Land, Title and Boundaries

Selling land to a developer in Ontario: how developers price land, offers conditional on rezoning, deposits, fees, parkland, environment and tax to plan for.

When HST applies to a sale of vacant land or farmland in Ontario: the CRA’s exemptions for individuals, subdivision rules, business use, and who remits the 13%.

What Ontario rural lot buyers need to know about septic systems and wells: Part 8 permits, who approves them, records, water testing and conditions to use.

Buying land in the Greenbelt or on the Oak Ridges Moraine: the 2023 reversal, lots of record, limits on new lots, setbacks from features and what to check.

Development charges in Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton with effective dates, what Bills 23, 185 and 17 changed, the exemptions, and the hit to land value.

What Toronto lets you build on a residential lot in 2026: fourplexes city-wide, sixplexes in some areas, height, coverage, parking and development charge rules.

Buying a Toronto teardown to build new: zoning, the demolition permit, trees, land transfer tax that still counts the old house, and development charges.

A due-diligence checklist for Ontario land: official plan, zoning, holding symbols, minor variances, services, conservation limits, Greenbelt and contamination.

Selling vacant land in Ontario: the documents buyers ask for, how land is priced, which buyers pay most, the HST question and the conditions to expect in 2026.

Buying a vacant lot in the GTA: zoning, services, conservation limits, the conditions to put in your offer, land transfer tax, HST and what you pay to build.