Post-Loyalist Settlement I (1814 - 1830)

Proclamation about settlement of Crown lands in Lower Canada, 1792

Document Summary:

Some important sections:

I: Allows Crown land in Lower Canada to be divided into townships for settlement purposes. These townships are to be surveyed to certain dimensions depending upon where they are geographically located.

II: One seventh of all land is to be set aside for the Protestant clergy, with another seventh set aside as Crown reserves for the government's later usage.

III: A single farm lot per person should not exceed 200 acres.

IV: Any petitioner who wants land has to take an oath of allegiance to the King of England and the provincial Legislature. He must promise to improve and cultivate the land.

VI: Gives the Crown the right to land containing coal or other mineral and timber reserves.

VIII: Gives land to all petitioners free of rent or other expenses.