Canada · AB

Evicting a bad tenant in Alberta costs ~$6,475.

That's the typical combined hit from filing fees, 1.5 months of lost rent, property damage, legal costs, and turnover — per bad tenant. Here's the full breakdown and a calculator for your specific situation.
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Filing fee

$75

Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS)

Avg timeline

45 days

~6 weeks

Lost rent

$2,400

1.5 months at $1,600/mo

Property damage

$2,000

Beyond security deposit

Legal fees

$800

Attorney + court costs

Turnover

$1,200

Repairs, cleaning, re-listing

How Alberta handles evictions

RTDRS is one of the fastest dispute services in Canada.

Calculate your risk
Adjust the inputs to model your specific situation in Alberta.

Default: regional median

Filing → unit re-rented

Beyond security deposit

Court filing fee

$75

Lost rent during process

1.5 months at $1,600/mo

$2,400

Property damage

$2,000

Legal fees

$800

Turnover & re-listing

$1,200

Estimated total loss

$6,475

That's what one bad tenant typically costs a Alberta landlord.

Most of that loss is preventable.

Bad tenants almost always leave a paper trail — the problem is that most landlords don't check carefully. Here's what a proper screening catches before you sign the lease.

Fake pay stubs & inflated income

AI analysis catches font mismatches, math errors, and metadata red flags in uploaded income documents.

Prior evictions they didn't mention

Eviction history searches surface past court records even when applicants claim a clean record.

Former landlord reference gaps

Automated verification reaches out directly — applicants can't forward requests to a friend pretending to be their landlord.

The fix

$99 of screening vs $6,475 in losses.

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