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In 2008, of the 12.4 million households in Canada, more than 8.5 million, over two-thirds (68.4%) owned their home, the highest rate since 1971. Much of the recent increases were in the form of condominiums, however, which are not land ownership in the traditional sense. In 1981, less than 4% of owner households owned condominiums.
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.
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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 ...
Farmers could buy land within the 20 mi (32 km) zone, but at a much higher price of $2.50 per acre ($6.2/ha). In 1879, the exclusion zone was shrunk to only 10 miles (16 km) from the tracks; and in 1882 it was finally eliminated. Less than half of the arable land in the West was ever open to farmers for homesteading under the Act.
This picture of "complete ownership" is, of course, complicated by the obligation in most places to pay a property tax and by the fact that if the land is mortgaged, there will be a claim on it in the form of a lien. In modern societies, this is the most common form of land ownership.
Nexen Inc. was one of two Canadian oil and gas companies that the Harper government controversially approved the sale of to foreign state-owned enterprises in 2012; though it stated that future takeovers by SOEs would face new rules, especially in the energy sector. Nexen became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC on 25 February 2013.
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.