Dumb Question Canadian Land

[GDR]

Mallee where we are at in Alberta it is pretty much all square quarters other than a few highways in the wrong spot that changes some. The 160 acres per quarter is approx. They are often 158 or 159 due to the roads often take a bit more than they were supposed to. Have seen a couple titles over the 160 acres also but not sure why. In mixed farming areas lots of fencing and lots of irregular pieces unsuitable for cropland. Better grain land areas lots of fences and shelter belts have been removed in recent years to make larger fields. About 40 miles west you start getting into the forestry reserves. Looking at aerial views or MD maps you can still see lots of quarter lines. The grazing leases out there are mostly determined by nature with mountain ridges and waterways but there are still some fences. No real property lines as is mostly crown land. Lots of the forestry area has cut lines in a grid pattern for access to oil and gas and logging. It is really amazing the planning and measuring they did with the layout at time of settlement without the technology we have now.

[malleefarmer]

the biggest field on our farm is 182 hectares

[Hopalong]

Where we are in eastern Sask under the original standard survey system, land is in two one mile square section blocks not separated by road allowances making 1280 acres. A little farther to east of second meridian and in much of Manitoba, road allowances run one mile apart each direction making each section separate.
In practice, many road allowances are farmed across making it difficult to tell where largest fields are. On own farm, could have over two sections in one field but water runways make it impractical most years.