Canadian Land Development: A Comparative Review By Region — The Ontario Framework

Article by Gerald Swinkin, ©2006 Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

This article was originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Real Estate, March 2006

Although there has been a gradual and ongoing conversion of lands from Ontario’s old Registry Division land registry system into the Land Titles Division (being a form of Torrens land registry system where the registry actually reflects title rather than being a simple repository of documents), that conversion is not yet complete throughout the province. In fact, to facilitate the conversion of land registration to an electronic registration format, the province itself has undertaken responsibility for the conversion of communities of land into the Land Titles system on a qualified conversion basis.