Reference

The questions that come with the land

Each page takes one question that keeps coming up around rural and waterfront property, and answers it from the same public records the report reads.

Shore road allowance

The 66 feet between the lot and the water

Road access

The road on the map that is not on the ground

Flood mapping

Checking the flood records on an Ontario property

Wells and water

How to look up Ontario’s water well records

Crown land

Checking the Crown land around a property

Title insurance

What title insurance does not cover on rural land

Legacy oil and gas

The gas wells nobody remembers drilling

These pages are general information about published public records, not legal advice, and not an opinion about any particular property. Confirm anything you intend to act on with your lawyer and surveyor. See our Terms of Sale.

Ontario’s open geodata, made useful: lake maps drawn from the province’s own depth soundings, and property reports for anyone buying, holding or building on rural and waterfront land.

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