Housing and the TAL

Application to fix or modify the rent at the TAL

The tenant refused your increase? You have one month to apply to the TAL. Application, calculation and hearing, fees included.

Time limit to apply to the TAL after the refusal: Within one month after receiving the refusal; C.c.Q., art. 1947
Average time before hearing (rent fixing): 9.2 months; Rapport annuel de gestion du TAL 2024-2025
Rent-fixing applications in 2024-2025: 22 494; Rapport annuel de gestion du TAL 2024-2025

What is included

Check of the validity of your notice of modification and of the refusal
Rent-fixing application filed with the TAL (CA$92 fee included)
Preparation of the form of information needed to fix the rent (income, expenses, work)
Representation at the hearing

What is not included

Keeping your building's accounts
Applications for more than one dwelling (each dwelling is a separate application)

What might be added

An additional dwelling in the same building, filed at the same time: CA$399 each.

Any additional service is announced at a fixed price, in writing, before it is undertaken.

Three steps.

1
You upload the notice you sent and the refusal you received, with the date of receipt.
2
We prepare the application and the rent-fixing form; the lawyer validates and files them.
3
We represent you at the hearing and explain the decision to you.

You follow each step in your client area. The LIORMA team prepares; the lawyer advises, validates and signs. No decision concerning you is made without human review.

What the law says

Excerpts of the law are reproduced in their official French version; the explanation that follows is translated.

C.c.Q., art. 1942, 1945, 1947

The landlord notifies the tenant of the increase; the tenant has one month to refuse; the landlord then has one month to ask the TAL to fix the rent.

Official text on LégisQuébec

Frequently asked questions

Will the TAL grant my increase?+

The TAL applies its rent-fixing regulation (income, expenses, work). We prepare the file so that each item is documented; we do not guarantee any result.

TAL — rent fixing — CA$799, all inclusive.

Application filed with the TAL within 3 business days after we receive your documents (and before the one-month time limit expires).

Start my rent-fixing application

In the same category

CA$79

all inclusive

Notice of non-renewal (tenant)

Leaving your rental? A compliant notice, drafted by a lawyer and sent on time, so you leave without owing rent.

Time limit for a lease of 12 months or more: Between 3 and 6 months before the end of the lease

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CA$79

all inclusive

Notice of assignment or subletting

To leave a rental before the end of the lease without paying two rents: the notice the law requires, drafted properly.

Landlord's response time: 15 days after receiving the notice; without a response, the landlord is deemed to consent

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CA$99

all inclusive

Response to a rent increase

You have one month to refuse an increase; otherwise it is deemed accepted. A compliant response, signed by a lawyer.

Time limit to respond: “within one month after receiving the notice of modification”

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All-inclusive prices in Canadian dollars: GST, QST and, where indicated, government and delivery fees included. Each listing specifies the services included, those that are not, and those that may be required in addition. Price list in force since 13 octobre 2026, held for at least 90 days (Code of Professional Conduct of Lawyers, ss. 146 to 148). Limited-scope mandate (s. 31) confirmed by a written agreement before work begins. A lawyer who is a member of the Barreau du Québec reviews and signs every file.