Bill 593: An Act to amend the Civil Code to prohibit evictions carried out with a view to converting a dwelling into short-term tourist accommodation

This bill directly affects residential landlords and property investors in Quebec who own rental units and are considering converting them into short-term tourist rentals on platforms like Airbnb or VRBO. Whether you're a solo owner of a single condo or a small portfolio landlord managing a few units in Montreal, Quebec City, or other tourist-heavy areas, you would no longer be able to use a change-of-destination eviction notice to clear out a long-term tenant in order to list the unit for nightly or weekly tourist stays. Operators already running short-term rental businesses who were looking to expand by converting occupied residential units would be blocked from doing so through eviction. The practical effect is that as long as a tenant is in place, the unit stays in the long-term rental market.