My girlfriend and I were living in a building in New Westminster, British Columbia that was run by a large property management company called Onni Property Management. We decided that we wanted to move to Vancouver to reduce our commute time and live closer to our friends and family. To do that, we had to break a clause in our lease.
When we moved in however, the landlord made us sign an addendum that said that if we left our home before our fixed-term was up, he would keep our $700 damage deposit. We found out that these additional clauses are fairly common, and actually saw the same agreement on my brother’s lease when he moved to Vancouver in late 2017.