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The federal Crown's ownership of the land in western Canada included the power to grant land titles, and also the power to determine if minerals would be included in the land grants. In the grants to the first two major corporations in the west, the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company , the federal government generally ...
About 89% of Canada's land area (8,886,356 km 2 or 3,431,041 sq mi) is Crown land: 41% is federal crown land and 48% is provincial crown land. The remaining 11% is privately owned. [ 10 ] Most federal Crown land is in the territories ( Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon ) and is administered by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada .
The first Canadian Crown corporation after confederation was the Canadian National Railway Company, created in 1922. [ 6 ] During the earlier part of the century, many British North American colonies that now comprise the Canadian federation had Crown corporations, often in the form of railways, such as the Nova Scotia Railway , since there was ...
The LTSA was established under the Land Title and Survey Authority Act in January 2005 and provides for the registration of all real property ownership and land interests, and all private and Crown land surveys through two divisions: Land Title Division – ensures the continued integrity of BC’s Torrens title system for registering land ...
Canadian, HBC, and British negotiators sign the Deed of Surrender. [5] [additional citation(s) needed] 1869 December 1 The Canadian government ratifies the agreement. [5] [additional citation(s) needed] 1870 May 7 HBC forwards the finalized deal to the Colonial Office. [5] [additional citation(s) needed] 1870 May 11 Canada finalizes deposits to ...
Over 90% of the sprawling boreal forest of Canada is provincial Crown land. [1] Provincial lands account for 60% of the area of the province of Alberta, [ 2 ] 94% of the land in British Columbia , [ 3 ] 95% of Newfoundland and Labrador , [ 4 ] and 48% of New Brunswick .
The Commissioner of Crown Lands was a member of the Executive Council for the Province of Canada responsible for administering the surveying and sale of Crown land, the forests, mines, and fisheries of the Province. From 1841 to 1867 the Department of Crown Lands was the biggest of the Province of Canada's departments.
Canadian forests exist mainly on what is considered to be crown land, under the provincial governments' control. On Canadian crown land, stumpage is known as the market value of standing trees that must be paid by firms for the right to harvest timber, currently measured in $/cubic meter.