ontario regulation 254/26

made under the

Registry Act

Made: July 17, 2026
Filed: July 27, 2026
Published on e-Laws: July 27, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: August 15, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 43/96

(SURVEYS, PLANS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF LAND)

1. Section 9 (1) of Ontario Regulation 43/96 is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (d), by adding “and” at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

(f)  include the following notation, in English or French, below the scale bar required by clause 18 (1) (h) of Ontario Regulation 216/10 (Performance Standards for the Practice of Professional Land Surveying) made under the Surveyors Act:

The intended plot size of this plan is __mm in width by __mm in height when plotted at a scale of 1:__.

2. Clause 16 (1) (k) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(k)  if the plan is prepared for deposit and executed on or after January 1, 2027, include a blank space reserved for the placement of the certificate of deposit that is,

(i)  110 millimetres high by 85 millimetres wide,

(ii)  located at the upper right corner of the plan, and

(iii)  enclosed by the plan margin on the upper and right sides and by the certificate border on the lower and left sides.

3. (1) Subsection 20 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

(1) Subject to Part XIII, a reference plan executed before January 1, 2027 shall,

(2) Section 20 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) Subject to Part XIII, a reference plan executed on or after January 1, 2027 shall,

(a)  show parcels of land as consecutively numbered parts beginning with the number 1 and the number of a part shall be preceded by “PART” or “PARTIE”;

(b)  show as a separate part each portion of every existing easement that is included in a new subdivision unit created by the plan;

(c)  have a straight margin line placed 15 millimetres inside and parallel to the outside edge of the plan;

(d)  include a blank space reserved for the placement of the certificate of deposit that is,

(i)  110 millimetres high by 85 millimetres wide,

(ii)  located at the upper right corner of the plan, and

(iii)  enclosed by the plan margin on the upper and right sides and by the certificate border on the lower and left sides;

(e)  include, in a conspicuous place beneath or adjacent to the space reserved for the placement of the certificate of deposit mentioned in clause (d), a schedule in the prescribed form that relates the numbered part or parts shown on the plan, consecutively,

(i)  to the existing subdivision units and either the instrument numbers of the existing registered instruments or the property identifiers assigned to the existing subdivision units, if any, if the plan is to be deposited under the Registry Act,

(ii)  to the existing subdivision units and the property identifiers assigned to the existing subdivision units, if any, if the plan is to be deposited under the Land Titles Act,

(iii)  to the whole or part of the land identified by the property identifiers,

(iv)  to the new headings in the abstract index for each parcel included in the plan, if the plan includes land in an area that has been divided into parcels for abstract purposes under subsection 83 (3) of the Registry Act, and

(v)  to the perpendicular or radial width of those parts which are compiled, if the plan is a wholly or partially compiled easement plan;

(f)  include, below or adjacent to the schedule mentioned in clause (e), a list of all parts on the plan that are subject to easements and the instrument numbers of those easements;

(g)  include, within or below the schedule mentioned in clause (e), a statement of all parts on the plan under each property identifier, if any, and whether the parts represent the whole or part of the land under that property identifier; and

(h)  include, immediately below the Plan Schedule, the statement, “Land in this plan is in Land Registry Office No.”, followed by the applicable Land Registry Office number.

(3) Subsection 20 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Despite subclauses (1) (e) (i) and (ii) and (1.1) (e) (i) and (ii) and section 80, the schedules mentioned in clause (1) (e), (1.1) (e) or 80 (a) shall not relate the numbered parts on a plan to an existing subdivision unit designated as a part.

(4) Subsection 20 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “clause (1) (e) or 80 (a)” and substituting “clause 1 (e), (1.1) (e) or 80 (a)”.

4. (1) Subsections 21 (1) and (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(1) Except in the case of a plan described in Part XIII, a person depositing a reference plan shall deliver the original to the land registrar in the manner specified by the Director of Titles.

(2) Subsection 21 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “receives a reference plan for deposit” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “receives a reference plan executed before January 1, 2027 for deposit”.

(3) Section 21 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(5.1) Except in the case of a plan described in Part XIII, when a land registrar receives a reference plan executed on or after January 1, 2027 for deposit,

(a)  place a completed certificate of deposit of the plan in the blank space referred to in clause 20 (1.1) (d);

(b)  retain the original plan;

(c)  return a copy to the depositor; and

(d)  deliver one copy to,

(i)  the clerk of the municipality where the land included in the plan is situate,

(ii)  the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, if the record for the land is not automated,

(iii)  the clerk of the regional municipality, if the land is situate in a regional municipality, and

(iv)  the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors.

5. Clause 71 (1) (g) of the Regulation is revoked.

6. (1) Clause 80 (a) of the Regulation is amended by adding “or adjacent to” after “beneath”.

(2) Section 80 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (b), by adding “and” at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clause:

(d)  include, immediately below the Plan Schedule, the statement, “Land in this plan is in Land Registry Office No.” followed by the applicable Land Registry Office number.

Commencement

7. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2027 and the day it is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Le ministre des Services au public et aux entreprises et de l’Approvisionnement,

Stephen Crawford

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Date made: July 17, 2026
Pris le : 17 juillet 2026