[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Ftownship-canada-in-manitoba":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":303,"cover":304,"date":305,"description":306,"extension":307,"meta":308,"navigation":309,"path":310,"seo":311,"stem":312,"tags":313,"__hash__":319},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Ftownship-canada-in-manitoba.md","Township Canada in Manitoba: Wells, Tenure, and Farmland on the DLS and River Lot Grids","Township Canada",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":292},"minimark",[10,14,24,29,38,56,60,68,90,104,111,115,123,153,160,167,171,185,196,203,207,210,229,233,241,253,257],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Manitoba describes land two ways, and Township Canada handles both. Most of the province sits on the Dominion Land Survey grid, with ranges measured east and west of the principal meridian. Along the Red and Assiniboine rivers near Winnipeg, the historic river lot system still governs title. A landman in the southwest Manitoba oil patch near Virden, a farmland buyer in the Pembina Valley, and a title researcher tracing a Red River parish lot all work in this province, and this page is the running summary of what Township Canada covers here.",[15,16,17],"blockquote",{},[11,18,19,23],{},[20,21,22],"strong",{},"🖼 Image placeholder"," - Hero screenshot: a southwest Manitoba map near Virden with the Wells layer (filtered to MB) on the DLS grid, plus a small inset of the elongated Red River lots near Winnipeg.",[25,26,28],"h2",{"id":27},"the-manitoba-survey-grids","The Manitoba survey grids",[11,30,31,32,37],{},"Manitoba ranges are numbered both east (E1, E2) and west (W1) of the principal meridian. The ",[33,34,36],"a",{"href":35},"\u002Fmanitoba-legal-land-converter","Manitoba legal land converter"," resolves DLS quarter sections and legal subdivisions on that grid.",[11,39,40,41,45,46,50,51,55],{},"It also handles the river lot system. Type a description like ",[42,43,44],"code",{},"RL-103-PA"," (River Lot 103, Parish of St. Andrews) into the same search box and Township Canada recognizes the river lot format and places the elongated parcel along the river. For the history and format, see ",[33,47,49],{"href":48},"\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Friver-lots","The Manitoba River Lot System"," and the ",[33,52,54],{"href":53},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Friver-lot-converter-manitoba","River Lot Converter for Manitoba",".",[25,57,59],{"id":58},"energy-data-in-manitoba","Energy data in Manitoba",[11,61,62,63,67],{},"Manitoba's oil patch is the Williston Basin in the southwest, around Virden, Waskada, Sinclair, and Pierson. The ",[33,64,66],{"href":65},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-energy-bundle","Energy Bundle"," covers it:",[69,70,71,78,84],"ul",{},[72,73,74,77],"li",{},[20,75,76],{},"Wells"," with lifecycle status, loaded from the Manitoba Petroleum Branch registry.",[72,79,80,83],{},[20,81,82],{},"Oil and gas pools"," as boundary layers.",[72,85,86,89],{},[20,87,88],{},"Crown petroleum, natural gas, and mineral tenure",", each carrying holder, type, status, and expiry.",[11,91,92,93,96,97,99,100,103],{},"One honest scope note: ",[20,94,95],{},"Manitoba is not in Petrinex",", the shared Prairie production and infrastructure system. Pipeline, facility, and 12-month production surfaces are therefore not available for Manitoba. The Manitoba energy coverage is wells, Crown tenure, and pools. On the map, ",[20,98,76],{}," and ",[20,101,102],{},"Fields and Pools"," are free base layers; the tenure layers unlock with the Energy Bundle on Pro or Business.",[15,105,106],{},[11,107,108,110],{},[20,109,22],{}," - Screenshot: a southwest Manitoba quarter section near Virden in the parcel report Energy tab, showing the wells list and Crown tenure card.",[25,112,114],{"id":113},"agriculture-data-in-manitoba","Agriculture data in Manitoba",[11,116,117,118,122],{},"The ",[33,119,121],{"href":120},"\u002Fblog\u002Fintroducing-ag-bundle","Agriculture Bundle"," brings the farmland datasets onto the Manitoba grid:",[69,124,125,131,137,143],{},[72,126,127,130],{},[20,128,129],{},"Soil detail"," in the parcel report, with soil subgroup, drainage, and capability for any Manitoba quarter section.",[72,132,133,136],{},[20,134,135],{},"CLI agricultural capability"," class, the national Canada Land Inventory rating.",[72,138,139,142],{},[20,140,141],{},"5-year AAFC crop history",", with dominant crop, rotation pattern, and a diversity index from the national Annual Crop Inventory.",[72,144,145,148,149,152],{},[20,146,147],{},"Land use"," breakdown and current ",[20,150,151],{},"drought"," status from the Canadian Drought Monitor.",[11,154,155,156,159],{},"As