Yukon Landlord Selling Property Tenant Notice

Selling Does Not Automatically End the Tenancy

If you are selling a rental property in Yukon, the tenancy does not end just because the property changes hands. The new owner inherits the existing tenancy agreement under the Residential Tenancies Act 2025. A tenant cannot be asked to leave solely because you listed the property or signed a purchase agreement.

The only way to end the tenancy for a sale is through the purchaser occupancy ground — and it only applies when the purchaser (or a close family member) genuinely intends to live in the unit.

When You Can Serve Notice

Three conditions must all be met:

1. The landlord has entered into an agreement of purchase and sale.
2. The purchaser or their close family member intends in good faith to occupy the rental unit for at least 12 months.
3. The purchaser has requested in writing, as part of the agreement, that the landlord give notice to end the tenancy.

Without all three, the notice is invalid.

The Notice Timeline

For a non-mobile-home periodic tenancy, the prescribed notice is three months using the 3-Month Notice to End Tenancy - Purchaser to Occupy form.

The notice must be received at least three months before the tenancy ends and before the rent-due date that starts the count. In a monthly tenancy where rent falls on the 1st, if the tenant receives the notice on June 15, the earliest move-out date is September 30 at 1:00 PM.

If you serve by registered mail, add five days for the deeming rule. Mail it by June 10 to ensure deemed receipt by June 15.

What Happens If the Purchaser Does Not Move In

The RTA 2025 requires the purchaser or their close family member to intend in good faith to occupy the rental unit for at least 12 months. If you end a tenancy for purchaser occupancy and the unit is re-rented instead of occupied by the purchaser, the RTO can cancel the notice, order compensation to the displaced tenant, and impose 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.

Planning Your Timeline

Work backward from your expected closing date. Factor in the notice period, the five-day mail deeming window (if not serving in person), and the possibility that the tenant files a dispute, which the RTO must decide at a hearing before issuing a possession order. Build in a buffer — a notice that fails means starting over.

Our Ending a Tenancy in Yukon guide includes a notice-date calculator worksheet for working out these timelines and a section specifically covering the purchaser occupancy ground with the evidence requirements.

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