Manitoba announced it has set its 2025 rent guideline at 1.7 per cent, which is lower than this year’s guideline (3%) and lower than the allowable rent increases announced for both Ontario and B.C.

Manitoba’s rent guideline is calculated annually using a transparent formula based on the consumer price index (CPI) for Manitoba. Effective Jan. 1, 2025, the new rent guideline will apply to most residential rental properties including apartments, single rooms, houses and duplexes. The rent guideline does not apply to:

• rental units renting for $1,640 or more per month;
• various types of social housing;
• rental units owned and operated by, or for, provincial, municipal or federal governments;
• rental units in buildings first occupied after March 2005;
• not-for-profit life lease units;
• co-operative units; and
• approved rehabilitated rental units.

Tenants must receive written notice of a rent increase at least three months before the increase takes effect. For example, for a rent increase to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, tenants must receive notice by Sept. 30, 2024. With few exceptions, rent can only be increased once a year.

The government is advising landlords and tenants to contact the Residential Tenancies Branch at 204-945-2476 in Winnipeg or 1-800-782-8403 (toll-free in Manitoba) to learn more about rent increases and other rights and responsibilities.

For more information on the 2025 rent guideline, visit www.manitoba.ca/rtb