An N8 ends a tenancy at the end of the term, most commonly for persistent late payment of rent. It needs 60 days' notice and a clear pattern — not a one-off late payment.
Notice period: 60 days · Official form below
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When it applies
The tenant has a pattern of paying rent after it's due — repeatedly, over several months.
The N8 ends the tenancy at the end of the term or rental period, not immediately.
You'll need a clear record of late payments — dates due vs dates paid — to prove "persistent" at the LTB.
Keep a clean record of every rent due date and the date it was actually paid. LandlordEzy's rent ledger does this automatically.
60 days' notice, ending on the last day of the term or rental period.
If the tenant doesn't leave, apply to the LTB on Form L2 for an order.
Show the late-payment history. The Board decides whether the lateness is "persistent" enough to end the tenancy.
You don't have to do it alone
Download the real LTB N8 form (above) — emailed to you, ready to fill.
Ask our AI assistant exactly how the N8 works — notice periods, compensation, the L2 step.
Search thousands of decided cases to see how the Board has ruled on similar N8 situations.
LandlordEzy automatically generates the N4 (non-payment) and N1 (rent increase). The N8 is served less often and is more fact-specific, so we give you the form, the guidance and the case law instead.
Since September 21, 2026 there is a benchmark (Bill 60, O. Reg. 516/06 s. 8.1): rent received more than 7 days after the due date at least 3 times in any 6-month period is persistent late payment. A payment only counts as late on its own merits — not because you applied it to older arrears. The LTB can still find persistence on other patterns. A clean ledger showing due-vs-paid dates is your evidence.
At least 60 days, ending on the last day of the rental period or term. Add 5 days if you serve it by mail.
No. An N4 is for rent currently owing (non-payment) and can be served the day after rent is late. An N8 is for a pattern of paying late even if the rent is eventually paid — it ends the tenancy at the end of the term.
Yes — the rent ledger automatically records every due-vs-paid date (the evidence you need), you can download the official N8 here, and Ask Ezy explains the process. The automated generators are for the N4 and N1.
General information for Ontario, not legal advice. Notice periods, compensation and the rules around the N8 change and are fact-specific — confirm the current requirements with the LTB or a licensed Ontario paralegal before serving a notice.
From rent collection and the N4, to rent increases with the N1, to screening and records — LandlordEzy is the platform Ontario landlords use to do it themselves.