Tenancy calculators
Use these tools to help you determine important deadlines or calculations.
These calculators may be used for tenancies which fall under the Residential Tenancy Act . If a tenancy falls under the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act or if a tenant is are unsure which law covers your tenancy, please contact the Residential Tenancy Branch.
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Rent calculators
- Calculate when a landlord can increase a tenant's rent and the maximum allowable amount under the law
- Estimate additional rent increase amounts based on the cost to install, replace or repair a major system or component in a residential building (capital expenditure)
- Calculate the maximum additional rent increase that can be imposed on a rental unit after receiving your decision. Use this tool to automatically generate your RTB-53-P1D form
- After a landlord has served a tenant with the Phase 1 Notice of Additional Rent Increase (RTB-53-P1 and RTB-53-P1D), tenants can use this tool to validate that the additional rent increase was correct
- Calculate the maximum additional rent increase that can be imposed on a rental unit after receiving a decision. Use this tool to automatically generate the RTB-53-P2D form
Deposit calculators
- Calculate interest on security deposits
- Calculate the last date that a landlord (or landlord's agent) must return the tenant's security and/or pet damage deposit(s)
- Calculate the deadline to return the deposit(s) to a tenant or the deadline for which landlord must apply to the Residential Tenancy Branch to keep all or part of the deposit(s)
- Calculate the date a tenant must file for dispute resolution to cancel a Notice to End Tenancy
- Calculate when a landlord can apply to the Residential Tenancy Branch for an order of possession of the rental property
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