What are the rules governing the termination of a commercial lease?

Most of the commercial leases are for a fixed term (term of 5 years, 10 years, etc). The lease thus terminates at the end of this term. However, automatic renewal clauses, unless notice to the contrary, can be provided therein as well as renewal option clauses requiring an intervention by the lessee to take advantage of it.

The Civil Code of Quebec providing no rule, every lease is a special case and can be drafted in a different way.