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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Which is why I mentioned the damage report. The landlord can't withhold or deduct from a damage deposit without one.
OP's friend will have to file a claim to get it back with RTDRS or through court if the landlord won't return it.
The vacancy rate is 1% in Calgary.
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The landlord wouldn't be keeping the deposit for damages, it'd be more a case of "agree to let me keep the damage deposit if I can't find a suitable tenant for November 1st or I'll have to sue you for the entire November's rent."
So technically the landlord does have to return the deposit in full, but by that same token the tenant is liable for any rental losses incurred by giving fewer than 1 month's notice.
Like someone else said, it's no different than if a tenant agreed to rent a place and then a couple of weeks before they're to move in the landlord finds someone else who'll pay more and they try to cancel the tenancy.