LTB N7: Notice to End your Tenancy for Causing Serious Problems in the Rental Unit or Residential Complex

What the N7 is

The N7 is the serious cousin of the N5. It applies where the tenant or a guest has seriously impaired someone’s safety, caused wilful damage, or used the unit in a way inconsistent with residential use causing serious damage — and, where the landlord lives in the same building with 3 or fewer units, for substantial interference with the landlord’s enjoyment.

The termination date is only 10 days after service, and unlike the N5 there is no opportunity to void the notice by correcting the behaviour. Because it is the most severe notice, LTB adjudicators scrutinize N7s closely — the conduct must genuinely meet the “serious” threshold.

How to fill it out

1. Pick the ground(s) carefully. If the conduct is bad but not dangerous or wilful, an N5 is usually the safer notice — an N7 that overreaches gets dismissed.
2. Termination date: at least 10 days after the tenant receives the notice (add 5 days for mail service).
3. Events and details: describe each incident with date, time, and concrete facts. For safety grounds, spell out exactly how safety was impaired (fire, threats, weapons, blocked exits). Attach police or fire reports to the later application if you have them.
4. Sign, serve, keep proof.
5. If the tenant doesn’t move out by the termination date, file an L2 application with the LTB promptly.