Form N4 at a glance
What it is: Form N4 is the Notice to End your Tenancy Early For Non-payment of Rent.
Who signs: The Landlord or Representative signs and dates the notice. If you don't, the notice may be invalid.
The landlord completes the table of the total amount of rent claimed and gives the tenant the notice. The notice is marked Landlord or Representative.
A filled-in Form N4 example: a landlord serves the notice on one tenant
How to fill out Form N4, box by box
Amount of rent and the termination date
Make sure you have correctly calculated the amount you believe the tenant owes. Check the calculations in the table on page 3 to be sure the Total Rent Owing is correct. Then check that this amount matches the amount you put in the box on page 1.
Enter the date after "pay this amount by" as dd/mm/yyyy. This is called the termination date.
You must give the tenant at least 7 days' notice. When counting the days, do not include the date you are giving the notice to the tenant. For example, if you give the notice to the tenant by hand on March 3rd, the first day of the 7-day notice period is March 4th; in this example, the earliest termination date would be March 10th. If you are giving the notice to the tenant by mail or courier, you have to add extra days in calculating the termination date. Read the Instructions to this form to see how many days you have to add.
Your tenant has until midnight on the day that rent is due to pay you the rent. Make sure you wait until the day after the rent was due before you give the tenant this notice.
The earliest date that the landlord can apply to the LTB is the day after the termination date in this notice.
Tenant's name, landlord's name and address of the rental unit
Enter the Tenant's name (include all tenant names) and the Landlord's name.
If there is more than one tenant in possession of the rental unit, fill in the names of all the tenants on the notice. Make sure you spell each tenant's name correctly. You must give each tenant a copy of this notice.
Be sure that you have provided the full address, and be sure to also identify the correct rental unit (for example Unit 202 or Basement) and provide the postal code.
Rent owing table
The table is completed by the landlord to show how they calculated the total amount of rent claimed on page 1.
For each rent period, enter the Rent Period From and Rent Period To (dd/mm/yyyy), the Rent Charged, the Rent Paid and the Rent Owing, then the Total Rent Owing.
Signature
Under Signature, mark Landlord or Representative, then enter the First Name, Last Name and Phone Number, sign at Signature and enter the Date (dd/mm/yyyy).
Representative information (if applicable)
Under Representative Information (if applicable), enter the First Name, Last Name, LSO Number, Company Name (if applicable), Mailing Address (Street Number, Street Name, Unit/Apt./Suite, Municipality (City, Town, etc.), Province, Postal Code), Email Address and Phone Number.
More rules for Form N4
Before you serve the attached notice to your tenant(s), make sure you can answer YES to each of the checklist questions. If not, your notice may be invalid. You should remove this checklist before you give the tenant the notice.
This form is only for non-payment of rent. Rent includes the basic rent for the rental unit, plus any amount the tenant pays you separately for services (such as parking or seasonal A/C charges).
If your situation is different
The tenant pays a utility bill
If the tenant is paying all or a portion of a utility bill directly to the utility company or indirectly through the landlord, this is not considered rent.
Common questions about Form N4
Is an N4 an eviction?
This is a legal notice. You may be EVICTED if you do not take action.
When is this form not the right one?
You should not use this form to ask the tenant to pay amounts other than rent (such as the last month's rent deposit or an NSF cheque charge).
Sources
[1] Form N4 (2026/09), Notice to End your Tenancy Early For Non-payment of Rent, Landlord and Tenant Board (Tribunals Ontario) (the Official source link on this page).