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