LOCAL RULES: RTA S. 54

Manitoba notice of entry requirements

Your Manitoba notice of entry has 3 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • 24 hours to 2 weeks ahead, with the purpose and time
  • A listed purpose: repairs, an inspection, a lender or insurer, or buyers
  • Hand it over or send it first class mail; mail counts on the fifth day
Start free: fill in yours

ReportDraft Landlord from C$12 a month. 14-day free trial with your first report and up to 5 template downloads. Card required, nothing charged today, cancel anytime. Need just one? One notice of entry for C$25, no subscription.

Manitoba's Residential Tenancies Act lets a landlord enter on written notice given 24 hours to two weeks ahead, for listed purposes such as repairs, inspections and showings to buyers. The tenant can push back with reasonable other times. Here is each rule with a link to the Act and the Residential Tenancies Branch.

Last reviewed October 26, 2026 against the official sources listed below.

Notice of entryMANITOBA / FREE CALCULATOR

Notice period and entry times

WhatWhenRule
Notice givenNovember 2, 2026 (attached to the door)The Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 54 (1) (f), (3)
How the notice is givenNot a method s. 184 (1) lists: hand it to the tenant or an apparently adult person at the residence, or send it by first class mailThe Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 184
Earliest lawful entry without the tenant's consentNovember 3, 2026, at or after the time of day the notice was given (24 hours later)The Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 54 (1) (f), (3)
Planned entryNovember 4, 2026: after the notice periodThe Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 54 (1) (f), (3)
Hours of entryAt the reasonable time or times stated; the tenant may object and offer reasonable other days and hoursThe Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 54 (1) (f), (3)
What the notice must sayIn writing, 24 hours to two weeks before the (first) time of entry: the purpose and the time or times of entryThe Residential Tenancies Act (Man.), s. 54 (1) (f), (3)

Emergencies, an abandoned unit and the tenant's consent at the time of entry follow their own rules (listed on this page). A lease may give the tenant more notice; check it.

Start free and fill in the whole document

Sample figures. Change them to work out your own, no sign-up.

What Manitoba requires

The notice

State the purpose and the time or times of entry, which must be reasonable, and give it at least 24 hours and no more than two weeks before the first time. The Branch suggests a specific time where you control the work and a reasonable window where you do not, and says contractors should be let in by the landlord or an agent.

Giving it

Hand it to the tenant or an apparently adult person at the residence, or send it by first class mail. A mailed notice counts as given on the fifth day after mailing, so count the 24 hours from then.

No notice, objections and abandonment

Emergencies, consent at the time, showings to new tenants after a termination notice, the move-out inspection day and agreed tenant services need no notice. A tenant may object and offer reasonable other days and hours. A unit believed abandoned needs a 24-hour posted notice first.

Common mistakes

  • Mailing the notice two days before the entry: it is not given until the fifth day.
  • A notice three weeks ahead: more than two weeks does not count.
  • Ignoring a tenant's reasonable alternative time.

Sources

Last reviewed October 26, 2026. Next review due January 26, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.