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General Boundary Retracement

• Surveyors Act, O. Reg. 216/10 -- Section 8

• Information for Surveyors

• First Running of the Line

• How Do You Know When You Are Done?

Case Law

• Forrester Estate v. Muzeen Estate, 2008 ONCA 640 (CanLII)

• Petek v. Powell, 2011 ONSC 443 (CanLII)

• 3209292 Nova Scotia Ltd. v. MacDuff, 2011 NSSC 363 (CanLII)

• Gall v. Rogers, 1993 CanLII 5446 (ON SC)

• Doyle v. Macdonald, 1999 CanLII 7228 (PE SCTD)

• Nicholson v. Halliday, 2005 CanLII 259 (ON CA)

• Taylor v. City Sand & Gravel Ltd., 2010 NLCA 22 (CanLII)

• Martin v. Kellogg, [1932] O.R. 274, [1932] 2 D.L.R. 496, Affirmed [1932] 4 D.L.R. 617

Research

• Land Registry Office Locations

• Library and Archives Canada

• Archives of Ontario

• Crown Land Patent Records

• Crown Surveys in Ontario booklet

• Office of the Surveyor General

• Canada Lands Survey System - Cadastral Data & Survey Plan Search

• Ontario Municipalities

• Surveyors Act, O. Reg. 216/10 - Field Survey Standards

• Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER L.5

• Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER R.20

• Registry Act, O. Reg. 43/96

• CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute

• Canadian Hydrographic Service

• Research Revisited

• Research vs. 'Survey This Deed'

Descriptions

• Service Ontario Land Registration Bulletins, Memo's and Guides

• Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER L.5

• Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER R.20

• Registry Act, O. Reg. 43/96

• Surveys Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER S.30

Case Law

• Grasett v. Carter, (1884) 10 S.C.R. 105

• Lewis v. Romita, [1980] O.J. No. 2806, 13 R.P.R. 188

• Lutz v. Kawa, 1979 CanLII 1021 (AB QB)

Easements

• Bulletin No. 90002 - Easement Statute Law

• Bulletin No. 2005-02 - Easement, Release of Easements

• Bulletin No. 2005-03 - Easement Certificates

• EM (External Memo) 2005-03 - Easements in Gross, Dominant Tenement

• Bulletin No. 2007-02 - Registry Act Amendments

• Bulletin No. 2008-05 - LTCQ Procedures

• Bulletin No. 2009-03 - Condominium Corporations

• Search land registration documents

• Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990 Chapter R.20 - Subsections 112 and 113

• Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990 Chapter L.5 - Subsections 39 and 158-162

• Planning Act

• Service Ontario Land Registration Bulletins, Memo's and Guides

Water Boundaries

• Legal Aspects of Surveying Water Boundaries, Carswell, 1996

Methods of Retracing Limit Prior to Flooding

• Clarke v. City of Edmonton, [1930] S.C.R. 137

• Volcanic Oil and Gas Co. v. Chaplin, [1912] O.J. No. 3, 27 O.L.R. 34; [1912] O.J. No. 60, 27 O.L.R. 484, 10 D.L.R. 200; [1914] O.J. No. 38, 31 O.L.R. 364, 19 D.L.R. 442

• Ontario (Attorney General) v. Rowntree Beach Assn., 1994 CanLII 7228 (ON SC)

• Talisman Energy Inc. v. Hornick, 2005 CanLII 369 (ON SC)

• Walker et al. and Attorney-General for Ontario, [1970] O.J. No. 1634; [1971] 1 O.R. 151, 14 D.L.R. (3d) 643

Accretion and Erosion

• Paul v. Bates, [1934] B.C.J. No. 95, 48 B.C.R. 473

• Andriet v. County of Strathcona No. 20, 2008 ABCA 27 (CanLII)

• Queen’s County v. Cooper, [1946] S.C.R. 584

Ownership of the Bed, Navigability

• Beds of Navigable Waters Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.4

• Coleman v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1983] O.J. No. 275, 143 D.L.R. (3d) 608

