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To evict a tenant in BC, the landlord must provide written notice to terminate the tenancy. Depending on the reason for eviction, the tenant's notice needs to be served at least 10 - 120 days before the termination date.

Under an existing tenancy agreement, the landlord can only increase the rent in response to additional occupants if the agreement includes a term allowing the rent to vary by a stated amount based on the number of occupants or the parties all agree to sign a new tenancy agreement.

Family status: Landlords can restrict the number of occupants in your rental unit, but they are not allowed to refuse to rent to you because you have children. If you are searching for housing with a boyfriend or girlfriend, a landlord cannot refuse to rent to you because you are unmarried.

Questions landlords cannot ask are about age, race, religion, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, or receipt of public assistance in certain jurisdictions.

What can't your landlord legally ask you? Landlords cannot ask questions related to a tenant's nationality or race, religion, marital status, children, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or source of income.

Sufficient Income Along with good credit, landlords want to see that you have enough income to pay monthly rent. As a general rule, landlords like to see an applicant present proof of at least 3 times the monthly rent in gross income.

Questions a landlord cannot ask Therefore, questions about age, disability, place of origin, religion, family status, sexual orientation, gender expression and other Human Rights grounds are not allowed. They cannot ask question such as: Are you pregnant?