Alberta Land and Property Records

Homestead registers from about 1885 to 1930 are available on microfilm at the Provincial Archives and online at http://abgensoc.ca/homestead/index.htm.

The records are arranged by land location. There is an index to these records. The township registers list the name of the applicant, the application date, and the date the patent was granted. There are related files which contain actual applications for homestead and give the name, marital status, citizenship, and previous residence of applicants and the number of ages of their family members.

Maps of municipal districts and counties which show the land owners’ names can also be found at the Provincial Archives.

There are two districts for land registration in Alberta:

North Alberta Land Registration District John E. Brownlee Building 10365-97 Street P.O. Box 2380 Edmonton, AB T5J 3W7 Canada Telephone: 780-427-2742 Fax: 780-422-4290 Internet: [http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=section:landtitles:contacts http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=section:landtitles:contacts ]

South Alberta Land Registration District Alberta Government Services Building 710 4 Avenue S.W. P.O. Box 7575 Calgary, AB T2P OK3 Canada Telephone: 403-297-6511 Fax: 403-297-8641 Internet: http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=section:landtitles:contacts