Additional Land Resources
The following websites are provided to give you a better understanding about how the Dominion Land Survey was conducted in the Prairie Provinces, an overview of what legal land descriptions are, and where to request a historical land search.
Dave Obee's Family History Page
A finding-aid to prairie land records
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Learn more about the Alberta Township Survey, with glossary of terms
Glenbow Archives
View the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Land Sales Database
Library and Archives Canada
Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930, database, serving Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and parts of British Columbia’s railway belt — an index of proven homesteads
Library and Archives Canada
Online article “Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience”
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Find your AB Homestead Records at PAA New! Step-by-step Guide
Saskatchewan Archives Board
Search the Saskatchewan Homestead Index (SHIP)
Alberta Land Titles
Request a historical land search