• Canoe Ontario v. Reed, [1989] O.J. No. 1293, 69 O.R. (2d) 494

• Casselman v. Ontario (Ministry of Natural Resources), [1994] O.J. No. 2180

• Simpson v. Ontario (Natural Resources), 2011 ONSC 1168 (CanLII)

Interpret the Intent on Registered Plans

• Ellard v. Township of Tiny, 2012 ONSC 280 (CanLII)

• Tiny (Township) v. Battaglia, 2013 ONCA 274 (CanLII)

• Lackner v. Hall, 2012 ONSC 3951 (CanLII)

• Lackner v. Hall, 2013 ONCA 631 (CanLII)

• Oro-Medonte (Township) v. Warkentin, 2013 ONSC 1416 (CanLII)

• 1146726 Ontario Inc. v. National Trust, (2004) 48 M.P.L.R. (3d) 283 (Ont. S.C.)

Roads

• Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER P.50

• Municipal Act, 2001

• Real Property Limitations Act, RSO 1990, c L.15

• Road Access Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER R.34

• Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER E.26

• Release and Voidance of Reservations and Conditions in Land Grants, MNR Policy No. PL 4.03.01

• Russell on Roads, 3rd Edition

• Legal Survey Manual: Volume 1 - Legal Plans, January 2021

• MTO Research Library

• The Road Less Travelled

Adverse Possession

• Keefer v. Arillotta, (1977) 13 O.R. (2d) 680

• Fletcher v. Storoschuk et al., (1982) 35 O.R. (2d) 722

• Masidon Investments Ltd. v. Ham, [1984] O.J. No. 3139, 45 O.R. (2d) 563, 2 O.A.C. 147

• Hamson v. Jones, [1988] O.J. No. 1306, 65 O.R. (2d) 304, 52 D.L.R. (4th) 143

• Teis v. Ancaster (Town of), 1997 CanLII 1688 (ON CA)

• Laurier Homes (27) Ltd. v. Brett, 2005 CanLII 44817 (ON SC)

• 1636539 Ontario Limited v. W. Bradfield Limited, 2007 CanLII 8013 (ON SC)

• Marotta v. Creative Investments Limited, 2008 CanLII 15772 (ON SC)

• Real Property Limitations Act

• Land Titles Conversion Qualified (LTCQ) to Land Titles Absolute Plus (LT+)

Spatial Reference

• Canadian Spatial Reference System

• The Evolution of NAD83 in Canada

• Height Reference System Modernization

• Datums and the Integration of Cadastral Surveys in Ontario

• 3D Affine Coordinate Transformations

• Software: TRX and GPS-H from NRCan; Trafostar

• Surveyors Act, O. Reg. 216/10 — Integration requirements specified in Sections 10, 12-14, 31-35

Mining Act

• Procedural Guide Governing the Survey of Mining Claims in the Province of Ontario

• Service Ontario Land Registration Bulletins, Memo's and Guides

• Beds of Navigable Waters Act

• The Conveyancing and Law of Property Act

• Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER L.5

• Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER R.20

• Registry Act, O. Reg. 43/96

• Surveys Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER S.30

• Public Lands Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER P.43

• Crown Land Management Policies

• CLAIMaps

Mining Act

• R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER M.14

• O. Reg. 43/11

• O. Reg. 263/02

• R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 768

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines: Guides

• Georeferencing Standards for Unpatented Mining Claims

• Claim Staking FAQ

• Converting a Mining Claim into a Lease

Condominium Act

Condominium Act, 1998

• S.O. 1998, c. 19

• O. Reg. 48/01

• O. Reg. 49/01

Land Registration Information

• Service Ontario Land Registration Bulletins, Memo's and Guides

• Bulletin 2001-1 Condominium Act, 1998

• Bulletin 2004-02 Conversion of Registry Non-converts to LTCQ

Check Lists from the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, Title and Survey Services Office, Registration Division

• Standard Condominiums

• Leasehold Condominiums

• Phased Condominiums

• Amalgamated Condominiums

• Vacant Land Condominiums

• Common Elements Condominiums

Planning Act

• Planning Act

• Provincial Policy Statement, 2005

• Municipal Act, 2001