Can I sell my franchise if my franchise agreement has already expired?

This depends heavily on what's actually happening at your location if the agreement has technically expired — whether you're operating under a renewed or extended term, a holdover arrangement the franchisor has tacitly accepted, or genuinely without any current contractual relationship with the franchisor at all. What you're able to sell, and what consent process applies, differs significantly across those scenarios, and an expired agreement is not necessarily the same as no relationship with the franchisor.

If there's no live franchise agreement in place, you may not have a "franchise" in the legal sense left to transfer under the Arthur Wishart Act's transfer provisions — but you may still be using the franchisor's trademarks, systems, or supply relationships in ways that require the franchisor's involvement regardless of the agreement's formal status, which a buyer would need to address directly with the franchisor rather than assume comes automatically with the business.

Because this situation is genuinely ambiguous without knowing the specific facts, clarify your actual status with the franchisor before marketing the business for sale. A Treadstone business lawyer can help sort out what you're really selling.