Learning Objectives

– Describe who owns the land

– Describe the difference between Crown ownership, private ownership, and treaty settlement lands

– Describe how the common law dealing with the transfer of estates and interests in land has been changed by the Torrens system of title registration

– Explain the underlying purpose of the Torrens system and how it is achieved

– Describe how land is subdivided

– Explain the differences between “traditional” subdivisions, strata title subdivisions, and air space parcel subdivisions

– List and explain the four main components of our Torrens system: the principle of indefeasibility, the registration principle, the abolition of the doctrine of notice, and the assurance fund

– Describe how strata developments are created

– Describe the process for conducting a search of title

– Identify when a manufactured home must be registered