Summer 2023: Purchase of a 15-unit building near Laval.

January 2024: Two apartments become vacant; we renovate them.

February 2024: My partner goes to the building, an unknown person is living in one of the two newly renovated apartments.

Explanation:
The squatter entered the building one day. He saw my general contractor and told him a story about being the new tenant but needing the keys to the apartment.

The contractor gives him the keys, and he moves into the housing.

• THE POLICE: cannot remove him; he has the keys.

• THE TAL (Tribunal administratif du logement): cannot remove him; he has no lease.

• ME: I don’t know who he is; I have 2 options: get him to sign a lease and try to take him to the TAL for non-payment.

OR
Go to the Superior Court of Quebec to get him out. (Costs about $5000)

In short, can someone break in and live in our properties without us knowing?