{"id":63462,"date":"2026-03-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/?p=63462"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:38:48","slug":"no-pet-clauses-in-rental-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/no-pet-clauses-in-rental-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Pet Clauses in Rental Housing: Tribunal Rules in Favour of the SPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"63462\" class=\"elementor elementor-63462 elementor-63446\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f435f1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f435f1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daa37e3\" data-id=\"daa37e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feed623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feed623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Press release \u2013 For immediate release<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980371e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"980371e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">No-Pet Clauses in Rental Housing: Tribunal Rules in Favour of the SPCA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342be17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"342be17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed56fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed56fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Montreal, March 23, 2026 \u2013<\/strong> In a recent decision, the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL) declared void the clause of a lease prohibiting animals, finding that the clause was unreasonable, abusive and contrary to the Quebec<em> Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms<\/em>. The ruling arises from a dispute between a tenant and their landlord, in which the Montreal SPCA was granted intervenor status in order to present its perspective on no-pet clauses in rental housing.<\/p><p>In her decision, administrative judge Suzanne Gu\u00e9vremont concludes that <strong>\u201c[the] general prohibition on keeping an animal in a dwelling [\u2026] constitutes an oppressive and unacceptable intrusion into a person\u2019s family life, within the very place that is the centre of their private life: their home.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>More broadly, she states that \u201cthe emergence of animal protection statutes in Quebec law reflects society and demonstrates that the legislator now recognizes the deep bond that develops between humans and their companion animals,\u201d and that \u201cjurisprudence must adapt to this new legal reality and align itself with it.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>\u201cThe Montreal SPCA welcomes this important victory before the Tribunal administratif du logement. We are relieved to know that the tenant in this case will not have to face the heartbreaking choice between keeping a member of their family and having a roof over their head,\u201d<\/strong> said Sophie Gaillard, Director of Animal Advocacy and Legal and Government Affairs at the Montreal SPCA. <strong>\u201cBut beyond the specific facts of this case, this decision is a reminder that the law must adapt to the evolution of the values that shape our society, specifically when it comes to our relationship with animals. It also affirms the growing recognition of the central role companion animals play in our family and social lives.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>In its intervention, the Montreal SPCA argued, among other things, that the clause prohibiting animals in the tenant\u2019s residential lease infringes the right to privacy set out in section 5 of the <em>Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms<\/em>, which protects the right to make fundamentally personal and private decisions without undue external influence. The SPCA also argued that the clause was abusive and unreasonable, particularly at a time of severe shortages of affordable housing, a situation that seriously undermines the balance of power between landlords and tenants.<\/p><p>Both arguments were accepted by administrative judge Gu\u00e9vremont, who specifies:<\/p><ul><li>\u201cThe choice to welcome an animal companion into one\u2019s family is an essentially personal decision, motivated by intrinsically private considerations and carrying a multitude of consequences for a person\u2019s intimate life and for the activities they carry out within their home. It is a choice that lies at the very heart of the organization of family life, that is: a decision about the composition of the family.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIn reality, Mr. Desjardins [the tenant] had no opportunity to negotiate this clause and therefore faced the heartbreaking choice of finding another home or abandoning their animals. In the context of a severe shortage of affordable housing, the ability to make this decision freely is even more illusory.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>In her decision, the judge also states that <strong>\u201ca companion animal is a member of the family and the emotional bond between a person and the animal who shares their life can be extremely deep,\u201d<\/strong> while recognizing the \u201clargely sufficient\u201d protection granted to landlords by several provisions of the <em>Civil Code of Qu\u00e9bec<\/em>, as well as the restrictions on animal ownership imposed by municipal regulations.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cThis decision rendered by the TAL is significant: it cannot be ignored and will certainly have an impact on other cases challenging the validity of no-pet clauses,\u201d<\/strong> explained Marie-Claude St-Amant, partner at the firm Melan\u00e7on Marceau Grenier Cohen, LLP, which represented the SPCA in this case. <strong>\u201cIt represents a first breach in TAL jurisprudence, which until now has generally considered clauses prohibiting animals to be valid, without examining the question of tenants\u2019 fundamental rights.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>For more than a decade, the Montreal SPCA has been campaigning tirelessly to ban no-pet clauses in rental housing because of their devastating effects, both on animals and on Quebec families, more than half of which now include a companion animal. Indeed, difficulty finding housing is one of the main reasons animals are surrendered to shelters in Quebec. On average, nearly two animals per day are abandoned for this reason at the Montreal SPCA.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cThis election year, the SPCA is also urging political parties to take a position on this issue,\u201d<\/strong> added Me Gaillard. <strong>\u201cNow that a tribunal has clearly established that no-pet clauses infringe on tenants\u2019 fundamental rights, it is urgent for provincial political parties to make a firm commitment to ban these clauses, as Ontario has done since the 1990s and France since 1970.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p><em>(Administrative judge Suzanne Gu\u00e9vremont\u2019s quotes translated from French.)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9893a6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9893a6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e39dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e39dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\" xml:lang=\"FR-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 30 \u2013<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Source:<\/span> Montreal SPCA www.spca.com\/en\/<\/p><p><strong>Media Information:<\/strong> <br \/>T\u00f6k communications 514 247-0526 <br \/>Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne\u202fAvon, mariehelene@tokcommunications.ca<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>About the Montreal SPCA<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Founded in Montreal in 1869, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (better known as \u201cMontreal SPCA\u201d) was the first animal welfare organization in Canada. The SPCA has come a long way since: it is now the largest animal protection organization in Quebec and speaks on behalf of animals wherever they face ignorance, cruelty, exploitation or neglect.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bdd50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8bdd50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent decision, the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL) declared void the clause of a lease prohibiting animals, finding that the clause was unreasonable, abusive and contrary to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":63448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-advocacy","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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