in Saskatchewan, the 0-100 ",[20,157,158],{},"LSRS Productivity Score is Alberta-only",", because it is built on AGRASID, an Alberta soil dataset. Manitoba does not yet have an open province-wide productivity rating, so the report leads with the soil detail, the CLI capability class, and the crop rotation instead.",[15,161,162],{},[11,163,164,166],{},[20,165,22],{}," - Screenshot: the parcel report Agriculture tab for a Pembina Valley quarter, showing soil detail, CLI capability, and the crop rotation history.",[25,168,170],{"id":169},"a-manitoba-workflow","A Manitoba workflow",[11,172,173,174,177,178,181,182,184],{},"For the energy side, enter a southwest Manitoba quarter from the Virden area, for example ",[42,175,176],{},"NE-8-10-27-W1",", into the ",[33,179,180],{"href":35},"Manitoba converter",", toggle on the ",[20,183,76],{}," layer and filter to Manitoba, then click a well to open the parcel report with the surrounding wells, pools, and Crown tenure.",[11,186,187,188,190,191,195],{},"For a Red River parcel, type the river lot description instead, for example ",[42,189,44],{},", and the converter places the elongated lot along the river. The geometry itself confirms you have the right parcel: a river lot looks nothing like a DLS section. See ",[33,192,194],{"href":193},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmanitoba-river-lot-quarter-section-dual-description","the Manitoba river lot and quarter section dual-description post"," for how the two systems sit side by side.",[15,197,198],{},[11,199,200,202],{},[20,201,22],{}," - Screenshot or short GIF: a DLS quarter near Virden with the Wells layer (filtered to MB) on, then the same converter resolving a Red River lot near St. Andrews.",[25,204,206],{"id":205},"how-current-the-data-is","How current the data is",[11,208,209],{},"Township Canada refreshes each dataset on the same cadence as its source:",[69,211,212,218,223],{},[72,213,214,217],{},[20,215,216],{},"Wells and pools",": refreshed monthly from the source registry.",[72,219,220,222],{},[20,221,88],{},": refreshed weekly, so renewal and expiry flags stay current.",[72,224,225,228],{},[20,226,227],{},"Soil, crop history, land use, and capability",": refreshed annually as new source data is published. The drought layer refreshes monthly.",[25,230,232],{"id":231},"how-to-turn-it-on","How to turn it on",[11,234,235,236,240],{},"The Manitoba layers are part of the existing Energy and Agriculture Bundles. There is no separate Manitoba SKU. The bundles stack on a Pro or Business plan, and the free Wells and Fields and Pools layers are available to anyone. See the ",[33,237,239],{"href":238},"\u002Fpricing#bundles","pricing page"," for the breakdown.",[11,242,243,244,50,248,252],{},"If your work spans more than one province, see the ",[33,245,247],{"href":246},"\u002Findustries\u002Foil-and-gas","oil and gas industry page",[33,249,251],{"href":250},"\u002Findustries\u002Fagriculture","agriculture industry page"," for the cross-province workflows.",[25,254,256],{"id":255},"related","Related",[69,258,259,265,270,274,280,286],{},[72,260,261],{},[33,262,264],{"href":263},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsk-bc-manitoba-energy-agriculture-map-layers-live","Saskatchewan, BC, and Manitoba Energy and Agriculture Map Layers Are Now Live",[72,266,267],{},[33,268,269],{"href":193},"Manitoba river lots and quarter sections: the dual description",[72,271,272],{},[33,273,49],{"href":48},[72,275,276],{},[33,277,279],{"href":278},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmulti-province-energy-map-western-canada","Multi-province energy map: one Wells layer across AB, SK, BC, and MB",[72,281,282],{},[33,283,285],{"href":284},"\u002Ffor\u002Foil-and-gas","Township Canada for Oil and Gas Operators",[72,287,288],{},[33,289,291],{"href":290},"\u002Ffor\u002Ffarmers","Township Canada for Farmers",{"title":293,"searchDepth":294,"depth":294,"links":295},"",2,[296,297,298,299,300,301,302],{"id":27,"depth":294,"text":28},{"id":58,"depth":294,"text":59},{"id":113,"depth":294,"text":114},{"id":169,"depth":294,"text":170},{"id":205,"depth":294,"text":206},{"id":231,"depth":294,"text":232},{"id":255,"depth":294,"text":256},"announcement",null,"2026-06-24","What Township Canada covers in Manitoba: southwest Manitoba wells, Crown petroleum, natural gas, and mineral tenure, oil and gas pools, and soil and crop data, on the DLS grid and the historic Red River lot system.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Ftownship-canada-in-manitoba",{"title":5,"description":306},"blog\u002Ftownship-canada-in-manitoba",[314,66,121,315,316,317,318],"Manitoba","Oil and Gas","Agriculture","DLS","River Lots","Mt_gglx769cA0fnTqKnKVVDbJf1Cr9KgF4Ul4iYzY1w"]