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Land Records - Saskatchewan
With the acquisition of Rupert’s Land in 1869, western lands came under federal control. In 1930, responsibility for Crown Lands was transferred to the provincial governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The federal government retained a copy of the original patents issued for these lands which are indexed in the Western Land Grants database at Library & Archives Canada. The actual homestead applications and files relating to the grants were transferred to the provincial archives.
Land titles: Local government records are often incomplete, and the only source of information may be the Land Titles Office of the Information Services Corp. of Saskatchewan (ISC). The land titles registry is a chronological filing of documents relating to a piece of land and therefore the documents for that piece of land are not necessarily filed together. See the ISC website for access to digitized documents: (you must create and account first).
Homestead Records: Search the Saskatchewan Homestead Index (1872-1930) by name or by land location: Includes those who bought or sold North West Métis or South African scrip or received soldier grants after World War One. Microfilm copies of the files are held at the Regina office of the Saskatchewan Archives Board. Examples of the forms that you might find in a homestead file are shown.
- Select Access Dataset and download the Excel file; searchable by name and location.
- Database of records of agricultural land sales by Canadian Pacific Railway to settlers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan from 1881-1927.
Library & Archives Canada Western Land Grants Database: 1870-1930:
- Search Letters Patent records by name or location.
- If you find a microfilm reel number, go to Héritage and type in the reel number.