This is used to move land from the registry (old) system to the Torrens (new) system.
The terms “old system” and “new system” are defined terms used to refer to land under The Registry Act and The Real Property Act, respectively.
The Province of Manitoba has two concurrent land registry systems. Manitoba adopted the registry system in 1871 (the current applicable legislation is The Registry Act). After February 20, 1914, no further registrations of Crown grants were to be registered under the old system.
See section 18(1), The Registry Act and section 27, The Real Property Act
There continues to be land under the old system – land that has never been brought under the operation of The Real Property Act. These lands are governed by The Registry Act.
Types of land that are still under the operation of the old system, include but are not limited to:
• Much of northern Manitoba (ungranted Crown lands)
• Streets and lanes in old subdivision lands where the land was brought into the new system one lot at a time
• Farmland that has been in a family for generations and has never had to be mortgaged