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Humber Real Estate - Course 1,
Module 4 Questions and Correct
Answers (100% Pass)
What's the name of the primitive system used for measuring land in Europe
and Ontario?
✓ Chain and link system (aka Gunter's Chain)
Who divided Ontario into counties in the 1700s?
✓ Governor Simcoe
Counties were divided into smaller parcels of land called _____________
✓ Townships
Each township was divided into strips of land known as __________
✓ Concessions
Each concession was separated from the next one by what?
✓ A road allowance
Each concession was divided into ________
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✓ Lots
What is a "Parcel of Land"?
✓ The entirety of the lot and concession.
Name the 3 types of township lots.
✓ - Single front
✓ - Double front
✓ - Sectional
What is the oldest township system?
✓ Single front
Where were single front townships typically fount?
✓ On the banks of navigable lakes and rivers.
What is the newest township system?
✓ Sectional
Describe the history of the "Metes and Bounds" system.
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✓ An older system of written land description that arose when irregular
parcels were carved out of concession lots.
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?
✓ Mete and bounds
What is the purpose of a land survey?
✓ 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.
What are the most common types of surveys?
✓ - Surveyor's Real Property Report
✓ - Reference Plan (R-Plan)
✓ - Plan of Survey
✓ - Plan of Subdivision
Define a 'Surveyor's Real Property Report'
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Humber Real Estate - Course 1,
Module 4 Questions and Correct
Answers (100% Pass)
What's the name of the primitive system used for measuring land in Europe
and Ontario?
✓ Chain and link system (aka Gunter's Chain)
Who divided Ontario into counties in the 1700s?
✓ Governor Simcoe
Counties were divided into smaller parcels of land called _____________
✓ Townships
Each township was divided into strips of land known as __________
✓ Concessions
Each concession was separated from the next one by what?
✓ A road allowance
Each concession was divided into ________
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 1|Page | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ Lots
What is a "Parcel of Land"?
✓ The entirety of the lot and concession.
Name the 3 types of township lots.
✓ - Single front
✓ - Double front
✓ - Sectional
What is the oldest township system?
✓ Single front
Where were single front townships typically fount?
✓ On the banks of navigable lakes and rivers.
What is the newest township system?
✓ Sectional
Describe the history of the "Metes and Bounds" system.
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 1|Page | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ An older system of written land description that arose when irregular
parcels were carved out of concession lots.
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?
✓ Mete and bounds
What is the purpose of a land survey?
✓ 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.
What are the most common types of surveys?
✓ - Surveyor's Real Property Report
✓ - Reference Plan (R-Plan)
✓ - Plan of Survey
✓ - Plan of Subdivision
Define a 'Surveyor's Real Property Report'
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
