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Ontario Hydro (now Hydro One) was empowered under Section 48 of the Power Corporation Act to take easements that did not have to be registered on title in the Land Registry Office. Under the Electricity Act, 1998 these unregistered easements are equally as valid as registered easements which allow Hydro One to construct, operate, access and maintain its facilities on lands it does not own. Registered easements can be found by searching title in the Land Registry Office while unregistered easements will not appear on the title of your property and can be found using the Unregistered Easement Inquiries.

The Glossary Of Terms defines the different attributes for Low Voltage Rights (LVR) unregistered easements and their associated legal descriptions. All items in the current LVR system are optional, unless specifically noted.

Unregistered Easement Inquiries System provides a user the ability to conduct a search of the unregistered easements held by Hydro One Networks Inc. across the province of Ontario. The system provides:

• A tabular search by civic address or by keyword, along with a mapping capability to help the user identify their location of interest.
• The search results are presented as matching easement records, along with the ability to export the results to MS Excel.
• Reporting tools, GeoViewer and DataViewer that provide a consistent and easy-to-use way of accessing data.

See Support for more information about how to conduct an Unregistered Easement search.