Yukon Landlord Moving Back In Notice

When a Landlord Needs the Unit Back

Life changes — an aging parent needs somewhere to stay, you are relocating back to Whitehorse, or your adult child needs housing. Under the Residential Tenancies Act 2025, a landlord can end a tenancy to occupy the unit personally or to house a close family member, but the process has strict requirements.

The Notice Requirements

For a non-mobile-home periodic tenancy, you must serve three months' notice using the prescribed 3-Month Notice to End Tenancy form (Form YG(6035CS)).

The notice must be received by the tenant before the rent-due date that starts the count. In a monthly tenancy with rent due on the 1st, a notice received on April 20 has an earliest lawful move-out date of July 31 at 1:00 PM.

Good-Faith Intention

This is the requirement that trips landlords up. The RTO takes the good-faith element seriously. You must genuinely intend to occupy the unit — or your close family member must genuinely intend to — and you must actually follow through.

If you serve notice claiming personal occupancy and then re-list the unit for rent instead of moving in, the RTO treats this as bad faith. Penalties include compensation orders to the displaced tenant and administrative penalties up to $10,000, with up to $10,000 for each day or part of a day that a continuing violation persists after the first day. The statute specifically targets landlords who use the personal occupancy ground to circumvent the rent cap or to cycle to a higher-paying tenant.

Can a Family Member Qualify?

Yes. The ground extends to close family members, but the family member must intend in good faith to occupy the unit for at least 12 months. The notice must make clear who will be occupying.

The Tenant's Right to Dispute

After receiving the notice, the tenant has 14 days to file a dispute at the RTO. If the tenant disputes it, the RTO must decide the dispute at a hearing before issuing a possession order. If you do not have solid evidence of good-faith intention — for instance, proof that you have sold your current home, or that your family member has given notice at their current residence — the dispute is more likely to succeed.

Service and Documentation

Serve the notice through an authorized method: personal delivery (same-day receipt), registered mail (five-day deeming rule), or door posting plus regular mail (five-day rule). Keep proof of service. You will need it if the matter goes to a hearing.

Our Ending a Tenancy in Yukon guide includes the full personal occupation workflow, a ground-selection worksheet to confirm this is the right ground for your situation, and a service record log for documenting delivery.

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