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LOT / CON🇨🇦 Canada

Ontario land descriptions: lots and concessions

Ontario predates the rectangular Prairie grid and describes land by lot and concession within named geographic townships and counties.

System
Geographic Townships (Lot / Concession)
Structure
Lot · Concession · Township · County
Routes to
Township Canada

What to know about Ontario

  • Concessions run across a township; lots divide each concession.
  • There is no township-and-range or meridian. Ontario's system is older and irregular.

Example descriptions

Each opens a decoded parcel with a map, coordinates and a plain-English breakdown.

Lot 12, Con 4, Mono Township, Ontario

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Last reviewed June 2026. General information about survey systems — not legal, title, or survey advice.

Sources: Ontario — Office of the Surveyor General, Ontario — Surveyor General glossary.

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