Simply “planning” to sell the house is not a valid reason to terminate the tenancy. In order to use that reason for termination you must have signed an Agreement of Purchase and Sale and the purchaser must intend to move into the house. At that point, you would serve the tenant with a 60 days’ notice on a legal form which is a Form N12.

As of July 21, 2020 the landlord is required to give the tenant one month’s rent as compensation, or offer the tenant another acceptable unit if pursuing the N12 notice on behalf of the purchaser. The compensation must be given before the termination date on the notice.

For more information, review our RTA fact sheet entitled Selling a Rental Property at https://landlordselfhelp.com/rta-fact-sheets/.