The New Brunswick Eviction Process: Notices & Your Rights
A notice to vacate in New Brunswick is the start of a process, not the end of your tenancy. Knowing the notice types and your right to pay or dispute can change the outcome.
A Notice Is Not an Eviction
In New Brunswick, a landlord can serve a notice, but they can't remove you themselves. The Residential Tenancies Tribunal (Service New Brunswick) decides disputes and issues orders. Only that process — not the landlord — can end your tenancy over your objection.
The Main Notice Types
What you're facing depends on the notice:
- Unpaid rent: a Notice to Vacate of at least 15 days; you can usually cancel it by paying within 7 days.
- Other cause (breach, damage): set notice periods apply.
- Owner use or other grounds: longer notice, with the reason stated.
How to Respond
Don't just move out. For unpaid rent, paying within the window cancels the notice. Otherwise, you can dispute it with the Residential Tenancies Tribunal, which reviews the evidence from both sides.
Build Your Evidence
Keep the notice, your rent records, texts and emails, photos, and any witnesses. Documentation is what decides a disputed eviction.