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SS · Residential Tenancies Act

2 Application

Current to 2026-05-14 · Official PDF

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies only to tenancies of
residential premises.
(2) This Act does not apply to
(a) a mobile home site as defined in the Mobile Home Sites
Tenancies Act
,
(b) premises occupied for business purposes with living
accommodation attached and rented under a single
agreement,
(c) rooms in the living quarters of the landlord, if the landlord
actually resides in those quarters,
(d) a hotel, motel, motor hotel, resort, lodge or tourist camp, a
cottage or cabin located in a campground, or a trailer park,
tourist home, bed and breakfast establishment or farm
vacation home, if a person resides there for less than 6
consecutive months,

(e) a tenancy agreement between an educational institution as
landlord and a student of that institution as tenant if the
tenant does not have exclusive possession of a
self-contained dwelling unit,
(f) a continuing care home as defined in the Continuing Care
Act
;
(g) lodge accommodation as defined in the Alberta Housing Act
that is operated
(i) by a management body under a ministerial order under
section 5 of that Act, or
(ii) under an agreement with the Minister responsible for
that Act,
(h) repealed 2013 cS-19.3 s25,
(h.1) a supportive living accommodation as defined in the
Continuing Care Act,
(i) a correctional institution, or
(j) any other prescribed premises.
2004 cR-17.1 s2;2009 cS-23.5 s26;2013 cS-19.3 s25;2022 cC-26.7 s79