1. General -

1.1 Main Sources of Law -

Under Canada’s federal constitution, laws relating to real estate fall almost exclusively within provincial jurisdiction. Specifically, each Canadian province enacts its own legislation with respect to real property matters such as ownership structures, use, acquisitions and dispositions, financing and development. Generally speaking, the form and content of such laws tends to be similar across most of Canada’s provinces, as well as in the three northern territories. The exception is Quebec, which, as a civil law jurisdiction, establishes its real estate law in a Civil Code similar to those in use in many continental European countries.