HUMBER REAL ESTATE FINAL PAPER
REVIEW GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND
SOLUTION WALKTHROUGH
●● Governor Simcoe
Answer: Who divided Ontario into counties in the 1700s?
●● Townships
Answer: Counties were divided into smaller parcels of land called
_____________
●● Concessions
Answer: Each township was divided into strips of land known as
__________
●● A road allowance
Answer: Each concession was separated from the next one by what?
●● Lots
Answer: Each concession was divided into ________
●● The entirety of the lot and concession.
,Answer: What is a "Parcel of Land"?
●● - Single front
- Double front
- Sectional
Answer: Name the 3 types of township lots.
●● Single front
Answer: What is the oldest township system?
●● On the banks of navigable lakes and rivers.
Answer: Where were single front townships typically fount?
●● Sectional
Answer: What is the newest township system?
●● An older system of written land description that arose when irregular
parcels were carved out of concession lots.
Answer: Describe the history of the "Metes and Bounds" system.
●● Mete and bounds
, Answer: What land measurement system starts at a commencement
point on the property and progresses around the property until returning
to the original point of reference, using compass directions?
●● To determine the boundaries of a piece of land, and identify locations
of structures and their distances to lot lines, as well as any restrictions
such as encroachments, easements or rights of way.
Answer: What is the purpose of a land survey?
●● - Surveyor's Real Property Report
- Reference Plan (R-Plan)
- Plan of Survey
- Plan of Subdivision
Answer: What are the most common types of surveys?
●● A survey, traditionally referred to as a building location survey, that
consists of two parts: The Plan of Survey and the Written Report. Shows
everything that might affect the title to the property.
Answer: Define a 'Surveyor's Real Property Report'
●● A survey that consists of a visual depiction of the property, but does
NOT contain a written report. Not registered in a land registry office but
commonly attached to another document (i.e. deed/transfer of land).
Also lacks certain certificates required by the Registry Act or Land Titles
Act.
REVIEW GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND
SOLUTION WALKTHROUGH
●● Governor Simcoe
Answer: Who divided Ontario into counties in the 1700s?
●● Townships
Answer: Counties were divided into smaller parcels of land called
_____________
●● Concessions
Answer: Each township was divided into strips of land known as
__________
●● A road allowance
Answer: Each concession was separated from the next one by what?
●● Lots
Answer: Each concession was divided into ________
●● The entirety of the lot and concession.
,Answer: What is a "Parcel of Land"?
●● - Single front
- Double front
- Sectional
Answer: Name the 3 types of township lots.
●● Single front
Answer: What is the oldest township system?
●● On the banks of navigable lakes and rivers.
Answer: Where were single front townships typically fount?
●● Sectional
Answer: What is the newest township system?
●● An older system of written land description that arose when irregular
parcels were carved out of concession lots.
Answer: Describe the history of the "Metes and Bounds" system.
●● Mete and bounds
, Answer: What land measurement system starts at a commencement
point on the property and progresses around the property until returning
to the original point of reference, using compass directions?
●● To determine the boundaries of a piece of land, and identify locations
of structures and their distances to lot lines, as well as any restrictions
such as encroachments, easements or rights of way.
Answer: What is the purpose of a land survey?
●● - Surveyor's Real Property Report
- Reference Plan (R-Plan)
- Plan of Survey
- Plan of Subdivision
Answer: What are the most common types of surveys?
●● A survey, traditionally referred to as a building location survey, that
consists of two parts: The Plan of Survey and the Written Report. Shows
everything that might affect the title to the property.
Answer: Define a 'Surveyor's Real Property Report'
●● A survey that consists of a visual depiction of the property, but does
NOT contain a written report. Not registered in a land registry office but
commonly attached to another document (i.e. deed/transfer of land).
Also lacks certain certificates required by the Registry Act or Land Titles
Act.
