Yukon Unpaid Rent Notice for Landlords

It Is a Two-Stage Process

This is the rule most Yukon landlords get wrong. Ending a tenancy for unpaid rent under the Residential Tenancies Act 2025 requires two separate steps, and serving only one of them — or serving them in the wrong order — means the notice fails.

Stage 1: Notice of Unpaid Rent. After the rent due date passes, serve the tenant with a formal Notice of Unpaid Rent. The tenant then has five days after receiving it to pay.

Stage 2: 14-Day Notice to End Tenancy with Cause. If the rent remains unpaid five days after the tenant receives the Notice of Unpaid Rent, you may serve the 14-Day Notice to End Tenancy with Cause using the prescribed RTO form. This notice specifies the amount owed, the dates of default, and the effective move-out date.

Skipping Stage 1 or serving the 14-day notice before the five-day payment period after receipt of the Notice of Unpaid Rent has elapsed makes the notice legally ineffective.

What If the Tenant Pays Within Seven Days?

Under the RTA 2025, if the tenant pays the full outstanding rent within seven days of receiving the 14-day notice, the notice is voided automatically. The tenancy continues as if the notice was never served. This is a statutory cure right — you cannot waive it or contract around it.

Keep careful records of when payment arrives. If the tenant pays on Day 8, the cure window has closed and the notice remains in force.

Repeated Late Payment Is a Separate Ground

If rent has been late more than once — even if eventually paid — you can serve a 14-Day Notice to End Tenancy citing a pattern of late payment. Unlike the standard unpaid-rent ground, the tenant cannot void this notice by paying. The RTO expects you to have written records showing the dates rent was due and the dates it was actually received across multiple rental periods.

Calculating the 14-Day Period

The move-out date cannot be earlier than 14 days after deemed receipt of the notice. If you hand-deliver on November 1, the earliest effective date is November 15, and the tenant must be out by 1:00 PM that day.

If serving by registered mail, deemed receipt is five days after mailing. If you mail it on October 25, it is deemed received October 30, and the earliest effective date is November 13, with move-out by 1:00 PM that day.

When the Tenant Does Not Leave

If the tenant remains past the move-out date and has not filed a dispute at the RTO, you apply for an Order of Possession using Form YG(6908CS) with the $50 filing fee. The RTO schedules a hearing and, if the notice was valid, issues a binding order. Physical enforcement requires filing that order with the Supreme Court, obtaining a writ of execution for possession, and engaging the Sheriff's Office.

Our Ending a Tenancy in Yukon guide covers both stages of the unpaid rent process in detail, including the repeated late payment ground, and provides a notice-date calculator for working out the deadlines.

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