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In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers. The land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was "conceded" by the Crown for this purpose (hence, a "concession of land"). Title to an unoccupied lot was awarded to an applicant in exchange for raising a house, performing roadwork and land clearance, and monetary payment. Concession roads and cross-cutting sidelines or sideroads were laid out in an orthogonal (rectangular or square) grid plan, often aligned so that concession roads ran (approximately) parallel to the north shore of Lake Ontario, or to the southern boundary line of a county.

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  • In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers. The land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was "conceded" by the Crown for this purpose (hence, a "concession of land"). Title to an unoccupied lot was awarded to an applicant in exchange for raising a house, performing roadwork and land clearance, and monetary payment. Concession roads and cross-cutting sidelines or sideroads were laid out in an orthogonal (rectangular or square) grid plan, often aligned so that concession roads ran (approximately) parallel to the north shore of Lake Ontario, or to the southern boundary line of a county. Unlike previous American colonial practice, land in Ontario was surveyed first before being allocated to settlers. The provision of road allowances was an advance over earlier survey systems which allocated no roadways. Waterloo township, for example, had no road allowances. In some townships, the "line road" name (e.g., Ninth Line) was applied to the roads that elsewhere were called "concession roads", i.e., roads that ran between two adjacent concessions. (en)
  • Lors du développement du Haut et du Bas-Canada, une ligne de concession, ou concession road en anglais, désigne une route définie sur des terres vierges par l'État colonial au bord de laquelle s'aligne des lots de ferme à développer. Les lignes de concession sont rectilignes et forment un quadrillage, en général aligné perpendiculairement ou parallèlement à une rive. Elles ont une distance de 100 chaînes, ou 2 kilomètres, de sorte que le carré dont les côtés sont formés par des lignes de concession ait une surface de 1000 acres, ou 4 km². La zone est ensuite divisée en différents lots. Les lignes de concession sont parfois numérotées consécutivement. Par exemple, sur le territoire occupé aujourd'hui par la ville de Toronto, en Ontario, la ligne de concession orientée d'est en ouest la plus au sud, aujourd'hui rue Queen, est la 1re ligne de concession. La ligne de concession parallèle consécutive, aujourd'hui rue Bloor, est la 2e ligne de concession. (fr)
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  • In Upper and Lower Canada, concession roads were laid out by the colonial government through undeveloped Crown land to provide access to rows of newly surveyed lots intended for farming by new settlers. The land that comprised a row of lots that spanned the entire length of a new township was "conceded" by the Crown for this purpose (hence, a "concession of land"). Title to an unoccupied lot was awarded to an applicant in exchange for raising a house, performing roadwork and land clearance, and monetary payment. Concession roads and cross-cutting sidelines or sideroads were laid out in an orthogonal (rectangular or square) grid plan, often aligned so that concession roads ran (approximately) parallel to the north shore of Lake Ontario, or to the southern boundary line of a county. (en)
  • Lors du développement du Haut et du Bas-Canada, une ligne de concession, ou concession road en anglais, désigne une route définie sur des terres vierges par l'État colonial au bord de laquelle s'aligne des lots de ferme à développer. Les lignes de concession sont rectilignes et forment un quadrillage, en général aligné perpendiculairement ou parallèlement à une rive. Elles ont une distance de 100 chaînes, ou 2 kilomètres, de sorte que le carré dont les côtés sont formés par des lignes de concession ait une surface de 1000 acres, ou 4 km². La zone est ensuite divisée en différents lots. (fr)
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  • Concession road (en)
  • Ligne de concession (fr)
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