{"id":9146,"date":"2020-07-13T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.droitlocatif.ca\/?p=9146"},"modified":"2020-07-14T00:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:29:32","slug":"forbidding-pets-in-a-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.droitlocatif.ca\/en\/2020\/07\/13\/forbidding-pets-in-a-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidding Pets in a Lease"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_cmsms_shortcodes-custom-css\"><\/style><p>When a landlord wants to resiliate a lease because of an animal in the apartment[1] he must always prove the serious prejudice the animal is causing by, for example, making complaining tenants testify.<\/p>\n<p>When said animal did not cause any prejudice to the landlord or to the others tenants, can the landlord demand an order to execute a clause forbidding animals? We can think, for example, of a cat who is never going out of a tenant\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n<p>It was decided by the Court that this kind of clause was legal and opposable to the tenant. When there is such a clause, all the landlord has to do is to prove the existence of the clause and its violation by a tenant which will then justify the Court\u2019s decision to order the tenant to part with his pet.<\/p>\n<p>However, the tenant could defend his position by saying that the landlord has impliedly renounced to the clause if the animal was in the apartment for a long time without the landlord saying or doing anything about it while he knew it was there. \u201c[TRANSLATION] Such tolerance is equivalent to renouncing to the clause that is now put forward by the landlord[2].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore of the utmost importance that the landlord brings an action against his tenant as soon as he knows about the violation of the clause.<\/p>\n<p>The tenant could also defend his position by saying that the pet\u2019s presence is for therapeutic purposes when zootherapy has been medically prescribed. In a decision[3] in which the landlord\u2019s demand had been rejected, the tenants explained that \u201c[TRANSLATION] \u2026 their daughter has serious health problems\u201d and that following the advice of many professionals including a doctor \u201c[TRANSLATION] they have acquired a little dog to help their child\u2019s development and for her to have affective support\u201d However, in another case, keeping a dog for a kid\u2019s companionship and not for therapeutic purposes was not accepted as a tenant\u2019s defence[4].<\/p>\n<p>On the whole, each case is unique and the decision will depend on the circumstances in which the demand was made.<\/p>\n<p><em>[1] Art. 1973 C.c.Q.<br \/>\n[2] Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en Commandite Jardins St-Jean c. Fortugno et al, R.L. 31 080418 036 G Art. 1973 C.c.Q<br \/>\n[3] Coop d\u2019habitation la Maisonn\u00e9e c. Boutin, R.L. 18 100113 014 G<br \/>\n[4] Office Municipal D\u2019Habitation de Sept-\u00celes c. 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