Newfoundland and Labrador Land and Property Records

Land Titles

 * Land Registries
 * This site contains detailed description of what is held at the Crown Land Administration office and at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. Documents date back to the 1830s although there are gaps as twenty volumes were lost in the fire of 1892.

History
Most records for Newfoundland are found in the provincial capital of St. John’s. The system of record keeping was not the same as the other provinces as Newfoundland was late joining the union and so their records were not under the federal government jurisdiction prior to 1949.

Original crown grants and leases are deposited with Crown Lands Administration. They do allow some research on premises but will not do it for you. They suggest you hire a researcher from the list provided by Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador.


 * Newfoundland and Labrador - Crown Lands Administration Division Department of Environment and Conservation P.O. Box 8700 Higgins Line, Howley Building St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4J6 Telephone: 709-729-3085


 * The Rooms Provincial Archives [Newfoundland and Labrador] 9 Bonaventure Avenue P.O. Box 1800, Station C St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5P9 Telephone: 709-757-8030 Email: [mailto:information@therooms.ca information@therooms.ca]

A register of crown grants after 1831 to 1931 is at The Rooms Provincial Archives. The entries for 1831 to 1880 have been indexed. They do not have copies of the grant themselves. They also have a Register of Deeds for 1845 to 1872, although there are many gaps in the coverage. Other land records include a record book of Crown rents from 1821 to 1864 and various Plantation Papers from 1809 to 1854.

Registry of Deeds
The land deeds are filed annually and date from 1825. There is an alphabetical index for each year of both the purchaser and purchase’s surnames. There is also a miscellaneous collections of Wills from 1774. You may visit this facility to research but they will not do it for you. They will provide a list of researchers for hire on request.


 * Registrar of Deeds Service NL Commercial Registrations Division P.O. Box 8700 St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4J6 Telephone: 709-729-3302

Newfoundland’s Grand Banks
The society maintains a message board and several searchable databases on its website. There is no postal or location information given although they can be contacted with requests by email.

Newfoundland’s Grand Banks For email contact information see the webpage.