In late March of 2026, I submitted my N9 form 'Tenant's Notice to End the Tenancy' with a move out date of May 31, 2026. Back in 2009 when I moved up here to study software engineering, I was optimistic about the future of the Kitchener/Waterloo area. I chose to stay here because of the region's supposedly business friendly environment and startup scene The promise was that K/W would eventually development into a vibrant business and technology community. Unfortunately, this has not happened, and I now consider my choice to stay here in Kitchener one of the worst decisions of my life. The K/W area, and Ontario in general has many deep societal issues that it must deal with, but unfortunately, there is a lack of willingness to confront or even acknowledge its issues. I expect things to get worse before they get better, so I am voting with my feet. The way that the elderly and vulnerable are treated here in Kitchener is appalling, and it is clear to me that this is not a safe place to grow old.

Additionally, even though we won our case at the tenant board, there was supposedly an appeal filed, but I have not received any official confirmation from the divisional court. The appeal was supposedly filed back in November 2025, and I did receive a notice form the landlord indicating their intent to appeal, but I decided I to wait until I had official confirmation (which I still don't have) of the appeal before posting about it here.

To date, I have not received any official notice of appeal from the divisional court with any kind of case number. I did received a letter in the mail from the tenant board acknowledging that they had been served with the appeal, but again, no with official case number. I reached out to the tenant board and divisional court twice via email to try and confirm that the appeal was filed, and whether there are any future court dates, but I have not received any response yet. No one else that I've talked to knows anything about upcoming court dates.

It has been almost two and a half years since the renovictions first started, and the fact that we still don't have closure on the case is another example of the systemic societal dysfunction of the region. Some tenants died before seeing a final resolution to the case.

Since many tenants are curious to know about compensation for moving out: In my case I got nothing. I paid rent up till the last month, and terminated the lease using an N9. Since we won our case at the tenant board, I did not even receive the ~$3000 that's required for the N13 (because the N13 was cancelled by the tenant board). About 6 months after the renovictions first started, the previous building supervisor had stopped by my apartment and suggested that he would make a different compensation offer to me. I told him to write it down and give it to me on paper and put it through the mail slot, but I never received any additional offer. I did hear rumours in the building of some tenants receiving ~$20,000 compensation offers, but that information is not confirmed with any primary source.