Links to Atlantic Region Land Information

Links to early Canadian documents at canadiana.org

Please note that the links go to the top of each page. You may have to scroll down to find the start of your list

Atlantic Region Lands

Prince Edward Island

Crown Lands sold during the year 1837 - Prince Edward Island

Crown Lands sold for the year ending January 31, 1862 - Prince Edward Island

Sale of Glebe and School lands sold in Kings County, Queens County and Prince County 1836 - Prince Edward Island

Money paid to government employees for relief of immigrants and paupers - Prince Edward Island 1850, gives the names of those receiving aid

Nova Scotia

A grant for 6,500 acres for a plantation in 1787

Return of Granted Lands in the District of Pictou in 1827 p. 27

List of name of Colored People in Hammond's Plain, Nova Scotia - it appears the government of the day was trying to convince them to move to Trinidad or Demerara. From the letter on the next page it appears they had already sent one group to Trinidad or Demerara.

Description of events regarding Hammond's Plain

Crown Lands sold during the year 1833 - Nova Scotia

History of the Maroons in Nova Scotia (black prisoners from Jamaica) 1796

Granted Lands unsettled in the District of Pictou in 1827

Newfoundland and Labrador

  • 1853 Settlements on the Coast of Labrador and the revenue of each

    Newfoundland Crown Lands sold by Surveyor General year ending 1st October 1844 - two pages

    Newfoundland Crown Lands with grants issued or pending prior to the Lands Bill being passed 1st October 1844

    Newfoundland lands surveyed, sold at public auction, and grants registered for year ending October 1, 1851- goes on for over 10 pages, various sections

    • New Brunswick

  • North Eastern Boundary Arbitration Appendix No. XLVII Extracts from Grants of land by the Province of New Brunswick page 329

  • Sales of Crown Lands by County - 1st January 1846 to 31st December 1846, includes name, parish and number of acres. You may want to page through the whole section title Returns from Crown Land Office.

  • Balances due by County as instalments on purchases - lists County, acres, lot and Tier

  • Crown Lands granted for no payment in 1846 and those sold in other years

  • Report of Commissioners of Lazaretto at Sheldrake Island - a leper colony

  • List of persons to be sponsored for immigration - from Cork Union about 1849 sent to New Brunswick on the ship Susan. An inquiry was made as many were old or sick.

  • More info on some passengers from the ship Susan

    Surveys in New Brunswick 1846- lists Land Owner name

    Payments on Land sold in New Brunswick before 1843 - lists Land Owner name

    Balances due in various counties on land in New Brunswick 1847 - lists owner, lot and tier (about 20 pages)

    Money paid to the Receiver General on land sold before November 1858 lists name, # of payment, amount

    Return of Sales of Crown Land from 1st November 1858 to 31 October 1859 - lists purchaser, parish, and number of acres, broken down by County.

    Return of Crown Land sold in Westmorland County between 1st November 1858 and 31 October 1859 - lists purchaser, amount of land, amound paid.

    Return of Sales of Crown Land from 1st November 1864 to 31 October 1865 - lists purchaser, parish, and number of acres, broken down by County.

    - 1st November 1864 to 31st October 1865, lists purchaser and County.

    Interest on land formerly sold - lists purchaser

    ** Sales under the Labor Act for payment prior to 1st November 1864 - lists purchaser and county and lot, broken down by county

    ** Relief given to emigrants in 1849. Some names.