if you omitted Section G entirely.

These sections matter because they affect how much leverage a tenant has when responding to your notice. A missing Section G disclosure on a recent lease is a ticking clock the tenant might use.

The Quebec Rent Increase Guide includes a step-by-step notice preparation walkthrough with annotated field explanations for the TAL-806A-E form.

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