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Canadian property law, or property law in Canada, is the body of law concerning the rights of individuals over land, objects, and expression within Canada. It encompasses personal property, real property, and intellectual property. The laws vary between local municipal levels, up to provincial and then a countrywide federal level of government.
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 ...
The profession of land surveying was not regulated in British Columbia until the late 1800s. [6] Before 1891, the provincial government recognized a cadre of professional Surveyors - many of whom had been Royal Engineers [6] In 1890, the Association of Provincial Land Surveyors was launched during a two-day long meeting held in Victoria and attended by 22 surveyors. [7]
Pages in category "Property law of Canada" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Personal Property Security Act (Canada) S. Salvage title; T.
13. Property and Civil Rights in the Province. It is one of three key residuary powers in the Constitution Act, 1867, together with the federal power of peace, order and good government and the provincial power over matters of a local or private nature in the province.
Bill 28, the Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016, is a British Columbian law that came into force on August 2, 2016. The law was introduced after calls urging the British Columbia provincial government to intervene in the housing market and curb foreign investment that was seen as a major contributor to the rapid rise in home prices.
Condominiums in Alberta are regulated by the Condominium Property Act (Chapter 22, RSA 2000) which is supplemented by the Condominium Property Regulation (AR 168/2000). It was most recently reported that over 8,000 condominium projects house over 250,000 residents in Alberta as of September 29th, 2022 by Thomson Reuters Canada.
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill. The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), [1] [2] and Indigenous law systems [3] developed by the various Indigenous Nations.