Land Petitions

Land Records

Land Petitions are available at the Library and Archives Canada website. The LAC website has been revised lately and is not as user friendly.

The database can be searched for the name or district to obtain a microfilm number.  Digitized microfilms are available for some of the databases.

website:  Land records for Upper and Lower Canada, 1763 to 1865 – Canada.ca

Databases

Collection search

• Land Petitions of Lower Canada, (1764-1841)
• Land Petitions of Upper Canada, (1763-1865)
• Gaspé Land Commission [textual record] Archives / Collections and Fonds  actual records appear not to be searchable now.
• Land Boards of Upper Canada, (1765-1804)
• Heir and Devisee Commission
  • The records are on microfilm, arranged by district, then by type of document
  • There is no index by name
• Upper Canada Sundries
• Upper Canada Land Books
  • There is a list of contents of the microfilms at Canadian Research Knowledge Network.