Canada, British Columbia Crown Land Grant Records, 1851-1874

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains records of the sale or transfer of parcels of Crown land from the provincial government to private persons and organizations. The grants are arranged in registration number order. There are separate index volumes which cover one or more annual volumes of land grant registers.

Land records often predate censuses, and they can help date an immigrant’s arrival and trace immigrant origins. Some types of land records provide birth places or places of last residence, while others provide the basic clues to continue the search in other records. Land records can also pinpoint places of residence in Canada.

The early applications for pre-emptions and Crown grants began in the mid-1800s and are stored in the British Columbia Information Management Services. They give the name of the grantor and grantee, a description of the land, the date of transaction, and sometimes names of relatives.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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  Conveyance, 1860

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  Conveyance, 1860

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  Conveyance, 1859

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  Deed Record, 1861