The Dominion Lands Act?

Question

A. Expropriated land for the construction of the Canadian National Railway

B. granted territory to the native people of Manitoba

C. Enabled many immigrants to purchase and settle a plot of land?

D. Expanded the territory occupied by Manitoba Ont and Quebec?

Answer 1

C. Enabled many immigrants to purchase and settle a plot of land

The Dominion Lands Act (short for An Act Respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion) was an 1872 Canadian law that aimed to encourage the settlement of Canada's prairie provinces. It was closely based on the United States Homestead Act, setting the parameters within which western land could be settled and its natural resources developed. Canada thus invited mass settlement by European and American pioneers.

The act sold 160 acres (65 ha) for the extremely low price of $10 to any male farmer who agreed to cultivate at least 40 acres (16.25 ha) and build a permanent dwelling within three years. This condition of proving up the homestead was instituted to prevent speculators from gaining control of the land. The same agreement did not apply to female farmers who had to pay up to $5000 for the same amount of land.