CANADA
WEST
FARMS in
WESTERN
CANADA
FREE
ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF HON. W. J. ROCHE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, OTTAWA, CANADA. 1914
LAND REGULATIONS IN CANADA
ANOTHER GOOD YEAR IN WESTERN CANADA
MANITOBA
SASKATCHEWAN
ALBERTA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
WHAT WINS IN CENTRAL CANADA
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
GENERAL INFORMATION
VALUABLE HINTS FOR THE MAN ABOUT TO START
LAND REGULATIONS IN CANADA
All public lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are controlledand administered by the Dominion Government through the Department ofthe Interior. The lands disposed of as free homesteads (Governmentgrants) under certain conditions involving residence and improvements,are surveyed into square blocks, six miles long by six miles wide,called townships. When these improvements are completed and dutiesperformed, a patent or crown deed is issued.
THE FOLLOWING IS A PLAN OF A TOWNSHIP
Showing how the land is divided into square sections andsquare quarter-sections. Also showing how the sections in a township arenumbered.Each township is subdivided into 36 square blocks or sections one milesquare and containing 640 acres and numbered from one to thirty-six.Each section is divided into four quarter-sections of 160 acres each.
The four quarters of the section are described, as the northeast, thenorthwest, the southeast and the southwest quarter.
Who Is Eligible. The sole head of a family or any male eighteen years ofage or over, who is a British subject or who declares his intention tobecome a British subject; a widow having minor children of her owndependent upon her for support.
Acquiring Homestead. To acquire a homestead applicant must make entry inperson, either at the Dominion Lands Office for the district in whichthe land applied for is situate, or at a sub-agency authorized totransact business in such district. At the time of entry a fee of $10must be paid. The certificate of entry which is then granted theapplicant gives him authority to enter upon the land and maintain fullpossession of it as long as he complies with the homestead requirements.
Cattle Provision to Secure Homestead. With certain restriction, stockmay be substituted in li